EP0346698B1 - Fassung für Schmucksteine - Google Patents

Fassung für Schmucksteine Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0346698B1
EP0346698B1 EP89109966A EP89109966A EP0346698B1 EP 0346698 B1 EP0346698 B1 EP 0346698B1 EP 89109966 A EP89109966 A EP 89109966A EP 89109966 A EP89109966 A EP 89109966A EP 0346698 B1 EP0346698 B1 EP 0346698B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
band
gem
mount
edge
upper edge
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP89109966A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0346698A1 (de
Inventor
Martin Pöll
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
D Swarovski KG
Original Assignee
D Swarovski KG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by D Swarovski KG filed Critical D Swarovski KG
Priority to AT89109966T priority Critical patent/ATE75108T1/de
Publication of EP0346698A1 publication Critical patent/EP0346698A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0346698B1 publication Critical patent/EP0346698B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a setting for gemstones, which has a ring that can be pushed into an opening in a carrier and can be fixed therein, encompassing the setting side of the gemstone, which is provided on the edge with holding elements for the gemstone and has at least one slot, which can be reduced to form a fixed frame.
  • the known prefabricated gemstone settings consist of a metal lower part, the so-called kettle, which is provided with claws or a flange to hold the stone. In order to grasp the gem, screw connections as well as soldering, riveting or similar work must be carried out.
  • the known prefabricated gemstone frames are therefore very expensive, especially for glass stones.
  • a gem of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1 is known from German utility model 86 18 939.
  • a mounting ring is provided, which has a frustoconical inner wall.
  • the ring In the upper area of the inner wall, the ring has latching lugs which point inwards like wedges, their straight inner edges engaging in corresponding slits worked into the gem.
  • radial slots are provided in the upper part of the ring, which give the ring its own elasticity.
  • the ring is fixed in the carrier in the known gem with an O-ring which is arranged in an annular groove on the outside of the ring and engages in an annular groove provided in the carrier.
  • the known gemstone setting is too expensive, especially for glass stones.
  • the production of such a retaining ring provided with locking lugs, a conical bearing surface, an annular groove and the like and having a complicated cross section is only possible using complex methods, such as injection molding.
  • the gemstone assembly with the known version requires the incorporation of additional slots in the gemstone for engaging the locking lugs and for mounting the retaining ring in the carrier, the incorporation of an annular groove in the carrier.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to be seen primarily in the provision of a gemstone mount which can be produced with little effort and which allows a quick and safe and clean gemstone assembly which can be carried out without additional machining of the carrier opening.
  • the ring is designed as a band
  • the holding elements extend upward from the upper edge of the band and encompass the edge of the gemstone and the band for fixing in the carrier opening outwards and upwards has curved retaining tongues
  • the band, the holding elements extending from the upper edge of the band, comprising the gem and the holding tongues bent from the band are formed by punching out of a metal band and the slot for forming the fixed frame when inserted the socket in the carrier opening can be reduced.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge that this object can be achieved by a holder which is placed loosely around the gem, the firm hold of the stone in the holder and the holder in a hole only when the stone with holder is inserted into the hole he follows.
  • a metal strip is used to manufacture the frame.
  • a band is punched and bent so that it encompasses the setting side of the gemstone, the punched band being provided with holding elements extending from its upper edge on the one hand and holding tongues extending outward and upward being bent out of it.
  • the production of the version according to the invention is therefore relatively simple.
  • brass, tombac or galvanized steel can be used as the metal.
  • the term "gem stone” is used in general. It includes all types of material, in particular glass, including colored glass, but also, for example, glass elements in other uses, such as luster stones or decorative stones. In particular, gemstones here are understood to mean faceted glass elements.
  • the slot in the band of the version according to the invention is necessary to compensate for tolerances. Tolerances occur on the one hand with the gemstone, the diameter of which should be 1 to 2 mm smaller than the inside diameter of the band, and on the other hand with the carrier opening into which the gemstone according to the invention is inserted should.
  • the socket is simply pushed into the blind hole or into a through hole created, for example, by punching, and is thus fixed.
  • the width of the slot or slots of the socket according to the invention is dimensioned such that when the socket is inserted with the gem into the carrier opening, the slot or slots can be reduced to form a fixed socket.
  • the holding elements of the holder according to the invention which comprise the gem, prevent the gem from moving out, and not only when the holder is motivated into the hole, but already during assembly, ie. H. they create a temporary version of the gem.
