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EP1250540 - PASSIVE FORCE ELEMENT ON THE BASIS OF ELECTRORHEOLOGIC LIQUIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.05.2008 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	13.08.2010	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 15.09.2010 [2010/37]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Fludicon GmbH Landwehrstrasse 50 64293 Darmstadt / DE
	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Petuelring 130 80809 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2006/08]	For all designated states Fludicon GmbH Landwehrstrasse 50 64293 Darmstadt / DE
	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
Former [2002/43]	For all designated states CARL SCHENCK AG Landwehrstrasse 55 64293 Darmstadt / DE
	For all designated states Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 80788 München / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / ROSENFELDT, Horst Blumenstrasse 35 64846 Groß-Zimmern / DE
	02 / WENDT, Eckhard Oberdorfstrasse 17 73257 Köngen / DE
	03 / FAULSTROH, Hans-Joachim Eglingerstrasse 6 86511 Schmiechen / DE
	04 / SCHRÖTER, Frank Statzenbachstrasse 28A 85368 Moosburg / DE
	05 / SCHERK, Horst Adam-Rückert-Strasse 41 64372 Ober-Ramstadt / DE
	06 / ADAMS, Dorothea Schubertstrasse 18a 64572 Büttelborn / DE
	[2007/10]
Former [2002/43]	01 / ROSENFELDT, Horst Blumenstrasse 35 64846 Gro -Zimmern / DE
	02 / WENDT, Eckhard Oberdorfstrasse 17 73257 Köngen / DE
	03 / FAULSTROH, Hans-Joachim Eglingerstrasse 6 86511 Schmiechen / DE
	04 / SCHRÖTER, Frank Statzenbachstrasse 28A 85368 Moosburg / DE
	05 / SCHERK, Horst Adam-Rückert-Strasse 41 64372 Ober-Ramstadt / DE
	06 / ADAMS, Dorothea Schubertstrasse 18a 64572 Büttelborn / DE
Representative(s)	Behrens, Helmut KNPP - Knigge Nourney Völger Böhm Rechts- und Patentanwälte PartGmbB Gross-Gerauer Weg 55 64295 Darmstadt / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/43]	Behrens, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing. Gross-Gerauer Weg 55 64295 Darmstadt / DE
Application number, filing date	01907431.9	10.01.2001
	[2002/43]
	WO2001EP00230
Priority number, date	DE20001001420	15.01.2000 Original published format: DE 10001420
	[2002/43]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0151826
	Date:	19.07.2001
	Language:	DE
	[2001/29]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1250540
	Date:	23.10.2002
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.07.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/43]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1250540
	Date:	18.07.2007
	Language:	DE
	[2007/29]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	19.07.2001
Classification	IPC:	F16F9/53, F16F9/32	[2002/43]
	CPC:	B62D1/192 (EP,US); B60R19/32 (EP,US); F16F9/3228 (EP,US); F16F9/346 (EP,US); F16F9/532 (EP,US); B60R2019/262 (EP,US); (+) B60R2021/0051 (EP,US); B60R2021/024 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2002/43]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	PASSIVES KRAFTELEMENT AUF BASIS ELEKTRORHEOLOGISCHER FLÜSSIGKEITEN	[2002/43]
	English:	PASSIVE FORCE ELEMENT ON THE BASIS OF ELECTRORHEOLOGIC LIQUIDS	[2002/43]
	French:	ELEMENT DE FORCE PASSIF A BASE DE LIQUIDES ELECTRORHEOLOGIQUES	[2002/43]
Entry into regional phase	09.08.2002	National basic fee paid
	09.08.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	09.08.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.08.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	09.08.2002	Examination requested [2002/43]
	11.06.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.12.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.02.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.06.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.02.2007	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.06.2007	Fee for grant paid
	01.06.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	21.04.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/26]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.01.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.01.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	18.07.2007
	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	TR	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	AT	10.01.2008
	LU	10.01.2008
	BE	31.01.2008
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
	[2010/37]
Former [2010/32]	CY	18.07.2007
	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	AT	10.01.2008
	LU	10.01.2008
	BE	31.01.2008
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2009/33]	CY	18.07.2007
	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	AT	10.01.2008
	BE	31.01.2008
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2009/23]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	AT	10.01.2008
	BE	31.01.2008
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2009/14]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	BE	31.01.2008
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2008/48]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	CH	31.01.2008
	LI	31.01.2008
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2008/40]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
	MC	31.01.2008
Former [2008/28]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	SE	18.10.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
Former [2008/23]	DK	18.07.2007
	FI	18.07.2007
	IE	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
Former [2008/19]	FI	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	GR	19.10.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
Former [2008/10]	FI	18.07.2007
	NL	18.07.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
	PT	18.12.2007
Former [2008/09]	NL	18.07.2007
	ES	29.10.2007
Former [2008/08]	ES	29.10.2007
Cited in	International search	[Y]FR1419551 (ROLLANT NOËL) [Y] 1 * page 1, column L, lines 30-40; figure 1 *;
		[A]GB1278764 (ARMSTRONG PATENTS CO LTD [GB]) [A] 8 * figure 1; claim 1 *;
		[A]GB1381785 (FICHTEL & SACHS AG) [A] 10* figure 3; claim 1 *;
		[A]GB1599565 (QUIRI & CIE USINES) [A] 2-4 * page 2, lines 24-85; figures 1,2 *;
		[A]DE4002448 (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [A] 9 * figure 1; claims 1,10,11 *;
		[Y]US5588509 (WEITZENHOF DAVID A [US], et al) [Y] 1,6 * column 4, line 20 - column 6, line 45; figures 1-5 *;
		[XY]DE19820570 (SCHENCK AG CARL [DE], et al) [X] 1 * column 4, lines 20-47; figure 3A; claim 1 * [Y] 6;
		[Y] - CHOI S B ET AL, "Control characteristics of a continuously variable ER damper", MECHATRONICS,GB,PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD, (19980301), vol. 8, no. 2, ISSN 0957-4158, pages 143 - 161, XP004122160 [Y] 1,6 * page 148; figure 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0957-4158(97)00019-6

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