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EP About this file: EP0246790

EP0246790 - Vehicle braking system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  31.03.1994
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company
Kings Road Tyseley
Birmingham B11 2AH / GB
[N/P]
Former [1987/48]For all designated states
LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company
Kings Road
Tyseley Birmingham B11 2AH / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Brearley, Malcolm
2 Widney Widney Manor Road
Solihull Warwickshire / GB
02 / Moseley, Richard Brian
89 Cambridge Road
Birmingham B13 9UG / GB
[1987/48]
Representative(s)Huntingford, David Ian, et al
W.P. Thompson & Co. Coopers Building Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
[N/P]
Former [1987/48]Huntingford, David Ian, et al
W.P. THOMPSON & CO. Coopers Building Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Application number, filing date87304148.711.05.1987
[1987/48]
Priority number, dateGB1986001206617.05.1986         Original published format: GB 8612066
[1987/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0246790
Date:25.11.1987
Language:EN
[1987/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0246790
Date:15.03.1989
Language:EN
[1989/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0246790
Date:01.08.1990
Language:EN
[1990/31]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0246790
Date:18.05.1994
Language:EN
[1994/20]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.01.1989
ClassificationIPC:B60T8/18
[1987/48]
CPC:
B60T8/266 (EP,US); B60T8/1708 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1987/48]
TitleGerman:Fahrzeugbremssystem[1987/48]
English:Vehicle braking system[1987/48]
French:Système de freinage de véhicule[1987/48]
Examination procedure10.02.1989Examination requested  [1989/15]
22.06.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.08.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.11.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.01.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.03.1990Fee for grant paid
13.03.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  23.04.1991  07.05.1991  ADMISSIBLE
Robert Bosch GmbH
Zentralabteilung Patente
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
Opponent's representative
Kammer, Arno
ROBERT BOSCH GmbH Zentralstelle Patente-Elektronik Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1991/26]
Opponent(s)01  23.04.1991  07.05.1991  ADMISSIBLE
Robert Bosch GmbH
Zentralabteilung Patente Postfach 30 02 20
D-70442 Stuttgart / DE
Opponent's representative
Kammer, Arno, Dipl.-Ing.
ROBERT BOSCH GmbH Zentralstelle Patente-Elektronik Postfach 30 02 20
D-70442 Stuttgart / DE
deletedDeletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ]
05.06.1991Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
08.10.1991Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
16.10.1991Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
20.12.1991Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
02.03.1992Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
26.10.1993Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
03.12.1993Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
17.12.1993Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
18.03.1994Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition29.04.1992Appeal received No.  T0388/92
09.07.1992Statement of grounds filed
26.10.1993Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
26.10.1993Date of oral proceedings
08.11.1993Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.05.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
16.05.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP58110349  ;
 [A]JP58110347  ;
 [A]EP0111636  (WABCO WESTINGHOUSE FAHRZEUG)
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 217, 27th September 1983; & JP - A - 58 110 349 (TOYOTA) 30-06-1983, & JP58110349 A 00000000
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 217, 27th September 1983; & JP - A - 58 110 347 (TOYOTA) 30-06-1983, & JP58110347 A 00000000
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