  • the holding tongues are inclined outwards and upwards.
  • the retaining tongues are pressed resiliently against the side wall of the hole into which the socket has been inserted.
  • the retaining tongues also exert a pressure inwards on the gemstone and thus serve to fix the gemstone in the setting.
  • the holding tongues prevent the boiler from sliding out. On the other hand, however, they do not hinder an easy pushing in.
  • the tongues are preferably tapered at their ends.
  • the carrier for receiving the gemstones according to the invention can be, for example, a metal band, a cast part, a plastic part or the like.
  • the object that can be decorated with the gemstones according to the invention can be any object of daily use.
  • the frame according to the invention can additionally be fixed to the object in question, for example by gluing. Only very little adhesive is required for this, so that a clean bond is guaranteed.
  • the holding elements of the holder according to the invention extend from the top, that is, from the edge of the band facing away from the setting side of the gemstone.
  • This can be, for example, a web encompassing the edge of the gem, or several claws encompassing the edge of the gem.
  • the number of claws can be chosen arbitrarily, but should be at least 3. Due to the high strength of the socket according to the invention, relatively few and relatively small claws can be provided. If the claws are provided with platelets or brats at their ends, the frame according to the invention is given an appealing shape similar to a crown.
  • the diameter of the gemstones at their equator is preferably larger than the diameter of the setting and the hole. In this way it is possible to place the stones very tightly, so that the surface is fully covered with stones, but on the other hand there are still enough webs between the holes so that a secure fixation is possible and the strength of the carrier is retained.
  • two parts 2 and 3 are punched from a strip material and can be separated from one another at the separation point 1.
  • a gemstone setting can be made from each part 2 or 3.
  • Each part 2 and 3 consists, as illustrated on part 2, of two band sections 4 'and 5', each of which a frame half is made.
  • the two sections 4 'and 5' are connected to each other by a bottom web 6.
  • Each section 4 'and 5' has, as shown on section 4 ', 3 claw sections 7', 8 'and 9', which, as shown on claw section 7 ', of a plate 10 at the free end and a web section 11' exist, which connects the plate 10 with the band section 4 '.
  • each band section 4 ', 5' are also three retaining tongue sections 12 ', 13' and 14 'stamped, as illustrated on the band section 4'.
  • the holding tongue section 12 ' (and the remaining sections 13' and 14 'not shown in FIG. 2) is bent to form the outwardly inclined holding tongue 12, and the claw section 7' (and the remaining sections not shown in Figure 2 'and 9') to the claw 7 bent outwards and angled with the plate 10 inwards.
  • each section 4 ', 5' is then bent into a semi-cylindrical shell. Then the semi-cylindrical sections 4 ', 5' are angled at a right angle at their lower edge, at which they are connected to the bottom web 6, so that the two semi-cylindrical shell-shaped sections 4, 5 result in a holder according to FIG. 4, in which each band section 4, 5 forms a socket half.
  • the two band sections 4 and 5 together form a band which is not the set side of the shown jewelry surrounds extensively.
  • the two band sections 4, 5 are separated by two slots, only one slot 15 being visible in FIG.
  • the retaining tongues 12, 13 (and the retaining tongue 14, not shown) are inclined outwards and upwards.
  • the claws 7, 8 (and the claw 9, not shown), which extend upwards from the upper edge, that is to say from the edge of the band 4, 5 facing away from the setting side of the gem, represent the holding elements for the gem.
  • the embodiment according to FIGS. 6 and 7 differs from that according to FIG. 4 essentially in that the holding element is designed as a web which consists of the two web parts 19, 20 on the band section 21 and 22, respectively. As in the embodiment according to FIG. 4, the web parts 19, 20 extend from the upper edge of the two band sections 21, 22 upwards.
  • each stamped part 16, 17 from which the socket according to FIGS. 6 and 7 is produced, as shown in FIG. 5, consists of a band section 21 ', 22' connected by a bottom web 6, on each of which a web part section 19 ', 20' is arranged is.
  • the edge of the gem 18 is flanged by the web parts 19, 20 and there are, as in the embodiment of Figure 4, two parallel to the gem axis 18 'extending slots 15, 23 are provided.
  • the holder is produced from a single band section 24 ', the individual band sections 24' being held together by webs 25 after punching.
  • the band 24 separated from the web 25 ' is bent into a cylindrical band 24 to give the frame ( Figure 9).
  • support webs 29, 20 extend upward from the upper edge of the band 24, the support webs 29 being in engagement with the underside of the gemstone 18.
  • the stamped part according to Figure 8 accordingly has sections 27 'and 28', namely a total of 4 and sections 29, namely a total of three, from which the claws 27, 28 and the support webs 29 are formed.
  • Another support web is formed from the two sections 30 'and 31' at the two ends of the band 24, with the slot in the band 24 not shown in Figure 9 in between.
  • FIG. 10 shows three assembly examples for a gem 18 according to FIG. 6.
  • a carrier 32 is provided, which is provided with a punched or pierced hole 33 and with two blind holes 34 and 35, the blind hole 35 being chamfered at the upper edge so that the edge of the gemstone 18 is flush with the top of the carrier 32nd completes.

