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EP0267296
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| EP0267296 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IONIZING LIQUID [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 03.07.1998 Database last updated on 24.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.04.2015 | Change - lapse in a contracting state State(s) deleted from list of lapses: CH, LI | published on 20.05.2015 [2015/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states IBBOTT, Jack Kenneth 17-7, Nishiazabu 4-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 106 / JP | [1988/20] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
see applicant ... | [1988/20] | Representative(s) | Charlton, Peter John, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/10] | Charlton, Peter John, et al Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | ||
| Former [1988/20] | Boon, Graham Anthony Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | Application number, filing date | 87902762.1 | 01.05.1987 | [1988/20] | WO1987JP00277 | Priority number, date | JP19860103439 | 06.05.1986 Original published format: JP 10343986 | JP19860182732 | 05.08.1986 Original published format: JP 18273286 | [1988/20] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8706925 | Date: | 19.11.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/25] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0267296 | Date: | 18.05.1988 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.11.1987 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1988/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0267296 | Date: | 30.09.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/40] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 19.11.1987 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.07.1989 | Classification | IPC: | C02F1/48 | [1988/20] | CPC: |
C02F1/482 (EP,US);
C02F1/46176 (EP,US);
C02F1/48 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1988/20] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR IONISATION VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN | [1988/20] | English: | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IONIZING LIQUID | [1988/20] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR IONISER UN LIQUIDE | [1988/20] | Entry into regional phase | 04.01.1988 | Translation filed | 19.01.1988 | National basic fee paid | 19.01.1988 | Search fee paid | 19.01.1988 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.05.1988 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.05.1988 | Examination requested [1988/27] | 05.06.1990 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 08.06.1990 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 10.12.1990 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.03.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.06.1991 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.12.1991 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 27.02.1992 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.04.1992 | Fee for grant paid | 02.04.1992 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP91202487.4 Application deemed to be withdrawn : 26.10.1991 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE ION ENTERPRISES LTD Unit 9, Pomeroy Buildings Grove Trading Estate GB-Dorchester, DT1 1ST / GB Opponent's representative Harris, Ian Richard, et al, et al D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB | 02
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ADMISSIBLE Ibbott, Jack Kenneth 4-14-14 Nishiazabu, (202) Minato-Ku Tokyo / JP Opponent's representative Charlton, Peter John Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE ION ENTERPRISES LTD Unit 9, Pomeroy Buildings Grove Trading Estate GB-Dorchester, DT1 1ST / GB Opponent's representative Harris, Ian Richard, et al, et al c/o D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB | ||
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ADMISSIBLE Ibbott, Jack Kenneth 4-14-14 nishiazabu, (202) minato-ku Tokyo / JP Opponent's representative Charlton, Peter John Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | 12.08.1993 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 22.11.1993 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 10.11.1994 | Date of oral proceedings | 30.11.1994 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 30.11.1994 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 17.03.1998 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [1998/34] | Appeal following opposition | 24.01.1995 | Appeal received No. T0072/95 | 29.03.1995 | Statement of grounds filed | 18.03.1998 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected | 17.03.1998 | Date of oral proceedings | 06.04.1998 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.05.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.05.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 17.05.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.05.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Former [2000/52] | CH | 30.09.1992 | |
| LI | 30.09.1992 | Documents cited: | Search | US2687996 [ ] (BUTLER EDGAR M); | FR2445300 [ ] (ROWENTA WERKE GMBH [DE]); | US4325798 [ ] (MACK MICHAEL H); | DE3134967 [ ] (LUEBER HANS) | International search | [X]JP4828762Y | Examination | US4789103 | - Common Building Defects - diagnosis & remedy published 1983 by Longman Group UK Limited, pages 115 and 117 | - Heating and Hot-Water Services, Fourth Revised Edition, published 1980 by Granada Publishing Limited, page 207 | - Brochure about Oracstar stainless steel gauze filter sample of recent manufacture. | - Fielder Systems leaflet dated 1.1.87 | - Intermediate Chemistry by Lowry and Cavell, published 1939, pages 597 and 598 |