EP2012215A3

Portable Electronic Device with Versatile Battery Compartment

Abstract

In a portable electronic device (1) having a battery compartment (3) and a removable cover (2) therefore, the battery compartment and cover are configured to engage each other in one of at least two discrete relative positions, each said position providing a different battery compartment depth to accommodate batteries (5,5') of at least two different sizes.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP1603246A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	E	Search report	1
US6048642A	Cites	United States of America	XA	Search report	1
US6203363B1	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-4
US6712643B2	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-4

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07104434	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2005-10-07
05109309	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2005-10-07

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CA2557382A1	Canada	A1	2007-04-07
CA2666328A1	Canada	A1	2007-04-07
CA2726141A1	Canada	A1	2007-04-07
EP1772797A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2007-04-11
EP1772797B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-06-13
AT364865T	Austria	T	2007-07-15
ATE364865T1	Austria	T1	2007-07-15
DE602005001403D1	Germany	D1	2007-07-26
EP1881392A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2008-01-23
DE602005001403T2	Germany	T2	2008-02-21
EP2012215A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2009-01-07
EP2012215A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2009-04-15
EP1881392B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2009-04-29
AT430337T	Austria	T	2009-05-15
ATE430337T1	Austria	T1	2009-05-15
DE602005014285D1	Germany	D1	2009-06-10
CA2557382C	Canada	C	2010-02-02
EP2012215B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2010-09-29
AT483191T	Austria	T	2010-10-15
ATE483191T1	Austria	T1	2010-10-15
EP2241954A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-10-20
DE602005023917D1	Germany	D1	2010-11-11
CA2666328C	Canada	C	2011-03-22
EP2241954B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-12-28
AT539398T	Austria	T	2012-01-15
ATE539398T1	Austria	T1	2012-01-15
CA2726141C	Canada	C	2016-03-15

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2025-10-29	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2025-10-07	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2025-01-23	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2025-01-17	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2024-05-08	Change of applicant/patenteeR081	R081	DE
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2018-10-25	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
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2016-10-25	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2015-10-19	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2014-11-06	Change of applicant/patenteeR081	R081	DE
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2014-11-06	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2014-09-25	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2013-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2012-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2012-09-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2012-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2011-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2011-10-27	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2011-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2011-05-31	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
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2011-02-25	Lt: invalidation of european patent or patent extensionLTIE	LTIE	EP
2011-02-09	Discontinued in the netherlands as no translation has been filedVDEP	VDEP	NL
2011-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2010-11-10	European patents granted designating irelandGrantedFG4D	FG4D	IE
2010-09-30	European patent takes effect as a national patent in ch/liEP	EP	CH
2010-09-29	Divisional application: reference to earlier applicationAC	AC	EP
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2010-08-27	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
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2009-03-13	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL	EP
2009-01-07	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
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2008-12-05	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Portable Electronic Device with Versatile Battery Compartment

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