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EP1062412 - METHOD FOR OPERATING A FOUR-STROKE RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.02.2004
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 30.04.2008  [2008/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DaimlerChrysler AG
Epplestrasse 225
70567 Stuttgart / DE
[2000/52]
Inventor(s)01 / NIEBERDING, Rolf-Günther
45, rue de France
77300 Fontainebleau / FR
[2000/52]
Application number, filing date99939749.023.02.1999
[2000/52]
WO1999EP01145
Priority number, dateDE199811093513.03.1998         Original published format: DE 19810935
[2000/52]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9947797
Date:23.09.1999
Language:DE
[1999/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1062412
Date:27.12.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1062412
Date:09.04.2003
Language:DE
[2003/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.09.1999
ClassificationIPC:F02B1/12, F02B7/02
[2000/52]
CPC:
F02B1/12 (EP,US); F02B7/02 (EP,US); F02D13/0215 (EP,US);
F02D13/0265 (EP,US); F02D35/02 (EP,US); F02D41/006 (EP,US);
F02D41/3035 (EP,US); F02D41/402 (EP,US); F02M26/01 (EP,US);
F02B2075/027 (EP,US); F02B3/06 (EP,US); F02D2041/001 (EP,US);
F02D35/021 (EP,US); F02D35/027 (EP,US); F02D35/028 (EP,US);
Y02T10/12 (EP,US); Y02T10/40 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesFR,   GB,   IT [2000/52]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER IM VIERTAKT ARBEITENDEN HUBKOLBEN-BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE[2000/52]
English:METHOD FOR OPERATING A FOUR-STROKE RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE[2000/52]
French:PROCEDE POUR FAIRE FONCTIONNER UN MOTEUR A COMBUSTION INTERNE QUATRE TEMPS A PISTON ALTERNATIF[2000/52]
Entry into regional phase10.08.2000National basic fee paid 
10.08.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
10.08.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.06.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.08.2000Examination requested  [2000/52]
12.02.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.04.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.11.2002Fee for grant paid
09.11.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.01.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
22.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
30.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT09.04.2003
[2008/18]
Cited inInternational search[DY]DE19519663  (DAIMLER BENZ AG [DE]) [DY] 1 * figures 1,2 * * abstract * * claims 1-3 *;
 [YA]GB439423  (HENRI CAPDET) [Y] 1 * page 1, line 37 - page 2, line 116 * [A] 9,10;
 [Y]FR1234262  (LAHILLE) [Y] 1 * figures 1,2 * * page 1, column 1, line 1 - page 1, column 2, line 19 *;
 [A]GB2277776  (GREENHOUGH JOHN HEATH [GB]) [A] 1,5-7 * figures 1-7 * * abstract * * page 10, paragraph 8 - page 17, paragraph 3 *;
 [A]WO8604111  (GREENHOUGH JOHN HEATH) [A] 1,5-7 * figures 1-6 * * abstract * * claims 1-15 *
by applicantDE19519663
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