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EP0910781 - COMPACT AUTOLOADER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.03.2006 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	21.11.2008	Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR	published on 24.12.2008 [2008/52]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Western Design Howden 16952 Millikan Avenue Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	[1999/17]
Inventor(s)	01 / GOLDEN, Michael, D. 429 Isabella Terrace Corona del Mar, CA 92625 / US
	02 / YU, Dino, K. 2741 Via Cielo Drive Corona, CA 91720 / US
	[1999/17]
Representative(s)	Kohler Schmid Möbus Patentanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Gropiusplatz 10 70563 Stuttgart / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/17]	KOHLER SCHMID + PARTNER Patentanwälte Ruppmannstrasse 27 70565 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date	97936954.3	07.07.1997
	[1999/17]
	WO1997US11868
Priority number, date	US19960680912	12.07.1996 Original published format: US 680912
	[1999/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9802703
	Date:	22.01.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/03]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0910781
	Date:	28.04.1999
	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.
	[1999/17]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0910781
	Date:	11.05.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/19]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	22.01.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.03.2001
Classification	IPC:	F41A9/00	[1999/17]
	CPC:	F41A9/21 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE [1999/17]
Title	German:	KOMPAKTE AUTOMATISCHE LADEVORRICHTUNG	[1999/17]
	English:	COMPACT AUTOLOADER	[1999/17]
	French:	AUTOCHARGEUR COMPACT	[1999/17]
Entry into regional phase	12.02.1999	National basic fee paid
	12.02.1999	Search fee paid
	12.02.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.02.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.01.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	12.02.1999	Examination requested [1999/17]
	16.01.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.04.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.10.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	05.02.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.11.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.03.2005	Fee for grant paid
	12.03.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	14.02.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/18]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.07.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.07.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	22.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	FR	11.05.2005
	IT	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	NL	11.05.2005
	IE	07.07.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
	[2008/52]
Former [2008/45]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	IT	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	NL	11.05.2005
	IE	07.07.2005
	FR	31.07.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
Former [2008/08]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	IT	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	NL	11.05.2005
	IE	07.07.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
Former [2006/25]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	NL	11.05.2005
	IE	07.07.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
Former [2006/22]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	NL	11.05.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
Former [2006/14]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	CH	11.05.2005
	LI	11.05.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	GR	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
	ES	22.08.2005
Former [2006/13]	AT	11.05.2005
	BE	11.05.2005
	DK	11.08.2005
	SE	11.08.2005
Former [2005/50]	SE	11.08.2005
Documents cited:	Search	[ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed
	International search	[A]US3241447 (MAURITZ CHRISTIANSSON CARL);
		[Y]US4038906 (TIDSTROM BROR ERLING);
		[A]US4079659 (GUSTAVSSON LARS G T, et al);
		[A]US4640181 (SCHIELE AUGUST [DE], et al);
		[X]US4690031 (METZ JOSEF [DE], et al);
		[A]US4928574 (GOLDEN MICHAEL D [US]);
		[X]US4947728 (MUEHLHAUSEN PETER [DE], et al);
		[A]US5196643 (JOERG JOSEF [US], et al);
		[A]US5440966 (TELLANDER ROBERT M [US], et al)
	by applicant	US4928574

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