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EP About this file: EP0018370

EP0018370 - ANNULAR SEAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  30.09.1983
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.04.2015Change - lapse in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: CH
published on 20.05.2015  [2015/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE GLACIER METAL COMPANY LIMITED
368 Ealing Road, Alperton
Wembley, Middlesex HA0 1HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1980/23]For all designated states
THE GLACIER METAL COMPANY LIMITED
368 Ealing Road, Alperton
Wembley, Middlesex HA0 1HD / GB
Inventor(s)01 / HILL, Alfred
"Callerton", 148b Abbots Road
Abbots Langley Hertfordshire / GB
02 / BAKER, George Robert
2, Hamilton Avenue Pyrford
Woking, Surrey / GB
[1980/23]
Representative(s)Arthur, George Fitzgerald, et al
KILBURN & STRODE 30, John Street
London WC1N 2DD / GB
[1980/23]
Application number, filing date79900398.317.04.1979
[1980/23]
WO1979GB00061
Priority number, dateGB1978001522318.04.1978         Original published format: GB 1522378
[1980/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO7900943
Date:15.11.1979
[1979/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0018370
Date:12.11.1980
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.11.1979 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1980/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0018370
Date:03.03.1982
Language:EN
[1982/09]
ClassificationIPC:F16J15/32, // B63H23/36
[1982/09]
CPC:
F16J15/3216 (EP,US); F16J15/3284 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1980/23]F16J15/32, B63H23/36
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LU,   SE [1980/23]
TitleGerman:RINGFÖRMIGE DICHTUNG[1980/23]
English:ANNULAR SEAL[1980/23]
French:JOINT D'ETANCHEITE ANNULAIRE[1980/23]
File destroyed:18.06.1989
Entry into regional phase17.12.1979National basic fee paid 
17.12.1979Designation fee(s) paid 
03.09.1980Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.09.1980Examination requested  [1980/24]
05.03.1981Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
30.04.1981Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.06.1981Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
24.08.1981Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.10.1981Fee for grant paid
20.10.1981Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  21.10.1982  20.12.1982  ADMISSIBLE
HOWALDTSWERKE - DEUTSCHE WERFT Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg und Kiel - Abteilung RRP -
Rossweg 20 Postfach 11 14 80
D-2000 Hamburg 11 / DE
 [1983/01]
20.12.1982Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
18.04.1983Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
20.06.1983Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
31.08.1983Legal effect of revocation of patent [1983/48]
Request for re-establishment of rights:29.08.1980Date of receipt
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.04.1981Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE03.03.1982
LU30.04.1982
[2015/21]
Former [1985/26]CH03.03.1982
SE03.03.1982
Former [1982/31]SE03.03.1982
Cited inInternational search[X]FR2122222  (FREUDENBERG CARL);
 [X]DE864344  (DILLENBURGER ALBERT);
 US3120960  [ ] (PIPPERT AARON J, et al);
 DE1283534  [ ] (GLACIER CO LTD)
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