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EP0162868 - STIRLING CYCLE ENGINE AND HEAT PUMP [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1985/49]IMPROVED STIRLING CYCLE ENGINE AND HEAT PUMP
[1989/22]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.03.1990
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.11.1999Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 29.12.1999 [1999/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MITCHELL, Matthew P.
151 Alvarado Road
Berkeley, CA 94705 / US
[1985/49]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1985/49]
Representative(s)Blumbach Weser Bergen Kramer Zwirner Hoffmann Patentanwälte
Sonnenberger Strasse 100
D-65193 Wiesbaden / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/09]Blumbach Weser Bergen Kramer Zwirner Hoffmann Patentanwälte
Sonnenberger Strasse 100
D-65193 Wiesbaden / DE
Former [1986/39]Bernhardt, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing.
Reinländer & Bernhardt Patentanwälte Orthstrasse 12
D-81245 München / DE
Former [1985/49]Reinländer & Bernhardt Patentanwälte
Orthstrasse 12
D-8000 München 60 / DE
Application number, filing date84904048.029.10.1984
[1985/49]
WO1984US01731
Priority number, dateUS1983054819802.11.1983         Original published format: US 548198
[1985/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8501988
Date:09.05.1985
Language:EN
[1985/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0162868
Date:04.12.1985
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1985/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0162868
Date:31.05.1989
Language:EN
[1989/22]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US09.05.1985
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.08.1986
ClassificationIPC:F02G1/04, F02G1/06
[1985/49]
CPC:
F02G1/043 (EP); F25B9/14 (EP); F02G2244/50 (EP);
F02G2254/30 (EP); F02G2270/50 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1985/49]
TitleGerman:STIRLINGMOTOR UND WÄRMEPUMPE[1989/22]
English:STIRLING CYCLE ENGINE AND HEAT PUMP[1989/22]
French:MOTEUR A CYCLE STIRLING ET POMPE THERMIQUE[1989/22]
Former [1985/49]VERBESSERTER STIRLINGMOTOR UND WÄRMEPUMPE
Former [1985/49]IMPROVED STIRLING CYCLE ENGINE AND HEAT PUMP
Former [1985/49]MOTEUR A CYCLE STIRLING AMELIORE ET POMPE THERMIQUE
File destroyed:03.03.2001
Entry into regional phase25.06.1985National basic fee paid 
25.06.1985Search fee paid 
25.06.1985Designation fee(s) paid 
25.06.1985Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.06.1985Examination requested  [1985/49]
09.09.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
17.05.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.06.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
04.11.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
01.12.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.02.1989Fee for grant paid
28.02.1989Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)01.03.1990No opposition filed within time limit [1990/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.10.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
27.10.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
27.10.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT31.05.1989
BE31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
NL31.05.1989
SE31.05.1989
LU31.10.1989
[1999/52]
Former [1991/08]AT31.05.1989
BE31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
NL31.05.1989
SE31.05.1989
Former [1990/16]AT31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
NL31.05.1989
SE31.05.1989
Former [1990/12]AT31.05.1989
NL31.05.1989
SE31.05.1989
Former [1990/09]AT31.05.1989
SE31.05.1989
Former [1989/36]SE31.05.1989
Documents cited:Search[A]FR1453381  ;
 [A]FR1378880
International search[A]US3145527  ;
 [A]US3667215  ;
 [A]US4077221
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