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EP1123472 - URBAN DRIVING OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC GEARBOX [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.01.2003
Database last updated on 29.07.2024
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
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2002/13]For all designated states
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft
88038 Friedrichshafen / DE
Former [2001/33]For all designated states
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft
88038 Friedrichshafen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / HENNEKEN, Markus
Betznauer Strasse 12
D-88079 Kressbronn / DE
02 / JAUCH, Friedemann
Ginsterweg 18
D-88074 Meckenbeuren / DE
03 / HERBSTER, Kai-Uwe
Tannenweg 57
D-88046 Friedrichshafen / DE
04 / SCHULER, Franz-Josef
Hauptstrasse 32
D-88079 Kressbronn / DE
05 / MAUZ, Thomas
Goethestrasse 47
D-88079 Kressbronn / DE
 [2001/33]
Application number, filing date99952594.216.10.1999
[2001/33]
WO1999EP07871
Priority number, dateDE199814906024.10.1998         Original published format: DE 19849060
[2001/33]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0025045
Date:04.05.2000
Language:DE
[2000/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1123472
Date:16.08.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.05.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1123472
Date:27.03.2002
Language:DE
[2002/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.05.2000
ClassificationIPC:F16H61/02
[2001/33]
CPC:
F16H61/0213 (EP,US); F16H2059/082 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2002/13]
Former [2001/33]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:STADTFAHR-BETRIEBSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN ELEKTRONISCH GESTEUERTES, AUTOMATISCHES SCHALTGETRIEBE[2001/33]
English:URBAN DRIVING OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC GEARBOX[2001/33]
French:PROCEDE POUR FAIRE FONCTIONNER EN MODE CONDUITE URBAINE UNE BOITE DE VITESSES AUTOMATIQUE A REGULATION ELECTRONIQUE[2001/33]
Entry into regional phase25.01.2001National basic fee paid 
25.01.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
25.01.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.03.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.01.2001Examination requested  [2001/33]
08.10.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
05.01.2002Fee for grant paid
05.01.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.01.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)30.12.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT27.03.2002
[2008/18]
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9424464  (ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE], et al) [A] 1;
 [D]EP0694138  (ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE]);
 [A]DE4215406  (ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE]) [A] 1 * page 6, line 16 - line 35; figure 3 * * page 8, line 50 - page 9, line 46 * * page 10, line 28 - page 11, line 51 *;
 [PA]FR2775749  (RENAULT [FR]) [PA] 1 * claims 1,2 *;
 [A]WO9725555  (SIEMENS AG [DE], et al) [A] 1 * figures 6A-C; claim 1 *;
 [A]EP0576703  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1 * claims 1,3 *
by applicantEP0694138
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