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EP About this file: EP0985871

EP0985871 - Headlamp and method of making the same [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.06.2007
Database last updated on 27.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.2008  [2008/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
Rixbecker Strasse 75
59552 Lippstadt / DE
[2004/48]
Former [2000/11]For all designated states
Hella KG Hueck & Co.
Rixbecker Strasse 75
59552 Lippstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Hack, Michael
Sanderstrasse 54
33106 Paderborn / DE
02 / Mazziotti, Pietro-Antonio
Sachsenweg 13
59556 Lippstadt / DE
[2000/11]
Application number, filing date99117623.107.09.1999
[2000/11]
Priority number, dateDE199814158411.09.1998         Original published format: DE 19841584
[2000/11]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0985871
Date:15.03.2000
Language:DE
[2000/11]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0985871
Date:31.10.2001
[2001/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0985871
Date:16.08.2006
Language:DE
[2006/33]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.09.2001
ClassificationIPC:F21V17/00, F21W101/10, // F21W101:10
[2001/44]
CPC:
F21S41/55 (EP); F21S41/295 (EP)
Former IPC [2000/11]F21V17/00, // F21W101:10
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2002/29]
Former [2000/11]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Scheinwerfer und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Scheinwerfers[2000/11]
English:Headlamp and method of making the same[2000/11]
French:Projecteur et procédé de fabrication de celui-ci[2000/11]
Examination procedure26.03.2002Examination requested  [2002/23]
25.10.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.01.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.03.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.06.2006Fee for grant paid
29.06.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.05.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
20.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
18.09.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
14.09.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
14.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT07.09.2006
[2008/17]
Documents cited:Search[AY]US1393573  (RITTER JOHN A) [A] 1 * page 1, lines 55-71; figure 1 * [Y] 3-5,9;
 [AY]CH98941  (AME DES USINES JEAN GALLAY SOC [CH]) [A] 1 * page 1, column R, paragraph 6 - page 2, column L, paragraph 1 * * page 2, column L, paragraph 2; figures 1,2 *[Y] 8;
 [AY]US3486019  (BRYANT WALTER KENNETH, et al) [A] 1 * column 1, lines 43-50 * * column 2, lines 17-22; figure 1 * [Y] 6;
 [X]US5091830  (SUZUKI YOSHINOBU [JP]) [X] 1,2,7,10,11 * column 2, lines 38-58 * * column 3, lines 1-20; figures 1,2 *;
 [XY]US5113321  (SUZUKI YOSHINOBU [JP]) [X] 1 * column 2, lines 36-50; figure 1 * [Y] 3-6,8,9
by applicantDE3516813
 DE3940245
 DE9218431U
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