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EP About this file: EP0423981

EP0423981 - An air bag for an automotive inflatable occupant restraint system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.04.1995
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.04.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.06.1995 [1995/24]
Applicant(s)For:GB 
Ford Motor Company Limited
Eagle Way Brentwood
Essex / GB
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE S.A.
B.P. 307
92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex / FR
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Henry-Ford-Strasse 1
50725 Köln / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/17]For:GB 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Eagle Way
Brentwood Essex / GB
For:FR 
FORD FRANCE S. A.
B.P. 307
F-92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cédex / FR
For:DE 
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
D-50725 Köln / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Abramczyk, William Michael
910 Hadley
Rochester, Michigan 48063 / US
02 / Hull, Edward Irving
4015 Pinehurst
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 / US
03 / Feustel, James Robert
1680 Morehead
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 / US
[1991/17]
Representative(s)Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
Harrison IP Limited
3 Ebor House
London Ebor Business Park
Millfield Lane
Nether Poppleton York YO26 6QY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1991/17]Messulam, Alec Moses, et al
A. Messulam & Co. 24 Broadway
Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 1BN / GB
Application number, filing date90310904.904.10.1990
[1991/17]
Priority number, dateUS1989042188216.10.1989         Original published format: US 421882
[1991/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0423981
Date:24.04.1991
Language:EN
[1991/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0423981
Date:22.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.02.1991
ClassificationIPC:B60R21/16
[1991/17]
CPC:
B60R21/239 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1991/17]
TitleGerman:Luftsack für eine aufblasbare Fahrzeuginsassenrückhaltevorrichtung[1991/17]
English:An air bag for an automotive inflatable occupant restraint system[1991/17]
French:Sac d'air pour un système gonflable de retenue pour passagers dans une voiture[1991/17]
Examination procedure28.09.1991Examination requested  [1991/48]
23.12.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.04.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.08.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
22.12.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.01.1994Fee for grant paid
10.01.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.03.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
04.09.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP0061828  (THIOKOL CORP [US]);
 [X]DE896312  (LINDERER WALTER);
 [XP]WO9009908  (AUTOMOTIVE TECH INT [US]);
 [A]FR2131070  (FERODO SA)
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