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EP0842548 - TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.06.2000
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.04.2016Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 18.05.2016  [2016/20]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DBB Fuel Cell Engines GmbH
Neue Strasse 95
73230 Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern / DE
[1999/31]
Former [1998/21]For all designated states
DBB Fuel Cell Engines Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Neue Strasse 95
73230 Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern / DE
Inventor(s)01 / MUFFORD, Edward, W.
3822 - 205B Street
Langley, B.C. V3A 2B1 / CA
02 / STRASKY, Douglas, G.
1609 Harwood Street, no. 9
Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1Y1 / CA
03 / GORBELL, Brian, N.
2628 Hardy Crescent
North Vancouver, B.C. V7H 1K / CA
[1998/21]
Application number, filing date96919504.929.05.1996
[1998/21]
WO1996CA00351
Priority number, dateUS1995047324807.06.1995         Original published format: US 473248
[1998/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9641393
Date:19.12.1996
Language:EN
[1996/55]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0842548
Date:20.05.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.12.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0842548
Date:04.08.1999
Language:EN
[1999/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.12.1996
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/04, B60K1/04
[1998/21]
CPC:
H01M8/04731 (EP,US); B60K1/04 (EP); B60L58/30 (EP);
B60L58/33 (EP); B60L58/34 (EP); H01M8/04029 (EP);
H01M8/04037 (EP,US); H01M8/04358 (EP); H01M8/04417 (EP);
H01M8/04589 (EP); H01M8/04768 (EP); B60K2001/005 (EP);
H01M2250/20 (EP); H01M2300/0082 (EP); H01M8/04156 (EP);
Y02E60/50 (EP); Y02T90/40 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/21]
TitleGerman:TEMPERATURREGELUNGSSYSTEM FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG MIT BRENNSTOFFZELLENANTRIEB[1998/21]
English:TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLE[1998/21]
French:SYSTEME DE REGULATION DE TEMPERATURE POUR UN VEHICULE A PILES A COMBUSTIBLE[1998/21]
Entry into regional phase12.12.1997National basic fee paid 
12.12.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
12.12.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.01.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.12.1997Examination requested  [1998/21]
05.06.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.07.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.11.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.12.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.02.1999Fee for grant paid
26.02.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.05.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.05.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
22.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
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Licence(s)ID:01 00/exclusive
For:all designated states
Licencee:Ballard Power Systems Inc.
9000 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5J 5J9 / US
Date:07.05.1998
[1998/47]
Former [2015/21]deleted
Former [2000/23]DE05.11.1999
Cited inInternational search[Y]JPH0443568  ;
 [Y]JPS6185775  ;
 [Y]JPS6041767  ;
 [A]JPS62198058  ;
 [YA]US3507702  (SANDERSON ROBERT A) [Y] 1,2,8-13,15-19 * column 2, line 71 - column 4, line 7 * * column 4, line 64 - line 69 * * column 6, line 28 - line 66; figure 1; claim 12 * [A] 22;
 [Y]US5193635  (MIZUNO YUTAKA [US], et al) [Y] 1,2,6,8,9,11,12,15,22 * figure 1 * * column 5, line 19 - line 22 *;
 [YA]WO9410716  (BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS [CA], et al) [Y] 16-19,22-26,28-31,33 * figure 4; claim 9 * [A] 20,21;
 [Y]US5316870  (OHGA SHUNSUKE [JP]) [Y] 22 * column 7, line 9 - line 11; figure 2; claim - *;
 [Y]US5366821  (MERRITT ROBERT D [CA], et al) [Y] 1,2,8-13,16-19,22-26,28,30,31,33 * column W *;
 [A]US5409784  (BROMBERG LESLIE [US], et al) [A] 1* column 3, line 43 - line 59; figures 1,17 *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920527), vol. 016, no. 230, Database accession no. (E - 1208), & JP04043568 A 19920213 (NIPPON TELEGR & TELEPH CORP) [Y] 1,8,11-13,15,22-26,28-31,33 * abstract *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19860904), vol. 010, no. 259, Database accession no. (E - 434), & JP61085775 A 19860501 (TOSHIBA CORP) [Y] 1,2,6 * abstract *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850713), vol. 009, no. 169, Database accession no. (E - 328), & JP60041767 A 19850305 (TOSHIBA KK;OTHERS: 01) [Y] 6 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19880213), vol. 012, no. 049, Database accession no. (E - 582), & JP62198058 A 19870901 (FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 9,11,28,33 * abstract *
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