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EP0806780 - Zinc phosphate coating for varistor and method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.06.2001
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.06.2001No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.07.2001 [2001/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LITTELFUSE, INC.
800 East Northwest Highway
Des Plaines, IL 60016 / US
[2001/13]
Former [2000/26]For all designated states
Littlefuse, Inc.
800 East Northwest Highway
Des Plaines, IL 60016 / US
Former [1999/15]For all designated states
Harris Ireland Development Company Limited
The Demesne
Dundalk, County Louth / IE
Former [1997/46]For all designated states
HARRIS CORPORATION
1025 West NASA Blvd MS 53
Melbourne, FL 32919 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Ravindranathan, Palaniappan
Cabinet Ballot-Schmit, 7 rue Le Sueur
75116 Paris / FR
[1997/46]
Representative(s)Ballot, Paul Denis Jacques, et al
Cabinet Ballot
122, rue Edouard Vaillant
92593 Levallois-Perret Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1997/46]Ballot, Paul Denis Jacques, et al
Cabinet Ballot-Schmit, 7, rue Le Sueur
75116 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date96400993.009.05.1996
[1997/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0806780
Date:12.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0806780
Date:02.08.2000
Language:EN
[2000/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.12.1996
ClassificationIPC:H01C1/034, H01C7/10
[1997/46]
CPC:
H01C7/102 (EP); H01C1/034 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   NL [1997/46]
TitleGerman:Zink-Phosphatbeschichtung für Varistor und Verfahren zur Herstellung[1997/46]
English:Zinc phosphate coating for varistor and method[1997/46]
French:Revêtement en phosphate de zinc pour varistor et méthode de fabrication[1997/46]
Examination procedure28.04.1998Examination requested  [1998/28]
28.08.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.11.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.08.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.12.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.03.2000Fee for grant paid
09.03.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.05.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
23.04.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
29.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPH0483302  ;
 [A]JPH03131004  ;
 [A]JPH01259506  ;
 [A]JPH05136012  ;
 [A]GB2044531  (TDK ELECTRONICS CO LTD) [A] 1 * column W *;
 [D]US4316171  (MIYABAYASHI SUSUMU, et al) [D] * column W *;
 [A]GB2100246  (ARMSTRONG WORLD IND INC) [A] 1,10,11 * column W *;
 [AD]US5115221  (COWMAN STEPHEN P [IE]) [AD] 1-3 * column W *;
 [E]EP0716429  (HARRIS CORP [US]) [E] 1-11* the whole document *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920703), vol. 016, no. 303, Database accession no. (E - 1228), & JP04083302 A 19920317 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1,10,11 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19910830), vol. 015, no. 343, Database accession no. (E - 1106), & JP03131004 A 19910604 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1,10,11 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890112), vol. 014, no. 016, Database accession no. (E - 872), & JP01259506 A 19891017 (ROHM CO LTD) [A] 1,5,10 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930916), vol. 017, no. 514, Database accession no. (E - 1433), & JP05136012 A 19930601 (ROHM CO LTD) [A] 1,10 * abstract *
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