| EP2213552 - Vehicle roof support pillar assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.07.2013 Database last updated on 08.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, LU | published on 19.08.2015 [2015/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Vari-Form Inc. 780 Wright Street Strathroy ON N7G 4K5 / CA | [2010/31] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bolas, Michael E. 5901 Wright Troy, MI 48098 / US | 02 /
Bliss, Martin L. 23 Monteith Avenue Thorndale, Ontario N0M 2P0 / CA | 03 /
Aul, Gurpreet S. 22 Cedarwood Road London, Ontario N6H 5E7 / CA | 04 /
Gericke, Dean A. 7725 Partridge Hill Brighton, MI 48116 / US | 05 /
Coelho, Jose U. 163 Greyrock Crescent London, Ontario N5Y 6L5 / US | 06 /
Marks, Larry D. 1664 Bayswater Crescent London, Ontario N6G 0A9 / CA | [2012/16] |
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Bolas, Michael E. 5901 Wright Troy, MI 48098 / US | ||
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Bliss, Martin L. 23 Monteith Avenue Thorndale, Ontario N0M 2P0 / CA | |||
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Aul, Gurpreet S. 22 Cedarwood Road London, Ontario N6H 5E7 / CA | |||
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Gericke, Dean A. 7725 Partridge Hill Brighton, MI 48116 / US | |||
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Coelho, Jose U. 163 Greyrock Crescent London, Ontario N5Y 6L5 / US | |||
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Marks, Larry D. 1664 Bayswater Crescent London, Ontario N6G OA9 / CA | Representative(s) | Heyer, Volker, et al Bockhorni & Kollegen Elsenheimerstrasse 49 80687 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2010/44] | Heyer, Volker, et al Bockhorni & Kollegen Elsenheimerstrasse 49 80687 München / DE | ||
| Former [2010/31] | Hauck Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schwanthalerstrasse 106 80339 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10000992.7 | 01.02.2010 | [2010/31] | Priority number, date | US20090149262P | 02.02.2009 Original published format: US 149262 P | US20100693914 | 26.01.2010 Original published format: US 693914 | [2010/31] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2213552 | Date: | 04.08.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/31] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2213552 | Date: | 01.12.2010 | [2010/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2213552 | Date: | 19.09.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/38] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.10.2010 | Classification | IPC: | B62D25/04 | [2010/31] | CPC: |
B62D25/04 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2010/31] | Title | German: | Anordnung einer Dachtragsäule eines Fahrzeugs | [2010/31] | English: | Vehicle roof support pillar assembly | [2010/31] | French: | Ensemble de colonne de support de toit pour véhicule | [2010/31] | Examination procedure | 01.06.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 01.06.2011 | Examination requested [2011/28] | 11.08.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 11.01.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.03.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.07.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 23.07.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP12182344.7 / EP2529997 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 11.08.2011 | Opposition(s) | 20.06.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/35] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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| NO | 19.12.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [X] US2008001437 (BALZER JASON et al.) | [X] US2006005503 (BLADOW JEFFREY et al.) [X] 1-3,5,7,10 * figures 1,2 * * paragraphs [0002] , [0003] * * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0029] * | [X] JPH04297383 (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP et al.) [X] 1,4,11 * paragraph [0002]; figure 1 * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0020] * | by applicant | US2008001437 |