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EP0270768 - Incrementor absolute revolution sensor with clamping means [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 03.01.1996 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	05.10.2005	Change: Appeal number
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH Postfach 12 60 83292 Traunreut / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1991/11]	For all designated states Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH Postfach 12 60 D-83292 Traunreut / DE
Former [1988/24]	For all designated states DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH Dr.-Johannes-Heidenhain-Strasse 5 Postfach 1260 D-8225 Traunreut / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Fischer, Roland Reubergstrasse 6a D-8221 St. Georgen / DE
	[1988/24]
Application number, filing date	87114771.6	09.10.1987
	[1988/24]
Priority number, date	DE19863642230	10.12.1986 Original published format: DE 3642230
	[1988/24]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0270768
	Date:	15.06.1988
	Language:	DE
	[1988/24]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0270768
	Date:	28.06.1989
	Language:	DE
	[1989/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0270768
	Date:	11.12.1991
	Language:	DE
	[1991/50]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0270768
	Date:	24.01.1996
	[1996/04]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	10.05.1989
Classification	IPC:	G01D11/30, F16D1/08, F16B7/04	[1989/24]
	CPC:	G01D11/30 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1988/24]	G01D11/30
Designated contracting states	AT, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1988/24]
Title	German:	Inkrementaler oder absoluter Drehgeber mit einer Klemmvorrichtung	[1988/24]
	English:	Incrementor absolute revolution sensor with clamping means	[1988/24]
	French:	Capteur de rotation absolu ou à incrément avec moyens de fixation	[1988/24]
Examination procedure	17.10.1987	Examination requested [1988/24]
	26.07.1990	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.11.1990	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.12.1990	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	23.02.1991	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.04.1991	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	18.04.1991	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.05.1991	Fee for grant paid
	11.05.1991	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 09.09.1992 22.10.1992 ADMISSIBLE T + R Electronic GmbH Eglishalde 6 D-78647 Trossingen / DE Opponent's representative Maucher Jenkins Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Urachstraße 23 79102 Freiburg / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [1992/46]
	Opponent(s)	01 09.09.1992 22.10.1992 ADMISSIBLE T + R Electronic GmbH Eglishalde 6 D-78647 Trossingen / DE Opponent's representative Patentanwälte Dipl.-Ing. Hans Schmitt Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Maucher Dreikönigstrasse 13 D-79102 Freiburg / DE
	27.10.1992	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	01.03.1993	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	17.03.1993	Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
	14.04.1993	Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
	01.06.1993	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	14.09.1994	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
	21.10.1994	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	24.11.1994	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
	30.12.1994	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	10.05.1995	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	20.05.1995	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	28.08.1995	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	08.09.1995	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	09.06.1993	Appeal received No. T0542/93
	09.09.1993	Statement of grounds filed
	20.07.1994	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	20.07.1994	Date of oral proceedings
	26.07.1994	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.09.1989	Renewal fee patent year 03
	17.09.1990	Renewal fee patent year 04
	16.09.1991	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	ES	10.10.1992
	SE	10.10.1992
	NL	01.05.1993
	[2004/37]
Former [1993/38]	SE	10.10.1992
	NL	01.05.1993
Former [1993/28]	SE	10.10.1992
Cited in	by applicant	DE3427709

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