Landscapes

  • Adornments (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
EP89109966A 1988-06-14 1989-06-01 Fassung für Schmucksteine Expired - Lifetime EP0346698B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT89109966T ATE75108T1 (de) 1988-06-14 1989-06-01 Fassung fuer schmucksteine.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3820249A DE3820249A1 (de) 1988-06-14 1988-06-14 Fassung fuer schmucksteine
DE3820249 1988-06-14

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0346698A1 EP0346698A1 (de) 1989-12-20
EP0346698B1 true EP0346698B1 (de) 1992-04-22

Family

ID=6356535

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP89109966A Expired - Lifetime EP0346698B1 (de) 1988-06-14 1989-06-01 Fassung für Schmucksteine

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US4972685A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
EP (1) EP0346698B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPH06102041B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
KR (1) KR910005423B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AT (1) ATE75108T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (2) DE3820249A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Families Citing this family (29)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4029268C2 (de) * 1990-09-14 1995-07-06 Balzers Hochvakuum Verfahren zur gleichspannungs-bogenentladungs-unterstützten, reaktiven Behandlung von Gut und Vakuumbehandlungsanlage zur Durchführung
JP3106233B2 (ja) * 1993-12-28 2000-11-06 船橋電子株式会社 ピアス
US5671613A (en) * 1995-10-10 1997-09-30 Hoover & Strong, Incorporated Gem setting having notched prongs
DE19543461A1 (de) * 1995-11-22 1997-05-28 Sonja Martin Schmuckstuecke Fassung für Schmucksteine
DE29622243U1 (de) * 1996-12-14 1997-02-13 Sand, Rudolf, 61381 Friedrichsdorf Vorrichtung zum Fassen von Edelsteinen und Schmucksteinen
US6532765B1 (en) 1997-04-15 2003-03-18 Sandberg & Sikorski Diamond Corp. Jewelry stone assembly
EP0888731B1 (de) * 1997-07-04 2001-08-16 D. Swarovski & Co. Fassung zur Befestigung eines Schmucksteines
AT2273U1 (de) * 1997-07-18 1998-08-25 Swarovski & Co Hohlschmuck
JPH11223678A (ja) * 1998-02-05 1999-08-17 Kawaguchiko Seimitsu Kk 時計用文字板の装飾具
DE19934312A1 (de) * 1999-07-21 2001-02-08 Euroflex Schuesler Gmbh Schmuckstück
GB2358574A (en) * 2000-01-26 2001-08-01 Luen Tat Watch Band Mfg Ltd Insertable gemstone setting
US6467308B2 (en) * 2000-05-31 2002-10-22 Alfred Butler, Inc. Jewelry prong setting
AT5247U1 (de) * 2001-02-15 2002-05-27 Swarovski & Co Verfahren zur herstellung eines schmuckstückes
US6634184B2 (en) * 2001-12-03 2003-10-21 Hord Crystal Corporation Prongless gemstone setting
FR2836341B1 (fr) * 2002-02-22 2004-06-04 Alain Bels Procede de fixation invisible dans un support d'une pierre utilisee en joaillerie et bijou
US6668584B1 (en) * 2002-05-07 2003-12-30 Giuliano Tosti Housing for setting a stone in jewelry
US20060272356A1 (en) * 2005-06-01 2006-12-07 Lemasters Patrick A Suspension setting for gemstones
JP2007029664A (ja) * 2005-07-29 2007-02-08 Yasuo Kawahara ファセットカット宝石取付用チェーン状装身具
US7730743B2 (en) * 2007-03-30 2010-06-08 Hoover & Strong, Inc. Gem setting having grooved channel walls and methods of setting gems
US20090229307A1 (en) * 2008-03-11 2009-09-17 Wing Cheuk Kwan Method of decorating an article
ITMI20082259A1 (it) * 2008-12-18 2010-06-19 Cielo Venezia 1270 S P A Metodo per la realizzazione di manufatti, in particolare monili con pietre preziose o semipreziose incastonate e manufatti cosi' ottenuti
AT12276U1 (de) 2010-09-13 2012-03-15 Swarovski D Kg Fassung für schmuckstein
EP2636539A1 (en) * 2012-03-08 2013-09-11 GRATZER! Technologies GmbH & Co. KG Arrangement and its use for applying decorative rigid bodies to a substrate, and its method of manufacture
US20150068046A1 (en) * 2013-09-11 2015-03-12 Frank Malvasio Jeweled article and method for making jeweled article
US9468267B2 (en) * 2014-10-08 2016-10-18 Cynthia Lee Carleton-Raymond Cap for beaded jewelry
EP3501326B1 (fr) * 2017-12-22 2024-03-06 Omega SA Ensemble décoratif réalisé par sertissage
EP3834652B1 (fr) * 2019-12-10 2022-06-22 Comadur S.A. Ensemble decoratif realise par sertissage
DE102020001458A1 (de) * 2020-03-06 2021-09-09 WeylChem Performance Products GmbH Wasch- und Reinigungsmittel, Verfahren zum Desinfizieren und deren Verwendung
CN112220170B (zh) * 2020-10-14 2022-08-30 深圳市睿和珠宝实业有限公司 一种珠宝镶嵌组装结构以及相应的珠宝组装方法

