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EP About this file: EP0976972

EP0976972 - Rotary knob for control apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.08.2005
Database last updated on 07.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.10.2009Change - representativepublished on 25.11.2009  [2009/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Preh GmbH
An der Stadthalle
97616 Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale / DE
[2004/24]
Former [2000/05]For all designated states
Preh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
An der Stadthalle
97616 Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Glienicke, Haiko
Mühlbacher Strasse 21
97616 Salz / DE
[2000/05]
Representative(s)Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Thul Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Derendorfer Allee 6
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/48]Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Thul Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2000/43]Dietrich, Barbara, et al
Rheinmetall AG Zentrale Patentabteilung Postfach 10 42 61
40033 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2000/39](deleted)
Former [2000/05]Pfeiffer, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing.
c/o Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft Zentrale Patentabteilung Rheinmetall Allee 1
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date99107613.416.04.1999
[2000/05]
Priority number, dateDE1998103437430.07.1998         Original published format: DE 19834374
[2000/05]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0976972
Date:02.02.2000
Language:DE
[2000/05]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0976972
Date:20.03.2002
[2002/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0976972
Date:29.09.2004
Language:DE
[2004/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.02.2002
ClassificationIPC:F21V8/00
[2000/05]
CPC:
G02B6/0033 (EP,US); G05G1/105 (EP,US); H01H19/025 (EP,US);
H01H2219/06 (EP,US); H01H2219/062 (EP,US); H01H2219/0622 (EP,US);
H01H9/182 (EP,US); Y10S116/36 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2002/50]
Former [2000/05]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Drehknopf eines Steuergerätes[2000/05]
English:Rotary knob for control apparatus[2000/05]
French:Bouton tournant pour dispositif de commande[2000/05]
Examination procedure06.02.2002Examination requested  [2002/16]
09.10.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.03.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.07.2004Fee for grant paid
28.07.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.06.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
25.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB29.09.2004
IT29.09.2004
[2008/16]
Former [2006/13]GB29.09.2004
Documents cited:Search[A]US4079242  (SEIBEL GEORG) [A] 1 * abstract * * column 2, line 58 - column 3, line 33 ** figures 1,2,5,9 *;
 [A]DE3704469  (ITT IND RIUNITE SRL [IT]) [A] 1 * abstract * * column 2, line 64 - column 3, line 8 * * figures 1,2 *;
 [A]US5093764  (HASEGAWA YOSHIHIKO [JP], et al) [A] 1-4 * column 1, line 5 - column 1, line 11 * * column 2, line 35 - column 3, line 54 * * figures 1-3 *
by applicantDE3535881
 DE19712294
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