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EP About this file: EP0765995

EP0765995 - Arrangement for connecting exhaust pipes to an engine block [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  03.08.2001
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BENTELER AG
Residenzstrasse 1
D-33104 Paderborn / DE
[1997/14]
Inventor(s)01 / Humburg, Erhardt
Parkstr. 25
34414 Menne - Warburg / DE
02 / Kleinschmidt, Jürgen
Michaelstr. 17
37688 Beverungen / DE
[1997/34]
Former [1997/14]01 / Humbug, Erhardt
Parkstr. 25
34414 Menne - Warburg / DE
02 / Kleinschmidt, Jürgen
Michaelstr. 17
37688 Beverungen / DE
Representative(s)Bockermann, Rolf
Bergstrasse 159
44791 Bochum / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/14]Bockermann, Rolf, Dipl.-Ing.
Bergstrasse 159
44791 Bochum / DE
Application number, filing date95110392.804.07.1995
[1997/14]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0765995
Date:02.04.1997
Language:DE
[1997/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0765995
Date:20.08.1997
Language:DE
[1997/34]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0765995
Date:19.09.2001
Language:DE
[2001/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.12.1995
ClassificationIPC:F01N7/18, F01N3/34
[1997/14]
CPC:
F01N13/1805 (EP); F01N13/10 (EP); F01N3/34 (EP);
F01N2450/24 (EP); Y02T10/12 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   PT,   SE [1997/14]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung zur Ankopplung von Abgasrohren an einen Motorblock[1997/14]
English:Arrangement for connecting exhaust pipes to an engine block[1997/14]
French:Dispositif de connection de gaz d'échappement à un bloc moteur[1997/14]
Examination procedure21.12.1995Examination requested  [1997/14]
06.02.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
21.02.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.04.1997Fee for grant paid
19.04.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  20.05.1998  17.06.1998  ADMISSIBLE
Zeuna-Stärker GmbH & Co. KG
Aeussere Uferstrasse 61-69/73
D-86154 Augsburg / DE
Opponent's representative
Möhring, Friedrich
Grättinger - Möhring - von Poschinger
Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Postfach 16 55
82306 Starnberg / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1998/32]
Opponent(s)01  20.05.1998  17.06.1998  ADMISSIBLE
Zeuna-Stärker GmbH & Co. KG
Aeussere Uferstrasse 61-69/73
D-86154 Augsburg / DE
Opponent's representative
Möhring, Friedrich
Grättinger & Partner (GbR) Postfach 16 55
82306 Starnberg / DE
23.06.1998Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
23.12.1998Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
14.01.1999Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M04)
12.05.1999Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
03.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
16.10.1999Reply to a communication from the opposition division
02.02.2000Date of oral proceedings
16.02.2000Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
10.05.2001Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
10.05.2001Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
15.06.2001Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
21.06.2001Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition15.04.2000Appeal received No.  T0427/00
06.06.2000Statement of grounds filed
10.05.2001Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
10.05.2001Date of oral proceedings
21.05.2001Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE8914153U  (AUDI AG) [A] 1,5 * page 2, paragraph L - page 3, paragraph 2; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]DE4315086  (ROTH TECHNIK GMBH [DE]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]DE4313091  (BISCHOFF ERHARDT GMBH CO KG [DE]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]DE4214796  (KUEPPER AUGUST GMBH & CO KG [DE]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]DE3005813  (DAIMLER BENZ AG [DE]);
 [A]FR2292920  (DAIMLER BENZ AG [DE])
OppositionEP0709557
 DE4221913
 EP0643202
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