Family Cites Families (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1079924A (en) * 1912-03-21 1913-11-25 Chas Keller & Co Gem-setting.
US1182534A (en) * 1915-12-18 1916-05-09 Joseph Driggott Gem-clamping device for an article of jewelry.
US1383146A (en) * 1920-06-16 1921-06-28 Tolbert M Perrin Gem-mounting
US2003950A (en) * 1934-05-18 1935-06-04 Pejchar Josef Finger ring, bracelet, and the like
US2069598A (en) * 1935-10-30 1937-02-02 Cleef & Arpels Soc Van Setting device for a precious stone or the like
GB491074A (en) * 1937-02-22 1938-08-22 Louis Rigollet An improved method of setting precious stones and other jewelry
US2510774A (en) * 1949-07-21 1950-06-06 Engel Brothers Stone mounting for bracelets or other articles
US2763140A (en) * 1954-12-08 1956-09-18 Uncas Mfg Company Finger ring with setting mounted on slots in ring shank
US2852923A (en) * 1955-01-21 1958-09-23 Gamelsky Walter Jewelry chain constructions and method of manufacture of costume jewelry therefrom
GB826492A (en) * 1956-08-17 1960-01-06 George Harold Gardner Improvements in or relating to jewellery and the like
FR2080224A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1970-02-27 1971-11-12 Pieror
BE773293A (nl) * 1971-09-30 1972-01-17 Juwelenfabriek Bowy P V B A Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van edelsteenkassen en edelsteenkas verkregen door middel van deze werkwijze.
JPS5964997U (ja) * 1982-10-21 1984-04-28 いづくら株式会社 宝石類を装着した布帛
JPS6048712U (ja) * 1983-09-06 1985-04-05 ジエイ・エス商工株式会社 装飾用止め具
DE3342021A1 (de) * 1983-11-22 1985-05-30 Bock & Schupp KG, 7530 Pforzheim Chatonfassung
DE3510200A1 (de) * 1985-03-21 1986-09-25 Anorthe 5407 Boppard Witt Pave-chaton-fassung
DE8618939U1 (de) * 1986-07-15 1986-10-23 Bunz, Georg, 7544 Dobel Fassung für einen Edelstein

