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EP About this file: EP0763837

EP0763837 - Switching device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.09.2000
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SE
published on 05.06.2002  [2002/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Barlian, Reinhold
Dieselstrasse 6
D-97980 Bad Mergentheim / DE
[1997/12]
Inventor(s)01 / Barlian, Reinhold
Dieselstrasse 6
97980 Bad Mergentheim / DE
02 / Lux, Karl-Heinz
Schwalbenweg 17
97990 Weikersheim / DE
03 / Mezger, Lothar
Engelsberg 3
97980 Bad Mergentheim / DE
04 / Fischle, Martin
Schönbornstrasse 1
97980 Bad Mergentheim / DE
[1997/12]
Application number, filing date96118557.625.09.1993
[1997/12]
Priority number, dateDE1992423344705.10.1992         Original published format: DE 4233447
[1997/12]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0763837
Date:19.03.1997
Language:DE
[1997/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0763837
Date:01.12.1999
Language:DE
[1999/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.01.1997
ClassificationIPC:H01H13/50, H02B1/04, H01H13/06, H01H9/04
[1997/12]
CPC:
H02B1/052 (EP); H01H11/0006 (EP); H01H13/063 (EP);
H01H13/285 (EP); H02B1/04 (EP); H02B1/26 (EP);
H02B1/041 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/12]
TitleGerman:Schalteinrichtung[1997/12]
English:Switching device[1997/12]
French:Dispositif de commutation[1997/12]
Examination procedure20.11.1996Examination requested  [1997/12]
13.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.01.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.03.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.06.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.07.1999Fee for grant paid
28.07.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP93115508.9  / EP0591796
Opposition(s)02.09.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
20.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
14.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
13.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
16.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.199705   M06   Fee paid on   14.11.1997
30.09.199806   M06   Fee paid on   13.11.1998
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE01.12.1999
PT02.03.2000
[2002/23]
Former [2000/43]PT02.03.2000
Documents cited:Search[A]US3235678  (WOODCOCK CHARLES A) [A] 1 * column 2, line 1 - line 50 *;
 [A]DE2316872  (EBE ELEKTRO BAU ELEMENTE GMBH) [A] 1 * figures 1,2 *;
 [A]DE3543885  (SWF AUTO ELECTRIC GMBH) [A] 2 * figure - *;
 [A]FR2614132  (MERLIN GERIN [FR]) [A] 1 * page 3, paragraph 2 - page 4, paragraph 1; figure 2 *;
 [A]DE8908758U  (BÄR ELEKTROWERKE GMBH) [A] 1 * page 5, paragraph L - page 6, paragraph 1; figures 1-3; claim 6 *;
 [A]DE8908871U  (BARLIAN REINHOLD) [A] 1* page 15-; figure - *
by applicantDE8908871U
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