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EP0321473 - A SYSTEM USEFUL FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE SYNCHRONOUS SECONDARIES OF A LINEAR MOTOR ALONG AN ELONGATED PATH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.08.1994 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	23.11.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 26.12.2007 [2007/52]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1989/35]	For all designated states E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1007 Market Street Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Former [1989/26]	For all designated states E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMP. 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / HOMMES, William, John 17 York Way, Rd. 3 Hockessin, DE 19707 / US
	02 / KEEGAN, John, Joseph, Jr. 1605 North Jackson Street Wilmington, DE 19806 / US
	[1989/26]
Representative(s)	Jones, Alan John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1989/26]	Jones, Alan John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB
Application number, filing date	87905319.7	17.06.1987
	[1989/26]
	WO1987US01386
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO8810531
	Date:	29.12.1988
	Language:	EN
	[1988/28]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0321473
	Date:	28.06.1989
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.12.1988 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1989/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0321473
	Date:	20.10.1993
	Language:	EN
	[1993/42]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	29.12.1988
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.10.1990
Classification	IPC:	B60L15/00	[1990/48]
	CPC:	B60L15/005 (EP,US); H02K33/00 (KR); B60L2200/26 (EP,US); B60L2220/14 (EP,US); F02B2075/025 (EP,US); Y02T10/64 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1989/26]	H02K33/00, H02K41/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1989/26]
Title	German:	SYSTEM FÜR DIE ANWENDUNG IN DER STEUERUNG EINER MEHRHEIT SYNCHRONER SEKUNDÄRTEILE EINES LINEARMOTORS ENTLANG EINER AUSGEDEHNTEN BAHN	[1989/26]
	English:	A SYSTEM USEFUL FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE SYNCHRONOUS SECONDARIES OF A LINEAR MOTOR ALONG AN ELONGATED PATH	[1989/26]
	French:	SYSTEME PERMETTANT DE REGULER LES MULTIPLES SECONDAIRES SYNCHRONES D'UN MOTEUR LINEAIRE LE LONG D'UN CHEMINEMENT ALLONGE	[1989/26]
Entry into regional phase	10.02.1989	National basic fee paid
	10.02.1989	Search fee paid
	10.02.1989	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.02.1989	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	10.02.1989	Examination requested [1989/26]
	31.01.1992	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.07.1992	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.1993	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	20.04.1993	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	16.06.1993	Fee for grant paid
	16.06.1993	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	21.07.1994	No opposition filed within time limit [1994/41]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.1989	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.06.1990	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.12.1990	Renewal fee patent year 05
	09.06.1992	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.06.1993	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	20.10.1993
	BE	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	IT	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	NL	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
	LU	30.06.1994
	[2007/52]
Former [2000/06]	AT	20.10.1993
	BE	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	IT	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	NL	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
	LU	30.06.1994
Former [1999/42]	AT	20.10.1993
	BE	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	IT	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	NL	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
Former [1994/39]	AT	20.10.1993
	BE	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	NL	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
Former [1994/38]	AT	20.10.1993
	BE	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
Former [1994/32]	AT	20.10.1993
	CH	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
Former [1994/27]	CH	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993
	SE	20.10.1993
Former [1994/18]	CH	20.10.1993
	LI	20.10.1993

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