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EP0912872 - ELECTRONIC FIREARM AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC FIREARM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.07.2005
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.09.2008Change - representativepublished on 08.10.2008  [2008/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
RA BRANDS, L.L.C.
870 Remington Drive
Madison, NC 27025 / US
[2001/12]
Former [1999/18]For all designated states
Remington Arms Company, Inc.
870 Remington Drive, P.O. Box 700
Madison, NC 27025-0700 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DANNER, Dale, R.
P.O. Box 2324
Elizabethtown, KY 42702 / US
02 / NORTON, Vincent, B.
116 Sharon Court
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 / US
03 / RONKAINEN, James, W.
571 Old Sonora Road
Hodgenville, KY 42748 / US
04 / WOLTERMAN, David, S.
891 Overall Phillips Road
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 / US
[1999/18]
Representative(s)Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/41]Carpmaels & Ransford
One Southampton Row London
WC1B 5HA / GB
Former [2002/40]Carpmaels & Ransford
43 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA / GB
Former [1999/18]Carpmael, John William Maurice, et al
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA / GB
Application number, filing date97936055.914.07.1997
[1999/18]
WO1997US12089
Priority number, dateUS1996068049015.07.1996         Original published format: US 680490
[1999/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9802705
Date:22.01.1998
Language:EN
[1998/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0912872
Date:06.05.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.01.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0912872
Date:22.09.2004
Language:EN
[2004/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.01.1998
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.05.2001
ClassificationIPC:F41A19/58, F41A19/70, F41A9/53
[2001/26]
CPC:
F41A19/70 (EP,US); F41A3/22 (EP,US); F41A9/53 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/18]F41A19/58, F41A19/70
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1999/18]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRONISCHE FEUERWAFFE UND VERFAHREN ZUR BETÄTIGUNG EINER SOLCHEN WAFFE[1999/18]
English:ELECTRONIC FIREARM AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC FIREARM[1999/18]
French:ARME A FEU ELECTRONIQUE ET PROCEDE DE COMMANDE DE LADITE ARME[1999/18]
Entry into regional phase12.02.1999National basic fee paid 
12.02.1999Search fee paid 
12.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
12.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.01.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
12.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/18]
28.02.2002Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.01.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.06.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.11.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.06.2004Fee for grant paid
07.06.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.06.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
12.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
22.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
23.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
22.07.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
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