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EP0496733
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0496733 - IMPROVED NOZZLE FOR A PLASMA ARC TORCH [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.06.1996 Database last updated on 30.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.02.1997 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 26.03.1997 [1997/13] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states HYPERTHERM, INC. P.O. Box 5010, Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/32] | For all designated states HYPERTHERM, INC. P.O. Box A-10 Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SANDERS, Nicholas, A. Glen Ridge Road Norwich, VT 05055 / US | [1992/32] | Representative(s) | Attfield, Donald James, et al Barker Brettell 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/33] | Attfield, Donald James, et al Barker, Brettell & Duncan 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB | ||
| Former [1992/32] | Attfield, Donald James BROOKES, MARTIN & WILSON Prudential Buildings 5 St. Philip's Place Birmingham B3 2AF / GB | Application number, filing date | 90911719.4 | 20.07.1990 | [1992/32] | WO1990US04112 | Priority number, date | US19890424675 | 20.10.1989 Original published format: US 424675 | [1992/32] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9105629 | Date: | 02.05.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/10] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0496733 | Date: | 05.08.1992 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.05.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1992/32] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0496733 | Date: | 16.08.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/33] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 02.05.1991 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.06.1992 | Classification | IPC: | B23K9/00 | [1992/32] | CPC: |
H05H1/34 (EP,US);
H05H1/3478 (EP);
H05H1/30 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, SE [1992/32] | Title | German: | VERBESSERTE DÜSE FÜR PLASMALICHTBOGENBRENNER | [1992/32] | English: | IMPROVED NOZZLE FOR A PLASMA ARC TORCH | [1992/32] | French: | AJUTAGE PERFECTIONNE POUR TORCHE A ARC DE PLASMA | [1992/32] | Entry into regional phase | 09.04.1992 | National basic fee paid | 09.04.1992 | Search fee paid | 09.04.1992 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.04.1992 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.04.1991 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: BE | 09.04.1992 | Examination requested [1992/32] | 17.03.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 16.09.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.12.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 14.06.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.10.1994 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 31.01.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.04.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 28.04.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 18.05.1996 | No opposition filed within time limit [1996/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.06.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.06.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.06.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 16.06.1995 | 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 | CH | 16.08.1995 | LI | 16.08.1995 | [1997/13] | Cited in | International search | US3914573 [ ] (MUEHLBERGER ERICH); | US4275287 [ ] (HIRATAKE SUSUMU); | US4506136 [ ] (SMYTH RICHARD T [US], et al) |