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US4972685A (en) 1990-11-27
DE3820249C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1990-08-30
ATE75108T1 (de) 1992-05-15
DE58901228D1 (de) 1992-05-27
EP0346698A1 (de) 1989-12-20
KR910005423B1 (ko) 1991-07-29
JPH06102041B2 (ja) 1994-12-14
JPH0298303A (ja) 1990-04-10
KR900000046A (ko) 1990-01-30
DE3820249A1 (de) 1989-12-21

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0346698B1 (de) Fassung für Schmucksteine
DE19724327A1 (de) Nabe für ein Speichenrad
DE3820251C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE60125946T2 (de) Dekorationselement für schmuck und schmuck mit so einem dekorationselement
DE68927061T2 (de) Fassen von juwelen
EP0888731B1 (de) Fassung zur Befestigung eines Schmucksteines
DE69200348T2 (de) Halterungsherstellungsverfahren von einem rundförmigen Stück in ein rohrförmiges Stück.
DE3732895C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
EP1031294B1 (de) Schmuckstück mit auswechselbarem Dekorationselement
DE2613678C3 (de) Fassung für einen Schmuckstein
DE102009001410A1 (de) Schmuck mit austauschbaren Verzierungen
EP0554296B1 (de) Medaillon und verfahren zum herstellen von medaillonhälften
DE3844599A1 (de) Fassung fuer schmucksteine
DE19739053C2 (de) Vorrichtung zur Befestigung eines Leuchtenglases in oder an einer Leuchte
AT404663B (de) Schmuckstück
DE2725949A1 (de) Radverzierung
DE102018209376B3 (de) Ringförmiges Schmuckstück und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines solchen ringförmigen Schmuckstücks
DE9301527U1 (de) Ring-Einsatz
DE19702782C2 (de) Ringförmiges Schmuckteil
DE10256815A1 (de) Schmuckstück sowie Bausatz zur Herstellung eines Schmuckstücks
WO2012034149A1 (de) Fassung für schmuckstein
DE202019100784U1 (de) Kerzenhalter für Kerzen mit verschiedenen Durchmessern
DE19606587A1 (de) Schmuckartikel und Verfahren zur Herstellung desselben
EP1503638A1 (de) Befestigungssystem zur befestigung eines schmuckelements an einem schmuckstück sowie schmuckstück
CH719937A2 (de) Schmuckring.

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19900122

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19910620

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 75108

Country of ref document: AT

Date of ref document: 19920515

Kind code of ref document: T

ITF It: translation for a ep patent filed
REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 58901228

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19920527

GBT Gb: translation of ep patent filed (gb section 77(6)(a)/1977)
ET Fr: translation filed
PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed
PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 19930524

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Payment date: 19930623

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Payment date: 19930625

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Payment date: 19930630

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Payment date: 19930702

Year of fee payment: 5

EPTA Lu: last paid annual fee
PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 19940601

Ref country code: GB

Effective date: 19940601

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Effective date: 19940602

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Effective date: 19940630

BERE Be: lapsed

Owner name: D. SWAROVSKI & CO.

Effective date: 19940630

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Effective date: 19950101

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19940601

EUG Se: european patent has lapsed

Ref document number: 89109966.5

Effective date: 19950110

NLV4 Nl: lapsed or anulled due to non-payment of the annual fee
EUG Se: european patent has lapsed

Ref document number: 89109966.5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20020617

Year of fee payment: 14

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: AT

Payment date: 20020620

Year of fee payment: 14

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Payment date: 20020621

Year of fee payment: 14

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20020730

Year of fee payment: 14

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20030601

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20030630

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20030630

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20040101

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20040227

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES;WARNING: LAPSES OF ITALIAN PATENTS WITH EFFECTIVE DATE BEFORE 2007 MAY HAVE OCCURRED AT ANY TIME BEFORE 2007. THE CORRECT EFFECTIVE DATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE RECORDED.

Effective date: 20050601