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EP About this file: EP0724706

EP0724706 - PROCESS FOR DRYING AUTOMOBILE PAINTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.10.1998
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.10.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.12.1998 [1998/49]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Petuelring 130
80809 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/36]For all designated states
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
80788 München / DE
Former [1996/32]For all designated states
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Patentabteilung AJ-3
80788 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SZENKER, Ber
Sommerstrasse 11a
D-81543 München / DE
02 / BENNING, Johann
Lessingstrasse 33
D-85646 Anzing / DE
[1996/32]
Application number, filing date94930967.821.10.1994
[1996/32]
WO1994EP03467
Priority number, dateDE1993433685728.10.1993         Original published format: DE 4336857
[1996/32]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9512102
Date:04.05.1995
Language:DE
[1995/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0724706
Date:07.08.1996
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.05.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0724706
Date:10.12.1997
Language:DE
[1997/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.05.1995
ClassificationIPC:F26B3/30
[1996/32]
CPC:
F26B3/30 (EP,US); F26B3/283 (EP,US); F26B2210/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1996/32]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM TROCKEN VON AUTOMOBILLACKEN[1996/32]
English:PROCESS FOR DRYING AUTOMOBILE PAINTS[1996/32]
French:PROCEDE POUR LE SECHAGE DE PEINTURES D'AUTOMOBILES[1996/32]
Entry into regional phase18.01.1996National basic fee paid 
18.01.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
18.01.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.02.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.01.1996Examination requested  [1996/32]
11.02.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.05.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.08.1997Fee for grant paid
20.08.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)11.09.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
01.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP0456829  (MITA INDUSTRIAL CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1,3 * page 11, line 5 - line 10; figure 19 *;
 [A]DE2316086  (VIANOVA KUNSTHARZ AG) [A] 1,3 * figure 2 *;
 [A]WO8503766  (BERKMANN ADOLF [DE]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4635381  (HUBBERT GORDON F [US]) [A] 1 * column W *;
 [A]EP0203377  (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG [DE]);
 [A]EP0348882  (HERBERTS & CO GMBH [DE]);
 [A]GB2233257  (HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP])
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