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EP0968541 - FUEL CELL WITH PULSED ANODE POTENTIAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.08.2002
Database last updated on 03.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.05.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 18.06.2003  [2003/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MANNESMANN Aktiengesellschaft
Mannesmannufer 2
40213 Düsseldorf / DE
[2000/01]
Inventor(s)01 / STIMMING, Ulrich
Muttenthalerstrasse 1
D-81479 München / DE
02 / FRIEDRICH, Kaspar, Andreas
Effnerstrasse 70
D-81925 München / DE
03 / UNKAUF, Wolfgang
Am Schidberg 8
D-65232 Taunusstein / DE
[2000/01]
Representative(s)Meissner, Peter E., et al
Meissner & Meissner
Patentanwaltsbüro
Hohenzollerndamm 89
14199 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/01]Meissner, Peter E., Dipl.-Ing., et al
Meissner & Meissner, Patentanwaltsbüro, Hohenzollerndamm 89
14199 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date98916927.112.03.1998
[2000/01]
WO1998EP01436
Priority number, dateDE199711081915.03.1997         Original published format: DE 19710819
[2000/01]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9842038
Date:24.09.1998
Language:DE
[1998/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0968541
Date:05.01.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0968541
Date:17.10.2001
Language:DE
[2001/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.09.1998
ClassificationIPC:H01M8/04
[2000/01]
CPC:
H01M8/04238 (EP); H01M8/1016 (EP); Y02E60/50 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/01]
TitleGerman:BRENNSTOFFZELLE MIT PULSFÖRMIG VERÄNDERTEM ANODENPOTENTIAL[2000/01]
English:FUEL CELL WITH PULSED ANODE POTENTIAL[2000/01]
French:PILE A COMBUSTIBLE A POTENTIEL ANODIQUE PULSE[2000/01]
Entry into regional phase08.09.1999National basic fee paid 
08.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
08.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.10.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/01]
15.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.06.2001Fee for grant paid
08.06.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.07.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
26.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipMC12.03.2002
[2003/25]
Cited inInternational search[A]JPS62128458  ;
 [A]EP0362445  (H P G RESEARCH LTD [CA]) [A] 1-8* page 6, lines 12-32 *;
 [Y]EP0692835  (TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 1-8 * claim - *;
 [XY]EP0701294  (BRITISH GAS PLC [GB]) [X] 1,2 * column 1, lines 6-42 * * column 3, lines 18-22 * * column 4, lines 17-24 * * claim 1 * [Y] 3-8;
 [X]  - FEDKIW P S ET AL, "Pulsed-potential oxidation of methanol", J. ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, USA, (1988), vol. 135, no. 10, pages 2459 - 2465, XP002069148 [X] 1-8 * siehe Seite 2459, linke Spalte siehe Seite 2464, rechte Spalte, bis Seite 2465, linke Spalte: Zusammenfassung *
 [Y]  - SHING-RU WANG ET AL, "PULSED-POTENTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANOL. II GRAPHITE-SUPPORTED PLATINUM ELECTRODE WITH AND WITHOUT TIN SURFACE MODIFICATION", JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, (19921101), vol. 139, no. 11, pages 3151 - 3158, XP000360619 [Y] 1-3,7 * siehe Zusammenfassung *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19871117), vol. 011, no. 351, Database accession no. (E - 557), & JP62128458 A 19870610 (SHIN KOBE ELECTRIC MACH CO LTD) [A] 1-8 * abstract *
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