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EP0278791
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0278791 - Ultrasonic flaw testing equipment for detecting defects in cast metal billets [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 12.11.1999 Database last updated on 26.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.12.1999 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 19.01.2000 [2000/03] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states NORSK HYDRO A/S Bygdoy Allé 2 0257 Oslo 2 / NO | [N/P] |
| Former [1988/33] | For all designated states NORSK HYDRO A/S Bygdoy Allé 2 N-0257 Oslo 2 / NO | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Rendalsvik, Arnfinn Bruflata 17 N-6600 Sunndalsora / NO | [1988/33] | Representative(s) | Allam, Peter Clerk, et al Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/41] | Allam, Peter Clerk, et al LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB | ||
| Former [1998/36] | Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB | ||
| Former [1988/33] | Allen, Oliver John Richard, et al Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co. Norman House 105-109 Strand London, WC2R 0AE / GB | Application number, filing date | 88301249.4 | 15.02.1988 | [1988/33] | Priority number, date | NO19870000568 | 13.02.1987 Original published format: NO 870568 | [1988/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0278791 | Date: | 17.08.1988 | Language: | EN | [1988/33] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0278791 | Date: | 06.12.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0278791 | Date: | 14.04.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/15] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.10.1989 | Classification | IPC: | G01N29/04 | [1988/33] | CPC: |
G01N29/048 (EP);
G01N29/28 (EP);
G01N2291/0234 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1988/33] | Title | German: | Ultraschallprüfvorrichtung zur Feststellung von Fehlstellen in gegossenen Metallrundbarren | [1988/33] | English: | Ultrasonic flaw testing equipment for detecting defects in cast metal billets | [1988/33] | French: | Equipement de contrôle ultrasonore pour détecter des défauts dans des billettes métalliques coulées | [1988/33] | Examination procedure | 25.01.1990 | Examination requested [1990/12] | 09.04.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.08.1991 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.05.1992 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 22.09.1992 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.09.1992 | Fee for grant paid | 30.09.1992 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
13.01.1994
25.04.1994
ADMISSIBLE Hoogovens Aluminium B.V. Uilenstede 475, P.O. Box 467 NL-1180 AL Amstelveen / NL Opponent's representative Hansen, Willem Joseph Maria Tata Steel Group Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 10000 1970 CA IJmuiden / NL | 02
13.01.1994
25.04.1994
ADMISSIBLE Krautkrämer GmbH & Co. Robert-Bosch-Str. 3 D - 5030 Hürth 5 / DE Opponent's representative Bauer, Wulf Patentanwälte Bauer Vorberg Kayser Partnerschaft mbB Goltsteinstrasse 87 50968 Köln / DE | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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25.04.1994
ADMISSIBLE Hoogovens Aluminium B.V. Uilenstede 475, P.O. Box 467 NL-1180 AL Amstelveen / NL Opponent's representative Hansen, Willem Joseph Maria HOOGOVENS GROEP B.V. P.O. Box 10.000 NL-1970 CA Ijmuiden / NL | ||
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ADMISSIBLE Krautkrämer GmbH & Co. Robert-Bosch-Str. 3 D - 5030 Hürth 5 / DE Opponent's representative Bauer, Wulf, Dr. Bayenthalgürtel 15 D-50968 Köln (Marienburg) / DE | |||
| Former [1994/11] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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Hoogovens Aluminium B.V. Uilenstede 475, P.O. Box 467 NL-1180 AL Amstelveen / NL | ||
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ADMISSIBLE Krautkrämer GmbH & Co. Robert-Bosch-Str. 3 D - 5030 Hürth 5 / DE Opponent's representative Bauer, Wulf, Dr. Bayenthalgürtel 15 D-50968 Köln (Marienburg) / DE | 10.06.1994 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 04.10.1994 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 15.03.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M07) | 22.10.1996 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 05.08.1999 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 15.08.1999 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [1999/52] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.02.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.12.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.02.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 08.02.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | GB | 15.02.1999 | [2000/03] | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]FR1568857 ; | [Y]DE1773531 ; | [A]US3602036 ; | [A]GB1572107 ; | [A]FR1567552 |