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EP0173684 - SEGMENTED LABYRINTH-TYPE SHAFT SEALING SYSTEM FOR FLUID TURBINES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  26.04.1996
Database last updated on 09.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BRANDON, Ronald E.
1734 Lenox Road
Schenectady, NY 12308 / US
[1986/11]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1986/11]
Representative(s)Tregear, George Herbert Benjamin, et al
LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO Norman House 105-109 Strand
London WC2R 0AE / GB
[1986/11]
Application number, filing date84901497.208.03.1984
[1986/11]
WO1984US00375
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8503991
Date:12.09.1985
Language:EN
[1985/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0173684
Date:12.03.1986
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.09.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1986/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0173684
Date:07.02.1990
Language:EN
[1990/06]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0173684
Date:12.06.1996
Language:EN
[1996/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US12.09.1985
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.09.1986
ClassificationIPC:F16J15/44
[1986/11]
CPC:
F16J15/441 (EP); F01D11/02 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1986/11]
TitleGerman:MIT ABDICHTSEGMENTEN VERSEHENE LABYRINTHDICHTUNG FÜR HYDRAULISCHE STRÖMUNGSMASCHINEN[1986/11]
English:SEGMENTED LABYRINTH-TYPE SHAFT SEALING SYSTEM FOR FLUID TURBINES[1986/11]
French:SYSTEME D'ETANCHEITE D'ARBRES DE TYPE A LABYRINTHE SEGMENTE POUR TURBINES HYDRAULIQUES[1986/11]
Entry into regional phase05.11.1985National basic fee paid 
05.11.1985Search fee paid 
05.11.1985Designation fee(s) paid 
05.03.1986Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.03.1986Examination requested  [1986/24]
17.08.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
29.10.1987Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time
20.04.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.09.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.01.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.03.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.08.1989Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.10.1989Fee for grant paid
27.10.1989Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  05.11.1990  19.12.1990  ADMISSIBLE
Asea Brown Boveri AG
Haselstr.16 Postfach
CH-5401 Baden / CH
 [N/P]
Former [1991/01]
Opponent(s)01  05.11.1990  19.12.1990  ADMISSIBLE
Asea Brown Boveri AG
Haslerstr.16 Postfach
CH-5401 Baden / CH
13.12.1990Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
13.06.1991Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
12.08.1991Reply to a communication from the opposition division
22.08.1991Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M01)
20.01.1992Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
22.11.1995Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
08.12.1995Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
15.01.1996Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
16.04.1996Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition09.03.1992Appeal received No.  T0210/92
18.05.1992Statement of grounds filed
18.02.1993Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [1993/08]
21.04.1993Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1993/17]
28.09.1994Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [1994/40]
07.02.1995Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1995/06]
07.03.1995Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [1995/10]
02.05.1995Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1995/18]
22.11.1995Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
22.03.1994Date of oral proceedings
07.04.1994Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Request for re-establishment of rights:25.11.1987Date of receipt
10.03.1988Request accepted
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
13.11.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
05.08.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
13.03.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.03.198704   M06   Fee paid on   13.11.1987
31.03.198805   M06   Fee paid on   05.08.1988
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Documents cited:Search[A]FR1274297  (LICENTIA GMBH);
 [Y]FR1338213  (LICENTIA GMBH);
 [A]CH387069  (LICENTIA GMBH [DE]);
 [A]DE1187874  (LICENTIA GMBH);
 [YD]GB1224234  (ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO LTD [GB])
International search[A]FR28259  ;
 [A]SE128449  ;
 [A]US967247  (SAMUELSON FREDERICK [GB]);
 [A]FR763708  (CONST MECANIQUES ESCHER WYSS D);
 [A]US2239637  (ZESEWITZ JOHN H);
 [A]US2600991  (HARGROVE FRANK L);
 [A]GB1224234  (ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO LTD [GB])
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