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EP0715321 - Solenoid valve control circuit [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.12.1999 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	04.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states TOTO LTD. 1-1, Nakashima 2-chome, Kokura-kita-ku Kita-kyusyu-shi Fukuoka / JP
	[N/P]
Former [1996/23]	For all designated states TOTO LTD. 1-1, Nakashima 2-chome, Kokura-kita-ku Kita-kyusyu-shi, Fukuoka / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Yoshida, Takao, c/o Toto Ltd. Chigasaki Fact., 8-1 Honson 2-chome Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	02 / Ikeda, Toshio, c/o Toto Ltd. Chigasaki Fact., 8-1 Honson 2-chome Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	03 / Douke, Takahiro, c/o Toto Ltd. Chigasaki Fact., 8-1 Honson 2-chome Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Eki, Toshio, c/o Toto Ltd. Chigasaki Fact., 8-1 Honson 2-chome Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	[1996/23]
Representative(s)	Price, Anthony Stuart Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1996/38]	Price, Anthony Stuart Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB
Former [1996/23]	Price, Anthony Stuart Frank B. Dehn & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UZ / GB
Application number, filing date	96200372.9	21.11.1988
	[1996/23]
Priority number, date	JP19870294800	20.11.1987 Original published format: JP 29480087
	JP19870294801	20.11.1987 Original published format: JP 29480187
	[1996/23]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0715321
	Date:	05.06.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/23]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0715321
	Date:	26.06.1996
	[1996/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0715321
	Date:	03.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/05]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.05.1996
Classification	IPC:	H01F7/18	[1996/23]
	CPC:	H01F7/1844 (EP,US); H01F7/18 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1996/23]
Title	German:	Steuerschaltung für ein Magnetventil	[1996/23]
	English:	Solenoid valve control circuit	[1996/23]
	French:	Circuit de contrôle pour une électrovanne	[1996/23]
Examination procedure	23.12.1996	Examination requested [1997/10]
	24.02.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.10.1997	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	20.10.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	07.07.1998	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.10.1998	Fee for grant paid
	02.10.1998	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP88310980.3 / EP0317365
Opposition(s)	04.11.1999	No opposition filed within time limit [2000/03]
Request for further processing for:	20.10.1997	Request for further processing filed
	20.10.1997	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	21.11.1997	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 04
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 06
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 07
	08.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 08
	22.11.1996	Renewal fee patent year 09
	26.11.1997	Renewal fee patent year 10
	24.11.1998	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	ES	03.02.1999
	GR	03.02.1999
	IT	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
	NL	03.02.1999
	SE	03.02.1999
	[2008/06]
Former [2003/09]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	ES	03.02.1999
	GR	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
	NL	03.02.1999
	SE	03.02.1999
Former [2002/26]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	ES	03.02.1999
	GR	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
	SE	03.02.1999
Former [2002/23]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	GR	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
	SE	03.02.1999
Former [2001/23]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	GR	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
Former [2000/52]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	03.02.1999
	LI	03.02.1999
Former [2000/50]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
	CH	10.05.1999
	LI	10.05.1999
Former [2000/23]	AT	03.02.1999
	BE	03.02.1999
Former [2000/21]	AT	03.02.1999
Documents cited:	Search	[X]JPS556369 ;
		[A]JPS56118882
		[X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19800325), vol. 004, no. 035, Database accession no. (P - 003), & JP55006369 A 19800117 (MINOLTA CAMERA CO LTD) [X] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19811223), vol. 005, no. 203, Database accession no. (M - 103), & JP56118882 A 19810918 (TOKYO ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] * abstract *

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