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EP About this file: EP0368874

EP0368874 - FLUORESCENT REFLECTOR LAMP ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  21.03.1995
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.1995Refusal of applicationpublished on 10.05.1995 [1995/19]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LIM, Kenneth S.
47 St. James Place
Piedmont, CA 94611 / US
[1990/21]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1990/21]
Representative(s)Godsill, John Kenneth, et al
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/21]Godsill, John Kenneth, et al
Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1AT / GB
Application number, filing date88905126.420.05.1988
[1990/21]
WO1988US01672
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8911727
Date:30.11.1989
Language:EN
[1989/28]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0368874
Date:23.05.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.11.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US30.11.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.10.1990
ClassificationIPC:H01J7/44
[1990/21]
CPC:
F21V19/0095 (EP,US); F21V29/505 (US); F21V23/02 (EP,US);
F21V29/15 (US); F21V29/85 (EP,US); H01J61/025 (EP,US);
F21Y2103/37 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [1990/21]
TitleGerman:ZUSAMMENBAU EINER BIRNE[1990/21]
English:FLUORESCENT REFLECTOR LAMP ASSEMBLY[1990/21]
French:LAMPE REFLECTRICE FLUORESCENTE[1990/21]
File destroyed:03.03.2001
Entry into regional phase06.02.1990National basic fee paid 
06.02.1990Search fee paid 
06.02.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
06.02.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.02.1990Examination requested  [1990/21]
29.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.11.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.06.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
12.12.1994Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: formalities examination [1995/19]
22.12.1994Application refused, date of legal effect [1995/19]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.05.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
14.05.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
12.05.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
27.05.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
25.08.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.05.199407   M06   Fee paid on   25.08.1994
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP57187859  ;
 [A]US4497016  (SACHSE CHRISTIAN [DE]);
 [A]DE3542076  (BROCKE HARTMUT);
 [A]US4683402  (AUBREY TRUMAN [US]);
 [E]US4858089  (PIETRO MICHAEL S [US])
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 36 (E-158)[1181], 15th February 1983; & JP-A-57 187 859 (TOKYO SHIBAURA DENKI K.K.) 18-11-1982, & JP57187859 A 00000000
International search[A]US3987326  (LINDAE GERHARD);
 [A]US4339685  (SAGUCHI NORIO, et al);
 [A]US4363994  (CORTORILLO SALVATORE F, et al);
 [A]US4470104  (COX CHARLES W [US]);
 [A]US4479072  (GAUGEL MANFRED [DE], et al);
 [A]US4495443  (CUMMINGS JOHN H [US]);
 [A]US4538090  (WILHELM DIETER [DE], et al);
 [A]US4623823  (ENGEL HERMAN J [US]);
 [A]US4723200  (TROEN LARS [CA]);
 [A]US4739222  (NOMOTO IKUYA [JP], et al);
 [AE]US4748380  (MACDONALD WALLACE T [US], et al)
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