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EP0068920 - Swirl flow meter, especially for low viscosity fluids [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition procedure closed
Status updated on  14.11.1990
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.10.1998Change - lapse in a contracting state
New state(s): FR
published on 16.12.1998 [1998/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SEREG S.A.
12, place des Etats-Unis
F-92120 Montrouge / FR
[1983/01]
Inventor(s)01 / Goujon-Durand, Sophie
146, rue Raymond Losseran
F-75014 Paris / FR
02 / Janssen, Sylvain
38, Rue du Bois de Boulogne
F-92200 Neuilly Sur Seine / FR
[1983/01]
Representative(s)Dronne, Guy
Giers Schlumberger 12 Place des Etats-Unis B.P. 121
92124 Montrouge / FR
[N/P]
Former [1985/36]Dronne, Guy
Giers Schlumberger 12 Place des Etats-Unis B.P. 121
F-92124 Montrouge / FR
Former [1983/01]Colombe, Michel
GIERS SCHLUMBERGER B.P. 121
F-92124 Montrouge Cedex / FR
Application number, filing date82400956.725.05.1982
[1983/01]
Priority number, dateFR1981001041426.05.1981         Original published format: FR 8110414
[1983/01]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0068920
Date:05.01.1983
Language:FR
[1983/01]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0068920
Date:02.01.1985
Language:FR
[1985/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0068920
Date:26.08.1987
Language:FR
[1987/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.11.1984
ClassificationIPC:G01F1/32
[1983/01]
CPC:
G01F1/3259 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1983/01]
TitleGerman:Karmändurchflüssmesser, insbesondere für Flüssigkeiten mit niedriger Viskosität[1983/01]
English:Swirl flow meter, especially for low viscosity fluids[1983/01]
French:Débitmètre à tourbillon, notamment pour fluides à faible viscosité[1983/01]
Examination procedure17.06.1985Examination requested  [1985/38]
28.10.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
17.02.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.04.1987Fee for grant paid
08.04.1987Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  25.05.1988  13.06.1988  ADMISSIBLE
Flowtec AG
Kägenstrasse 7
CH-4153 Reinach BL 1 / CH
 [1988/29]
29.06.1988Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
09.12.1988Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
08.01.1990Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
23.04.1990Reply to a communication from the opposition division
18.07.1990Despatch of communication that the opposition procedure will be closed
28.07.1990Legal effect of closure of opposition procedure [1991/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.05.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
29.04.1985Renewal fee patent year 04
28.04.1986Renewal fee patent year 05
08.04.1987Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL26.08.1987
GB25.05.1988
FR31.01.1989
DE01.02.1989
BE31.05.1989
[1998/51]
Former [1989/48]NL26.08.1987
GB25.05.1988
DE01.02.1989
BE31.05.1989
Former [1989/39]NL26.08.1987
GB25.05.1988
BE31.05.1989
Former [1989/32]NL26.08.1987
GB25.05.1988
Former [1989/05]NL26.08.1987
Documents cited:Search[A]FR2376400  (ROSEMOUNT INC [US]);
 [A]GB1566790  (FLONIC SA);
 [A]US4171643  (FRICK ROGER L [US]);
 [A]US4248098  (SAWAYAMA TAKEHIRO, et al);
 [A]FR2417776  (ONERA (OFF NAT AEROSPATIALE) [FR], et al);
 [A]FR2150630  (ONERA (OFF NAT AEROSPATIALE))
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