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EP0283945 - Power supply device for electric tools [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Opposition rejected Status updated on 20.05.1994 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	26.04.2002	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES	published on 12.06.2002 [2002/24]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Festo KG Ruiter Strasse 82 D-73734 Esslingen / DE
	[1988/39]
Inventor(s)	01 / Stoll, Wilfried, Dr. rer. pol. Sonnenbergstrasse 51 E D-7000 Stuttgart / DE
	02 / Behrens, Axel, Dipl.-Ing. Uhlandstrasse 44 D-7306 Denkendorf / DE
	03 / Fetzer, Gerhard, Dipl.-Ing. Mühlhaldenstrasse 25 D-7306 Denkendorf / DE
	04 / Berwarth, Walter, Dipl.-Ing. Staufeneckstrasse 35 D-7300 Esslingen-Zell / DE
	[1988/39]
Representative(s)	Reimold, Otto, et al Patentanwälte Magenbauer, Reimold, Vetter & Abel Plochinger Strasse 109 73730 Esslingen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1988/39]	Reimold, Otto, Dr. Dipl.-Phys., et al Patentanwälte Dipl.-Ing. R. Magenbauer Dipl.-Phys. Dr. O. Reimold Dipl.-Phys.Dr. H. Vetter Hölderlinweg 58 D-73728 Esslingen / DE
Application number, filing date	88104318.6	18.03.1988
	[1988/39]
Priority number, date	DE19873709983	26.03.1987 Original published format: DE 3709983
	[1988/39]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0283945
	Date:	28.09.1988
	Language:	DE
	[1988/39]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0283945
	Date:	15.02.1989
	Language:	DE
	[1989/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0283945
	Date:	18.12.1991
	Language:	DE
	[1991/51]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.12.1988
Classification	IPC:	H02P7/63, H02P7/00	[1989/04]
	CPC:	H02P29/032 (EP); H02J4/00 (EP); H02P27/047 (EP)
	Former IPC [1988/39]	H02P7/63
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1988/39]
Title	German:	Stromversorgungseinrichtung für Elektrowerkzeuge	[1988/39]
	English:	Power supply device for electric tools	[1988/39]
	French:	Dispositif d'alimentation en courant électrique pour outillages électriques	[1988/39]
Examination procedure	09.02.1989	Examination requested [1989/15]
	17.05.1991	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	18.06.1991	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.08.1991	Fee for grant paid
	20.08.1991	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 18.09.1992 20.11.1992 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haselstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Rzehak, Herbert Asea Brown Boveri AG Immaterialgüterrecht(TEI) Haselstrasse 16/699 I 5401 Baden / CH
		[N/P]
	Former [1992/47]
	Opponent(s)	01 18.09.1992 20.11.1992 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haslerstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Rzehak, Herbert Asea Brown Boveri AG Abteilung TEI-Immaterialgüterrecht Wiesenstrasse 26 CH-5401 Baden / CH
	30.11.1992	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	16.07.1993	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	27.07.1993	Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
	30.09.1993	Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
	16.02.1994	Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
	26.02.1994	Legal effect of rejection of opposition [1994/28]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.03.1990	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.02.1991	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	18.12.1991
	ES	18.12.1991
	GR	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
	AT	18.03.1992
	CH	31.03.1992
	LI	31.03.1992
	LU	31.03.1992
	[2002/24]
Former [2000/04]	BE	18.12.1991
	GR	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
	AT	18.03.1992
	CH	31.03.1992
	LI	31.03.1992
	LU	31.03.1992
Former [1999/52]	BE	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
	AT	18.03.1992
	CH	31.03.1992
	LI	31.03.1992
	LU	31.03.1992
Former [1994/25]	BE	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
	AT	18.03.1992
	CH	31.03.1992
	LI	31.03.1992
Former [1993/03]	BE	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
	CH	31.03.1992
	LI	31.03.1992
Former [1992/37]	BE	18.12.1991
	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
Former [1992/33]	NL	18.12.1991
	SE	18.12.1991
Former [1992/28]	SE	18.12.1991
Documents cited:	Search	[A] JP58130797
		[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Band 7, nr. 243 (E-207)[1388], 28. Oktober 1983; & JP-A-58 130 797 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.) 04-08-1983 [A]

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