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EP0749397
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0749397 - VEHICLE ACTIVATED WHEEL CHOCK POSITIONING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 13.09.2002 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.10.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GR | published on 15.12.2004 [2004/51] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Rite-Hite Holding Corporation 8900 N. Arbon Drive Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/24] | For all designated states RITE-HITE HOLDING Corporation 8900 N. Arbon Drive Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223 / US | ||
| Former [1996/52] | For all designated states RITE-HITE CORPORATION 8900 North Arbon Drive, P.O. Box 23043 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223-0043 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
ELLIS, Elwood Rural Route 1 Indian River, Ontario K0L 2B0 / CA | [1996/52] | Representative(s) | Haecker, Walter, et al Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Uhlandstrasse 14 c 70182 Stuttgart / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/52] | Haecker, Walter, et al Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Uhlandstrasse 14 c 70182 Stuttgart / DE | Application number, filing date | 95911837.3 | 21.02.1995 | [1996/52] | WO1995US02154 | Priority number, date | US19940206842 | 07.03.1994 Original published format: US 206842 | [1996/52] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9524353 | Date: | 14.09.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/39] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0749397 | Date: | 27.12.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.09.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/52] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0749397 | Date: | 26.04.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/17] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 14.09.1995 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.04.1997 | Classification | IPC: | B65G67/00 | [1996/52] | CPC: |
B65G69/005 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1996/52] | Title | German: | FAHRZEUG-BETÄTIGTE RADKEIL-POSITIONIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [1996/52] | English: | VEHICLE ACTIVATED WHEEL CHOCK POSITIONING DEVICE | [1996/52] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT DE CALE DE ROUE ACTIONNE PAR LE VEHICULE | [1996/52] | Entry into regional phase | 04.10.1996 | National basic fee paid | 04.10.1996 | Search fee paid | 04.10.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 04.10.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.09.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 04.10.1996 | Examination requested [1996/52] | 04.06.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 14.12.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.03.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 26.07.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 04.10.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.12.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 30.12.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP99100594.3 / EP0919496 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Nani Verladetechnik GmbH & Co. KG Siegerslebener Str. 12 39365 Eisleben / DE Opponent's representative Vonnemann, Gerhard, et al, et al VKK Patentanwälte PartG mbB An der Alster 84 20099 Hamburg / DE | [N/P] |
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ADMISSIBLE Nani Verladetechnik GmbH & Co. KG Siegerslebener Str. 12 39365 Eisleben / DE Opponent's representative Vonnemann, Gerhard, Dr.-Ing., et al, et al Dr. Vonnemann & Partner, An der Alster 84 20099 Hamburg / DE | 26.02.2001 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 06.09.2001 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 25.10.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 20.02.2002 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 24.05.2002 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 04.06.2002 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2002/44] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.02.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.02.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.02.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.02.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 26.04.2000 | LI | 26.04.2000 | PT | 26.07.2000 | GR | 28.07.2000 | [2004/51] |
| Former [2002/02] | CH | 26.04.2000 | |
| LI | 26.04.2000 | ||
| PT | 26.07.2000 | ||
| Former [2001/16] | PT | 26.07.2000 | Documents cited: | Search | No further relevant documents disclosed |