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EP0484463 - RADIO FREQUENCY HAIR REMOVAL TWEEZER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.09.1996 Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	23.12.1999	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 09.02.2000 [2000/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MEHL, Thomas L. 1015 Route 1, Highway 337 P.O. Box 1019 Newberry, FL 32669 / US
	[1992/20]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1992/20]
Representative(s)	Howden, Christopher A., et al FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1992/20]	Howden, Christopher Andrew, et al FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 D-80801 München / DE
Application number, filing date	90917815.4	21.06.1990
	[1992/20]
	WO1990US03398
Priority number, date	US19890372852	29.06.1989 Original published format: US 372852
	[1992/20]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9100064
	Date:	10.01.1991
	Language:	EN
	[1991/02]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0484463
	Date:	13.05.1992
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.01.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1992/20]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0484463
	Date:	08.11.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/45]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	10.01.1991
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.03.1992
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/41	[1992/20]
	CPC:	A61B18/14 (EP,US); A61B2018/00452 (EP,US); A61B2018/00476 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1992/20]
Title	German:	PINZETTE ZUR EPILATION MITTELS HOCHFREQUENZENERGIE	[1992/20]
	English:	RADIO FREQUENCY HAIR REMOVAL TWEEZER	[1992/20]
	French:	PINCETTE EPILATOIRE A RADIOFREQUENCE	[1992/20]
Entry into regional phase	29.01.1992	National basic fee paid
	29.01.1992	Search fee paid
	29.01.1992	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.01.1992	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.01.1991	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
	10.02.1992	Examination requested [1992/20]
	21.02.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	30.08.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.01.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	10.05.1995	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.06.1995	Fee for grant paid
	06.06.1995	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	09.08.1996	No opposition filed within time limit [1996/44]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.06.1992	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.06.1993	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.06.1994	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.06.1995	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
	01.04.1992	M01 Fee paid on 13.04.1992
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	08.11.1995
	BE	08.11.1995
	CH	08.11.1995
	DK	08.11.1995
	LI	08.11.1995
	SE	08.02.1996
	LU	30.06.1996
	[2000/06]
Former [1998/15]	AT	08.11.1995
	BE	08.11.1995
	CH	08.11.1995
	DK	08.11.1995
	LI	08.11.1995
	SE	08.02.1996
Former [1997/13]	AT	08.11.1995
	BE	08.11.1995
	CH	08.11.1995
	LI	08.11.1995
	SE	08.02.1996
Former [1996/31]	AT	08.11.1995
	BE	08.11.1995
	SE	08.02.1996
Former [1996/30]	AT	08.11.1995
	SE	08.02.1996
Former [1996/28]	AT	08.11.1995
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US4183359 (HUSBANDS HARMON G [US])
	International search	[A]US4074718 (MORRISON JR CHARLES F);
		[A]US4174713 (MEHL THOMAS L [US]);
		[A]WO8302389 (BOLTON GERRIDA);
		[A]DE3447156 (SUTTER HERMANN)

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