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EP About this file: EP0374171

EP0374171 - SELF-SUPPORTED, ADJUSTABLE, CONDENSATION-FREE SHOWER MIRROR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.08.1995
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR		published on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SHOWERTEK, INC.
Napa Valley Corporate Park 840 Latour Court Suite A
Napa, CA 94558 / US
For all designated states
CHRISTIANSON, Thomas R.
622 Hamilton St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301 / US
[1990/26]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1990/26]
Representative(s)Lerwill, John
A.A. Thornton & Co.
10 Old Bailey
London EC4M 7NG / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/26]Lerwill, John
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE / GB
Application number, filing date88907465.422.07.1988
[1990/26]
WO1988US02501
Priority number, dateUS1987007649422.07.1987         Original published format: US 76494
[1990/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8900706
Date:26.01.1989
Language:EN
[1989/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0374171
Date:27.06.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.01.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0374171
Date:26.10.1994
Language:EN
[1994/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US26.01.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.08.1990
ClassificationIPC:G02B5/08, G02B7/18, A45D27/22
[1990/26]
CPC:
A47G1/02 (EP,US); G02B27/0006 (EP,US); G02B7/1815 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/26]
TitleGerman:FREITRAGENDER, JUSTIERBARER, KONDENSATIONSFREIER DUSCHENSPIEGEL[1990/26]
English:SELF-SUPPORTED, ADJUSTABLE, CONDENSATION-FREE SHOWER MIRROR[1990/26]
French:MIROIR DE DOUCHE AUTOPORTE, REGLABLE, ANTICONDENSATION[1990/26]
File destroyed:03.03.2001
Entry into regional phase17.01.1990National basic fee paid 
17.01.1990Search fee paid 
17.01.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
17.01.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.12.1988Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
17.01.1990Examination requested  [1990/26]
17.08.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.02.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.08.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
03.02.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.04.1994Fee for grant paid
22.04.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)27.07.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.07.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
13.07.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
27.07.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
12.07.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
07.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
FR26.10.1994
IT26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
NL26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
GB22.07.1995
[2006/14]
Former [1999/42]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
IT26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
NL26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
FR24.03.1995
GB22.07.1995
Former [1996/30]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
NL26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
FR24.03.1995
GB22.07.1995
Former [1995/36]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
NL26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
FR24.03.1995
Former [1995/35]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
NL26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
Former [1995/31]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
CH26.10.1994
LI26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
Former [1995/30]AT26.10.1994
BE26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
Former [1995/30]AT26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
DE27.01.1995
Former [1995/29]AT26.10.1994
SE26.01.1995
Cited inInternational search[A]US3530275  (RUST DUYANE J);
 [A]US3594063  (SMILLIE CHARLES M);
 [A]US3708218  (SMILLIE C [US]);
 [A]US4072397  (ROSS THOMAS H);
 [Y]US4150869  (HANSEN ROBERT B [US]);
 [A]US4327961  (KLADITIS NICHOLAS S);
 [A]US4556298  (GOTTLIEB ROBERT G [US]);
 [X]US4557003  (JONES THOMAS L [US]);
 [A]US4558929  (STEPHENS JOHN A [AU], et al);
 [A]US4655559  (ODELL DANIEL R [US]);
 [A]US4733468  (ZADRO ZLATKO [US]);
 [A]JPH05232753  (FUJI XEROX CO LTD)
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