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EP1621305 - Apparatus for casting a plumbing fixture [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2006/05]Method and apparatus for casting a plumbing fixture
[2011/18]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.09.2012
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 29.05.2013  [2013/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KOHLER CO.
444 Highland Drive
Kohler
Wisconsin 50344 / US
[N/P]
Former [2006/05]For all designated states
KOHLER CO.
444 Highland Drive Kohler
Wisconsin 50344 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Bergquist, Walter S.
W5982 Pheasant Lane
Plymouth, Wisconsin 53073 / US
02 / Williams, Frank P.
1083-A Creeks Cross Road
Kohler, Wisconsin 53044 / US
03 / Teague, Harold A.
7100 CR 333
Blanket, Texas 76432 / US
 [2006/24]
Former [2006/05]01 / Bergquist, Walter S.
W5982 Pheasant Lane
Plymouth, Wisconsin 53073 / US
02 / Williams, Frank P.
W3836 Highway 28
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin 53085 / US
03 / Teague, Harold A.
7100 CR 333
Blanket, Texas 76432 / US
Representative(s)Wightman, David Alexander, et al
Barker Brettell LLP
100 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands B16 8QQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2011/18]Wightman, David Alexander, et al
Barker Brettell LLP 100 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham
B16 8QQ / GB
Former [2006/05]Ebner von Eschenbach, Jennifer, et al
LADAS & PARRY LLP Dachauerstrasse 37
80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date05019236.823.08.2000
[2006/05]
Priority number, dateUS1999044351319.11.1999         Original published format: US 443513
[2006/05]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1621305
Date:01.02.2006
Language:EN
[2006/05]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1621305
Date:28.06.2006
[2006/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1621305
Date:02.11.2011
Language:EN
[2011/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.05.2006
ClassificationIPC:B28B1/00, B28B1/26
[2006/05]
CPC:
B28B1/002 (EP,US); B28B1/266 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2007/10]
Former [2006/05]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung zum Giessen eines Sanitärgegenstandes[2011/18]
English:Apparatus for casting a plumbing fixture[2011/18]
French:Appareil de moulage d'une installation sanitaire[2011/18]
Former [2006/05]Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Giessen eines Sanitärgegenstandes
Former [2006/05]Method and apparatus for casting a plumbing fixture
Former [2006/05]Procédé et appareil de moulage d'une installation sanitaire
Examination procedure22.12.2006Examination requested  [2007/06]
31.01.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
07.08.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.05.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.08.2011Fee for grant paid
24.08.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP00955861.0  / EP1232049
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20000955861) is  21.04.2005
Opposition(s)03.08.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
30.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
30.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
30.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
14.08.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
30.07.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
25.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
14.08.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
03.08.2010Renewal fee patent year 11
30.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT02.11.2011
ES13.02.2012
[2013/22]
Former [2012/37]IT02.11.2011
Documents cited:Search[A]US3664799  (WALLICK CLAUDE ROLLIN JR, et al) [A] 1* figures 3,4; claim 1 *;
 [X]EP0557995  (NETZSCH ERICH HOLDING [DE]) [X] 1,2 * figure 3; claim 1 *;
 [A]DE19520234  (NETZSCH ERICH HOLDING [DE]) [A] 1 * figure 1; claims 1-3 *;
 [X]DE19725107  (THURINGIA NETZSCH FEINKERAMIK [DE]) [X] 1,2 * column 2, line 32 - line 39 * * column 3, line 24 - line 31; figure 2 *
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