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EP0338018
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0338018
| EP0338018 - LUBRICATED SPLINE JOINT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.06.1994 Database last updated on 04.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.03.1997 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 23.04.1997 [1997/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CATERPILLAR INC. 100 N.E. Adams Street Peoria IL 61629-6490 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1989/43] | For all designated states CATERPILLAR INC. 100 Northeast Adams Street Peoria Illinois 61629-6490 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LORIMOR, Larry, W. 5702 N. Biltmore Peoria, IL 61614 / US | 02 /
STONE, Dwight, V. 305 Avondale Drive East Peoria, IL 61611 / US | 03 /
TOMEVI, Ronald, E. 2401 Apple Street Pekin, IL 61554 / US | [1989/43] | Representative(s) | Jackson, Peter Arthur, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1989/43] | Jackson, Peter Arthur, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | Application number, filing date | 88900649.0 | 17.12.1987 | [1989/43] | WO1987US03352 | Priority number, date | US19870094566 | 09.09.1987 Original published format: US 94566 | [1989/43] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8902559 | Date: | 23.03.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/07] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0338018 | Date: | 25.10.1989 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.03.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1989/43] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0338018 | Date: | 11.08.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/32] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 23.03.1989 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.07.1990 | Classification | IPC: | F16N29/00, F16C1/24 | [1989/43] | CPC: |
F16F15/163 (EP,US);
F16D3/06 (EP,US);
F16D2300/06 (EP,US);
Y10T403/7028 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1990/17] |
| Former [1989/43] | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE | Title | German: | GESCHMIERTE NUTVERBINDUNG | [1989/43] | English: | LUBRICATED SPLINE JOINT | [1989/43] | French: | JOINT CANNELE LUBRIFIE | [1989/43] | Entry into regional phase | 30.05.1989 | National basic fee paid | 30.05.1989 | Search fee paid | 30.05.1989 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.05.1989 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.05.1989 | Examination requested [1989/43] | 10.06.1989 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 02.11.1989 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, LU, NL, SE | 12.11.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 10.02.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.02.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 02.04.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.10.1992 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 09.02.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 15.02.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.05.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 07.05.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 12.05.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/31] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.11.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.11.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 14.11.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 09.11.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 24.08.1989 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 24.08.1989 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 24.08.1989 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 24.08.1989 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 24.08.1989 | NL M01 Not yet paid | 24.08.1989 | SE M01 Not yet paid |
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| Former [1995/03] | GB | 17.12.1993 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JP5977197 ; | [A]US4013141 (JAMES FREEMAN D); | [A]US4281942 (GAECKLE FRED J, et al) | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 186 (M-320)(1623) 25 August 1984, & JP-A-59 77197 (FUJU DENKI SEIZO K.K.) 02 May 1984,, & JP5977197 A 19840502 | International search | [A]US1616034 (GUSTAVE FAST); | [A]US3242695 (ROSS JR PETER M); | [A]US3301349 (WILLIAMS JOHN W); | [A]US3365913 (SHIELDS JAMES R); | [A]US3380555 (MYERS JIMMY D, et al); | [A]US3589471 (EDGE ROBERT G); | [A]US3621937 (EDGE ROBERT G, et al); | [A]US3991855 (HEINTZELMAN LEO A); | [A]US4281942 (GAECKLE FRED J, et al); | [A]US4572682 (IWATA NOBUO [JP]) | [Y] - Sketch of Lubricated Spline Joint on a Caterpillar Inc. Model 785 Truck, Circa August 1983. |