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EP0307619 - Method for detecting a state of substance existing in pipe [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.12.1993
Database last updated on 04.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.08.1994Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 12.10.1994 [1994/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NKK CORPORATION
1-2 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[1989/12]
Inventor(s)01 / Koshihara, Toshio Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
1-2, 1-chome Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo / JP
02 / Misawa, Rokurou Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
1-2, 1-chome Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo / JP
03 / Sagawa, Yuzo Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
1-2, 1-chome Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo / JP
04 / Takehara, Kimio Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
1-2, 1-chome Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo / JP
[1989/12]
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1989/12]Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel & Partner
Möhlstrasse 37
D-81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date88113014.010.08.1988
[1989/12]
Priority number, dateJP1987020931125.08.1987         Original published format: JP 20931187
JP1988006482018.03.1988         Original published format: JP 6482088
[1989/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0307619
Date:22.03.1989
Language:EN
[1989/12]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0307619
Date:08.08.1990
Language:EN
[1990/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0307619
Date:17.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/07]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.1990
ClassificationIPC:G01N25/72, G01N25/18, G01N25/00
[1990/33]
CPC:
G01N25/72 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1989/12]G01N25/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1992/52]
Former [1989/12]DE,  FR,  GB,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Zustandes einer Substanz in einem Rohr[1989/12]
English:Method for detecting a state of substance existing in pipe[1989/12]
French:Procédé pour la détermination de la condition d'une substance existant dans un tube[1989/12]
File destroyed:15.01.2000
Examination procedure07.09.1988Examination requested  [1989/12]
26.03.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
04.08.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
10.08.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.11.1992Fee for grant paid
02.11.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.11.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1994/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.08.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
28.08.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
28.08.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB10.08.1993
[1994/41]
Documents cited:Search[A]DE3413535  (DANFOSS AS);
 [A]DE3407911  (MESSERSCHMITT BOELKOW BLOHM [DE]);
 [A]DE2311325  ;
 [A]GB2168494  (STEVENSON GILBERT MCIVER);
 [A]GB2164746  (GEN ELECTRIC);
 [A]GB1151081  (AUTOMATION IND INC [US])
 [A]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 28, no. 7, December, 1985 "Transient Thermal Imaging System" pages 3037-3039
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