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EP2464480 - BROACHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A CRACK IN A TURBINE ROTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2012/25]APPARATUS FOR BROACHING REPAIR OF TURBINE ROTOR STEEPLES
[2015/19]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2016
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
General Electric Technology GmbH
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
[2016/33]
Former [2015/44]For all designated states
ALSTOM Technology Ltd
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
Former [2012/25]For all designated states
ALSTOM Technology Ltd
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
Inventor(s)01 / KIGHT, Matthew S.
8369 Woody Drive
Norfolk Virginia 23518 / US
 [2012/25]
Representative(s)Bernotti, Andrea, et al
Studio Torta S.p.A.
Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino / IT
[N/P]
Former [2015/44]Alstom Technology Ltd
CHTI Intellectual Property
Brown Boveri Strasse 7
5400 Baden / CH
Former [2012/35](deleted)
Former [2012/25]Hellwig, Tillmann Johannes
Dreiss Patentanwälte Gerokstrasse 1
70188 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date10742675.104.08.2010
[2015/44]
WO2010US44353
Priority number, dateUS2009054083613.08.2009         Original published format: US 540836
[2012/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011019554
Date:17.02.2011
Language:EN
[2011/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2464480
Date:20.06.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.02.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2464480
Date:28.10.2015
Language:EN
[2015/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.02.2011
ClassificationIPC:B23D37/22, B23D43/02, B23D43/06, B23P6/00
[2015/19]
CPC:
B23D43/02 (EP,US); F01D5/005 (US); B23D37/22 (EP,US);
B23P6/002 (EP,US); F01D5/12 (US); B23D2043/025 (US);
B23D2043/063 (EP,US); F05D2220/30 (US); F05D2230/10 (US);
Y10T29/49318 (EP,US); Y10T29/4932 (EP,US); Y10T29/49321 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49996 (EP,US); Y10T29/5176 (EP,US); Y10T407/16 (EP,US);
Y10T407/1628 (EP,US); Y10T409/400175 (EP,US); Y10T409/403325 (EP,US);
Y10T409/406475 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2012/25]B23D37/22, B23P6/04
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/25]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:RÄUMVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM REPARIEREN EINES RISSES IN EINEM TURBINENROTOR[2015/30]
English:BROACHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A CRACK IN A TURBINE ROTOR[2015/19]
French:DISPOSITIF DE BROCHAGE ET MÉTHODE DE RÉPARATION D'UNE FISSURE DANS UN ROTOR DE TURBINE[2015/19]
Former [2012/25]VORRICHTUNG FÜR RÄUMUNGSREPARATUR VON TURBINENROTORSPITZEN
Former [2012/25]APPARATUS FOR BROACHING REPAIR OF TURBINE ROTOR STEEPLES
Former [2012/25]APPAREIL DE REPARATION PAR BROCHAGE DE CROCHETS DE ROTOR DE TURBINE
Entry into regional phase09.03.2012National basic fee paid 
09.03.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
09.03.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.06.2011Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.03.2012Examination requested  [2012/25]
16.07.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.06.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.10.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.06.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.09.2015Fee for grant paid
18.09.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.09.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  30.06.2014
Opposition(s)29.07.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.08.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
07.08.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
07.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
20.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU04.08.2010
AL28.10.2015
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