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EP0896660 - AUTOMATIC VALVE TEST APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.06.2004 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.06.2008	Change - representative	published on 09.07.2008 [2008/28]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Feelsure Health Corporation 503 Orchard Lane Winnetka, Illinois 60093-4114 / US
	[2004/03]
Former [1999/07]	For all designated states H.K. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED Suite 404, 2391 Northeast Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78217 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / MIGACHYOV, Valery 25018 Granite Path San Antonio, TX 78258 / US
	02 / COLLEY, Charles, D. 3303 Outrider San Antonio, Texas 78247 / US
	[1999/15]
Former [1999/11]	01 / MIGACHYOV, Valery 25018 Granite Path San Antonio, TX 78258 / US
	02 / COLLEY, Charles, D. 13311 Galicia Universal City, TX 78148 / US
Former [1999/07]	01 / MIGACHYOV, Valery Apartment 1608, 2555 Northeast Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78217 / US
	02 / COLLEY, Charles, D. 13311 Galicia Universal City, TX 78148 / US
Representative(s)	Kirschner, Klaus Dieter, et al Puschmann Borchert Bardehle Patentanwälte Partnerschaft Postfach 10 12 31 80086 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/28]	Kirschner, Klaus Dieter, et al Puschmann & Borchert Patentanwälte Bajuwarenring 21 82041 Oberhaching / DE
Former [1999/07]	Kirschner, Klaus Dieter, Dipl.-Phys. Patentanwälte Kirschner & Kurig, Sollner Strasse 38 81479 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97923531.4	02.05.1997
	[1999/16]
	WO1997US07470
Priority number, date	US19960642635	03.05.1996 Original published format: US 642635
	[1999/07]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9742481
	Date:	13.11.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0896660
	Date:	17.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0896660
	Date:	06.08.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	13.11.1997
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.03.1999
Classification	IPC:	G01N27/12, G01N27/00	[1999/17]
	CPC:	F16K37/0091 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/07]	G01N7/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1999/07]
Title	German:	AUTOMATISCHES VENTIL-TESTGERÄT	[1999/07]
	English:	AUTOMATIC VALVE TEST APPARATUS	[1999/07]
	French:	APPAREIL DE CONTROLE AUTOMATIQUE DE SOUPAPES	[1999/07]
Entry into regional phase	27.10.1998	National basic fee paid
	27.10.1998	Search fee paid
	27.10.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.10.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	03.12.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	27.10.1998	Examination requested [1999/07]
	18.12.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.04.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.01.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.05.2003	Fee for grant paid
	26.05.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.05.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/31]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.05.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.05.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.05.2001	05 M06 Fee paid on 27.11.2001
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	06.08.2003
	BE	06.08.2003
	DK	06.11.2003
	GR	06.11.2003
	PT	06.01.2004
	LU	02.05.2004
	[2005/23]
Former [2004/31]	AT	06.08.2003
	BE	06.08.2003
	DK	06.11.2003
	GR	06.11.2003
	PT	06.01.2004
Former [2004/29]	AT	06.08.2003
	BE	06.08.2003
	DK	06.11.2003
	GR	06.11.2003
Former [2004/28]	AT	06.08.2003
	BE	06.08.2003
	GR	06.11.2003
Former [2004/14]	AT	06.08.2003
	GR	06.11.2003
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US3967645 (GREGORY ROY) [X] 1-20 * figure 1; claim 1 *;
		[A]US4682491 (PICKARD MURPHY L [US]) [A] 1-20 * figure 2 *;
		[A]US4786394 (ENZER STEVEN [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * figure 1 *;
		[A]US4838257 (HATCH GUY M [US]) [A] 1-20 * figure 1 *;
		[A]EP0347015 (BEAR MED SYST INC [US]) [A] 1-20 * figure 1 *;
		[A]US5010599 (NILSSON LEIF [SE]) [A] 1-20* figure 1 *;
		[A]US5331995 (WESTFALL THOMAS P [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * figure 2 *;
		[A]WO9606569 (ABATIS MED TECH [IE], et al) [A] 1-20 * figures 1,2 *
	International search	[A]US5331548 (ROLLEMA HARM J [NL], et al)

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