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EP0965245 - ACOUSTIC DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.11.2003 Database last updated on 03.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.03.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 09.04.2008 [2008/15]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states New Transducers Limited 37 Ixworth Place London SW3 3QH / GB
	[2000/19]
Former [1999/51]	For all designated states New Transducers Limited Stonehill Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 6ED / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / AZIMA, Henry 3 Southacre Close Chaucer Road Cambridge CB2 2TT / GB
	02 / COLLOMS, Martin 22 Burgess Hill London NW2 2DA / GB
	03 / HARRIS, Neil 9 Davey Crescent Great Shelford Cambridge CB2 5JF / GB
	[1999/51]
Representative(s)	Hill, Justin John, et al Ipulse (IP) Ltd. Carrington House 126-130 Regent Street London W1B 5SE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1999/51]	Maguire, Peter Albert, et al Maguire & Co. 5 Crown Street St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE17 4EB / GB
Application number, filing date	98907080.0	27.02.1998
	[1999/51]
	WO1998GB00621
Priority number, date	GB19970004486	04.03.1997 Original published format: GB 9704486
	[1999/51]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9839947
	Date:	11.09.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/36]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0965245
	Date:	22.12.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/51]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0965245
	Date:	22.01.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	11.09.1998
Classification	IPC:	H04R7/10	[1999/51]
	CPC:	H04R7/10 (EP,KR); H04R7/045 (EP); H04R2440/07 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [1999/51]
Extension states	LT	08.09.1999
	LV	08.09.1999
	RO	08.09.1999
	SI	08.09.1999
Title	German:	AKUSTISCHES GERÄT	[1999/51]
	English:	ACOUSTIC DEVICE	[1999/51]
	French:	DISPOSITIF ACOUSTIQUE	[1999/51]
Entry into regional phase	08.09.1999	National basic fee paid
	08.09.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.09.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.09.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	10.08.1999	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.09.1999	Examination requested [1999/51]
	27.11.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.03.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.08.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.11.2002	Fee for grant paid
	21.11.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP01202058.2 / EP1133212
Opposition(s)	23.10.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/03]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	03.01.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.01.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
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	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	22.01.2003
	BE	22.01.2003
	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	IT	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	IE	27.02.2003
	DK	22.04.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
	[2008/15]
Former [2007/04]	AT	22.01.2003
	BE	22.01.2003
	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	IE	27.02.2003
	DK	22.04.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2004/10]	AT	22.01.2003
	BE	22.01.2003
	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	DK	22.04.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2004/02]	AT	22.01.2003
	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	DK	22.04.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2003/47]	AT	22.01.2003
	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2003/43]	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	PT	22.04.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2003/41]	CH	22.01.2003
	FI	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2003/40]	CH	22.01.2003
	LI	22.01.2003
	SE	22.04.2003
Former [2003/30]	SE	22.04.2003
Cited in	International search	[YA]JPH01311795 ;
		[A]FR2441981 (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1,35-46 * page 1, lines 1-20 ** page 3, line 11 - page 8, line 20 *;
		[A]GB2074812 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-52 * page 1, lines 5-10 * * page 2, lines 2-61 * * page 3, lines 1-107 *;
		[Y]WO9203024 (SECR DEFENCE BRIT [GB]) [Y] 1-10,15-23,25-30,32-39,43,45,47-49 * page 1, lines 1-6 * * page 2, line 20 - page 4, line 33 * * page 5, lines 4-25 * * page 6, line 6 - page 7, line 15 *
		[YA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19900228), vol. 14, no. 112, Database accession no. (E - 0897), & JP01311795 A 19891215 (MINEBEA) [Y] 1-10,15-23,25-30,32-39,43,45,47-49 * abstract * [A] 11-14,24,31
	Examination	WO9709842

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