| EP0740366 - A connector, a method for manufacturing the same, a device for molding the same,and a method for mounting a retainer [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.09.2002 Database last updated on 19.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.03.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 23.04.2003 [2003/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 1-14, Nishisuehiro-cho Yokkaichi-shi Mie / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/44] | For all designated states SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, Ltd. 1-14, Nishisuehiro-cho Yokkaichi-shi, Mie / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kawase, Hajime, c/o Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., 1-14, Nishisuehiro-cho Yokkaichi-shi, Mie / JP | [1996/44] | Representative(s) | Kuhnen & Wacker Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro PartG mbB Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A 85354 Freising / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/40] | R.A. KUHNEN & P.A. WACKER Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising / DE | ||
| Former [1996/44] | KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 D-85354 Freising / DE | Application number, filing date | 96106377.3 | 23.04.1996 | [1996/44] | Priority number, date | JP19950124441 | 24.04.1995 Original published format: JP 12444195 | JP19950124442 | 24.04.1995 Original published format: JP 12444295 | JP19950219697 | 03.08.1995 Original published format: JP 21969795 | [1996/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0740366 | Date: | 30.10.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/44] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0740366 | Date: | 07.01.1998 | [1998/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0740366 | Date: | 31.10.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/44] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.11.1997 | Classification | IPC: | H01R13/436, H01R43/00, H01R43/18 | [1997/52] | CPC: |
H01R13/4362 (EP,US);
B29C45/006 (EP,US);
H01R43/18 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49217 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49218 (EP,US);
Y10T29/4922 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1996/44] | H01R13/436, H01R43/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1996/44] | Title | German: | Verbinder, dessen Herstellungsverfahren, Vorrichtung zum Formen eines derartigen Verbinders und Verfahren zum Montieren von einer Haltevorrichtung | [1996/44] | English: | A connector, a method for manufacturing the same, a device for molding the same,and a method for mounting a retainer | [1996/44] | French: | Connecteur, méthode de sa fabrication, dispositif de moulage d'un tel connecteur et méthode de montage d'un élément de retenue | [1996/44] | Examination procedure | 26.01.1998 | Examination requested [1998/13] | 09.06.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.10.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.07.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.12.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.10.2000 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 19.03.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.06.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 26.06.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 01.08.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.04.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.04.2001 | 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 | GB | 23.04.2002 | [2003/17] | Documents cited: | Search | [A] JPS606423 | [A] JPH05200772 | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 121 (M - 382) 25 May 1985 (1985-05-25) [A] 18-21 * abstract * | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 017, no. 635 (M - 1514) 25 November 1993 (1993-11-25) [A] 18-21 * abstract * |