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EP About this file: EP0417092

EP0417092 - QUICK RELEASE, HIGH TORQUE, FRICTION BRAKES AND CLUTCHES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.05.1994
Database last updated on 08.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.05.1994No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 13.07.1994 [1994/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE MONTALVO CORPORATION
200 Riverside Industrial Parkway
Portland, ME 04103 / US
[1991/12]
Inventor(s)01 / MONTALVO, William W., III
Box 263P Egypt Road
Raymond, ME 04071 / US
02 / METCALF, Philip R., Jr.
119 Morning Street
Portland, Maine 04101 / US
[1991/26]
Former [1991/12]01 / MONTALVO, William W., III
Box 263P Egypt Road
Raymond, ME 04071 / US
02 / METCALF, Philip R., Jr.
25 Lowell Road
South Windham West Brook, ME 04092 / US
Representative(s)Körner, Ekkehard
Patentanwalt Bavariaring 20
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/12]Körner, Ekkehard, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwalt Maximilianstrasse 58
D-80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date88908619.507.09.1988
[1991/12]
WO1988US03111
Priority number, dateUS1987009530110.09.1987         Original published format: US 95301
[1991/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8902547
Date:23.03.1989
Language:EN
[1989/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0417092
Date:20.03.1991
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.
[1991/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0417092
Date:21.07.1993
Language:EN
[1993/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US23.03.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.07.1991
ClassificationIPC:F16D25/063, F16D25/12, F16D55/10, F16D65/02, F16D65/847
[1991/12]
CPC:
F16D65/092 (EP,US); F16D25/0635 (EP,US); F16D25/12 (EP,US);
F16D55/10 (EP,US); F16D65/123 (EP,US); F16D65/128 (EP,US);
F16D2065/026 (EP,US); F16D2065/1332 (EP,US); F16D2065/1392 (EP,US);
Y10S192/01 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1991/12]
TitleGerman:SCHNELL SICH LÖSENDE REIBUNGSBREMSEN UND KUPPLUNGEN MIT HOHEM DREHMOMENT[1991/12]
English:QUICK RELEASE, HIGH TORQUE, FRICTION BRAKES AND CLUTCHES[1991/12]
French:EMBRAYAGES ET FREINS A FRICTION, A LIBERATION RAPIDE ET COUPLE ELEVE[1991/12]
Entry into regional phase03.05.1989National basic fee paid 
03.05.1989Search fee paid 
03.05.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
21.09.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.01.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
21.09.1989Examination requested  [1991/12]
20.05.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.09.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.12.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
14.01.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
20.01.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.03.1993Fee for grant paid
04.03.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP92116188.1  / EP0523751
Opposition(s)22.04.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.09.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
30.09.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
19.08.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL21.07.1993
[1994/24]
Documents cited:Search[X]FR2498710  (HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]);
 [Y]FR2398932  (CITROEN SA [FR]);
 [A]GB1018556  (GIRLING LTD)
International search[A]DE3440324  (KLAUE HERMANN [DE]);
 [A]US4569428  (FORSYTHE BOBBIE G [US], et al);
 [A]US3889784  (HANKS JAMES V);
 [X]US3885650  (KLAUE HERMANN);
 [A]US3425518  (MORROW ARNOLD);
 [A]US3388775  (BAYNES GENE P, et al);
 [X]DE1235678  (ERICH LOEHR G M B H);
 [A]US2913081  (RUDISCH WALTER E);
 [A]US2808129  (KRAUS CARL B);
 [Y]US2762460  (JAMES BUTLER HENRY)
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