EP1218152 - PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OR WELDING A WORKPIECE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.04.2005 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.04.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 08.06.2005 [2005/23] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states HYPERTHERM, INC. P.O. Box 5010, Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2002/27] | For all designated states HYPERTHERM, INC. P.O. Box 5010, Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SANDERS, Nicholas, A. Glen Ridge Road Norwich, VT 05055 / US | 02 /
COUCH, Richard, W. 29 Lyme Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | 03 /
YANG, Yong 8 Camp Brook Dr. Hanover, NH 03755 / US | 04 /
LU, Zhipeng 22 Rennie Road Hanover, NH 93755 / US | 05 /
DEAN, Robert C. P.O. Box 318, 5 Penny Lane Norwich, VT 05055 / US | 06 /
WOODS, Kenneth, J. 225 Slayton Hill Road Lebanon, NH 03755 / US | 07 /
HACKETT, Charles, M. 12 Ridge Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | 08 /
SOBR, John 141 Slayton Hill Road Lebanon, NH 03766 / US | 09 /
CONNALLY, William J. P.O. Box 1577, 12 Mill Pond Lane Grantham, NH 03753 / US | [2002/40] |
Former [2002/27] | 01 /
SANDERS, Nicholas, A. Glen Ridge Road Norwich, VT 05055 / US | ||
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COUCH, Richard, W. 29 Lyme Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | |||
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YANG, Yong 34 Lebanon Street No. 6 Hanover, NH 03755 / US | |||
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LU, Zhipeng 22 Rennie Road Hanover, NH 93755 / US | |||
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DEAN, Robert C. P.O. Box 318, 5 Penny Lane Norwich, VT 05055 / US | |||
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WOODS, Kenneth, J. 225 Slayton Hill Road Lebanon, NH 03755 / US | |||
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HACKETT, Charles, M. 12 Ridge Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | |||
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SOBR, John 141 Slayton Hill Road Lebanon, NH 03766 / US | |||
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CONNALLY, William J. P.O. Box 1577, 12 Mill Pond Lane Grantham, NH 03753 / US | Representative(s) | Trueman, Lucy Petra Barker Brettell LLP 100 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8QQ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2002/27] | Trueman, Lucy Petra Barker Brettell, 138 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB | Application number, filing date | 00963648.1 | 20.09.2000 | [2002/27] | WO2000US25745 | Priority number, date | US19990155078P | 21.09.1999 Original published format: US 155078 P | [2002/27] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO0121362 | Date: | 29.03.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/13] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1218152 | Date: | 03.07.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.03.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/27] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1218152 | Date: | 16.06.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/25] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 04.10.2001 | Classification | IPC: | B26F1/00 | [2002/27] | CPC: |
B26F3/004 (EP,US);
B26F3/00 (KR);
B23K28/00 (EP,US);
B26F3/06 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2004/25] |
Former [2002/27] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM SCHNEIDEN ODER SCHWEISSEN EINES WERKSTÜCKES | [2002/27] | English: | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OR WELDING A WORKPIECE | [2002/27] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE DECOUPAGE OU DE MOULAGE D'UNE PIECE A USINER | [2002/27] | Entry into regional phase | 17.04.2002 | National basic fee paid | 17.04.2002 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.04.2002 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 09.04.2001 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 17.04.2002 | Examination requested [2002/27] | 21.08.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 18.12.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.02.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 12.04.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.09.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.03.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 25.03.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP04007551.7 / EP1439041 | Opposition(s) | 17.03.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.09.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.09.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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