EP0957294 - Externally installable ball return crossover systems for ball nut and screw assemblies and method of assembling them [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [1999/46] | Externally installable ball return crossover systems for ball nut and screw assemblies and methods of constructing and installing them | ||
[2002/34] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.01.2004 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.01.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 10.03.2004 [2004/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THOMSON SAGINAW BALL SCREW COMPANY, LLC 628 North Hamilton Street Saginaw Michigan 48602 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1999/46] | For all designated states THOMSON SAGINAW BALL SCREW COMPANY, LLC 628 North Hamilton Street Saginaw, Michigan 48602 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Brown, Mark P. 314 N. Hampton Bay City, Michigan 48708 / US | 02 /
Sepesi, David A. 11686 Bittersweet Lane Whitmore Lake, Michigan 48189 / US | 03 /
Welling, William E. 7600 N. Center Rd. Saginaw, Michigan 48604 / US | 04 /
Babinski, James A. 37 Slatestone Drive Saginaw, Michigan 48603 / US | [1999/46] | Representative(s) | Tetzner, Michael, et al Tetzner & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Van-Gogh-Strasse 3 81479 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [1999/46] | Tetzner, Michael, Dipl.-Ing., et al Van-Gogh-Strasse 3 81479 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 98124049.2 | 17.12.1998 | [1999/46] | Priority number, date | US19980085164P | 12.05.1998 Original published format: US 85164 P | US19980181979 | 29.10.1998 Original published format: US 181979 | [1999/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0957294 | Date: | 17.11.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/46] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0957294 | Date: | 19.03.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/12] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 26.08.1999 | Classification | IPC: | F16H25/22 | [1999/46] | CPC: |
F16H25/2223 (EP,US);
Y10T74/19767 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, SE [2000/30] |
Former [1999/46] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Von Aussen einsteckbare Kugelrücklaufsysteme für Kugelumlaufspindeln und Verfahren zu deren Montage | [2002/34] | English: | Externally installable ball return crossover systems for ball nut and screw assemblies and method of assembling them | [2002/34] | French: | Systèmes de recirculation de billes insérables de l'extérieur pour vis-écrous à billes et leur procédé d'assemblage | [2002/34] |
Former [1999/46] | Von Aussen einsteckbare Kugelrücklaufsysteme für Kugelumlaufspindeln und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung | ||
Former [1999/46] | Externally installable ball return crossover systems for ball nut and screw assemblies and methods of constructing and installing them | ||
Former [1999/46] | Systèmes de recirculation de billes insérables de l'extérieur pour vis-écrous à billes et leur procédés de fabrication | Examination procedure | 19.10.1999 | Examination requested [1999/50] | 18.05.2000 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 25.08.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, FI, GR, IE, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT | 20.12.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.06.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.07.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 06.11.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 06.11.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 22.12.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 20.06.2000 | AT   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | BE   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | CH   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | CY   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | DK   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | FI   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | GR   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | IE   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | LU   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | MC   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | NL   M01   Not yet paid | 20.06.2000 | PT   M01   Not yet paid |
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