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EP0560588 - Power circuit breaker and power resistor [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.09.1998
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip04.09.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 21.10.1998 [1998/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho
Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1997/44]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 / JP
Former [1995/01]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210, Tokyo / JP
Former [1993/37]For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Shutoh, Naoki, c/o Intellectual Property Division
K.K. Toshiba, 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 / JP
02 / Imai, Motomasa, c/o Intellectual Property Division
K.K. Toshiba, 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 / JP
03 / Ueno, Fumio, c/o Intellectual Property Division
K.K. Toshiba, 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 / JP
[1993/37]
Representative(s)Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
Marks & Clerk Incorporating Edward Evans Barker 90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/37]Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date93301812.910.03.1993
[1993/37]
Priority number, dateJP1992005353712.03.1992         Original published format: JP 5353792
[1993/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0560588
Date:15.09.1993
Language:EN
[1993/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0560588
Date:02.08.1995
Language:EN
[1995/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0560588
Date:29.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.06.1995
ClassificationIPC:H01H33/16, H01C7/10
[1993/37]
CPC:
H01C7/10 (EP,US); H01H33/165 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1993/37]
TitleGerman:Leistungsschalter und Leistungswiderstand[1993/37]
English:Power circuit breaker and power resistor[1993/37]
French:Interrupteur de puissance et résistance de puissance[1993/37]
Examination procedure31.03.1993Examination requested  [1993/37]
19.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.11.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.12.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
30.04.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.07.1997Fee for grant paid
30.07.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.07.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.03.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
08.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
12.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A] JPS63246803  
 [A] JPS6150304  
 [AD] JPS58139401  
 [A]   DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8847, Derwent World Patents Index; Class L02, AN 88-333949 [A] 1,6,7 * abstract *
 [A]   DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8617, Derwent World Patents Index; Class L03, AN 86-108942 [A] 1,6,7 * abstract *
 [AD]   DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8339, Derwent World Patents Index; Class L02, AN 83-773317 [AD] 1,6 * abstract *
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