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EP About this file: EP0246916

EP0246916 - Boundary layer flow control [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.04.1993
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.04.1993No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 16.06.1993 [1993/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Rolls-Royce plc
65 Buckingham Gate
London, SW1E 6AT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1987/48]For all designated states
ROLLS-ROYCE plc
65 Buckingham Gate
London, SW1E 6AT / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Savill, Anthony Mark
46 Histon Road
Cambridge / GB
[1987/48]
Representative(s)Dargavel, Laurence Peter
Rolls-Royce plc
Patents Department
P.O. Box 31
Moor Lane
Derby DE2 8BJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1987/48]Dargavel, Laurence Peter
Rolls-Royce plc Patents Department P.O. Box 31 Moor Lane
Derby DE2 8BJ / GB
Application number, filing date87304579.322.05.1987
[1987/48]
Priority number, dateGB1986001248722.05.1986         Original published format: GB 8612487
GB1987000655419.03.1987         Original published format: GB 8706554
[1987/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0246916
Date:25.11.1987
Language:EN
[1987/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0246916
Date:24.06.1992
Language:EN
[1992/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.09.1987
ClassificationIPC:B64C21/10, B63B1/34
[1987/48]
CPC:
B63B1/34 (EP); B64C21/10 (EP); B64C2230/26 (EP);
Y02T50/10 (EP); Y02T70/10 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   SE [1987/48]
TitleGerman:Grenzschichtdurchflussregelung[1987/48]
English:Boundary layer flow control[1987/48]
French:Contrôle du débit de la couche limite[1987/48]
Examination procedure12.05.1988Examination requested  [1988/28]
16.02.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.09.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.12.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.03.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.07.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.04.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.08.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.11.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
22.11.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
29.11.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.12.1991Fee for grant paid
18.12.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.03.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.05.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
10.04.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
15.04.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
09.04.1992Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[AP]EP0216384  (MESSERSCHMITT BOELKOW BLOHM [DE]);
 [AP]EP0205289  (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US])
 [A]  - AIAA'83 21st AEROSPACE SCIENCES MEETING, Reno, Nevada, 10th-13th January 1983, pages 6,18, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, US; D.M. BUSHNELL: "Turbulent drag reduction for external flows"
 [A]  - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 103, no. 3, March 1981, page 71, New York, US; "Grooves reduce aircraft drag"
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