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EP0118561 - High speed underground transport system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1984/38]IMPROVEMENT IN METHOD OF GENERATING ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY AND SUPERHIGH-SPEED UNDERGROND TRANSPORT MACHINE
[1988/44]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.09.1989
Database last updated on 22.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.1989No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.11.1989 [1989/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MATSUKATA, Kosuke
23-18 Toyooka-cho Tsurumi-ku Yokohama-shi
Kanagawa-ken 230 / JP
[1984/38]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1984/38]
Representative(s)Rinuy, Guy, et al
Cabinet Rinuy, Santarelli 14, Avenue de la Grande Armée
75017 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [1984/38]Rinuy, Guy, et al
Cabinet Rinuy et Santarelli 14, Avenue de la Grande Armée
F-75017 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date82902551.930.08.1982
[1984/38]
WO1982JP00347
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8400932
Date:15.03.1984
[1984/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0118561
Date:19.09.1984
Language:FR
[1984/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0118561
Date:02.11.1988
Language:FR
[1988/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.04.1985
ClassificationIPC:B61B13/10, B61H11/06
[1984/38]
CPC:
B61B13/10 (EP,US); Y02T30/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   FR [1984/38]
TitleGerman:Unterirdisches Hochgeschwindigkeitstransportsystem[1988/44]
English:High speed underground transport system[1988/44]
French:Système de transport souterrain à grande vitesse[1988/44]
Former [1984/38]VERBESSERTES VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG KÜNSTLICHER SCHWERKRAFT UND UNTERIRDISCHES TRANSPORTMITTEL MIT SEHR HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT
Former [1984/38]IMPROVEMENT IN METHOD OF GENERATING ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY AND SUPERHIGH-SPEED UNDERGROND TRANSPORT MACHINE
Former [1984/38]AMELIORATION A UN PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION DE GRAVITE ARTIFICIELLE ET MOYEN DE TRANSPORT SOUTERRAIN A TRES HAUTE VITESSE
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Entry into regional phase14.07.1983Translation filed 
14.07.1983National basic fee paid 
14.07.1983Search fee paid 
14.07.1983Designation fee(s) paid 
19.05.1984Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.05.1984Examination requested  [1984/38]
21.02.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.07.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.08.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.10.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.03.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
26.04.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.07.1988Fee for grant paid
07.07.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.08.1989No opposition filed within time limit [1989/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.06.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
26.06.1985Renewal fee patent year 04
24.06.1986Renewal fee patent year 05
15.06.1987Renewal fee patent year 06
13.08.1988Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]FR1114344  ;
 [A]DE1580876  (STANDARD ELEKTRIK LORENZ AG);
 [A]CH577402  (HELM AXEL GUENTHER)
 [A]  - ZEITSCHRIFT DES ÖSTERREICHISCHEN INGENIEUR- UND ARCHITEKTEN-VEREINS, vol. 100, no. 3/4, 3rd February 1955, page 29; OSTERSETZER: "Projekt einer gleislosen Untergrundbahn"
 [A]  - ZEV-GLASER'S ANNALEN, vol. 100, no. 6, June 1976, pages 192-193; V. JUNG: "Die Cyclobahn. Gravitationsantrieb im Nahverkehr - Vorteile und Probleme"
International search[X]JPS4742442B  ;
 [X]JPS4911897B  ;
 [Y]JPS4940165B
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