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EP0487614 - FRICTION GRIP FOR TUBULAR GOODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.05.1996
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.1996No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 10.07.1996 [1996/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
FRANKS CASING CREW AND RENTAL TOOLS, INC.
700 Verot School Rd.
Lafayette, LA 70503 / US
For all designated states
BOULIGNY, Vernon
910 Iberia street
New Iberia, LA 70560 / US
For all designated states
WEBRE, Mike
208 Persimmon Place
Lafayette, LA 70507 / US
[1992/23]
Inventor(s)01 / BOULIGNY, Vernon
910 Iberia Street
New Iberia, LA 70560 / US
02 / WEBRE, Mike
208 Persimmon Place
Lafayette, LA 70507 / US
[1992/23]
Representative(s)Allam, Peter Clerk, et al
Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/23]Allam, Peter Clerk, et al
LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO. Norman House 105-109 Strand
London WC2R 0AE / GB
Application number, filing date90913106.215.08.1990
[1992/23]
WO1990US04616
Priority number, dateUS1989039494917.08.1989         Original published format: US 394949
[1992/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9102693
Date:07.03.1991
Language:EN
[1991/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0487614
Date:03.06.1992
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1992/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0487614
Date:19.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US07.03.1991
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.11.1992
ClassificationIPC:B66C1/46
[1992/23]
CPC:
E21B19/161 (EP,US); B25B13/5016 (EP,US); B25B5/065 (EP,US);
B66C1/46 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1992/23]
TitleGerman:REIBUNGSGREIFER FÜR ROHRFÖRMIGE GEGENSTÄNDE[1992/23]
English:FRICTION GRIP FOR TUBULAR GOODS[1992/23]
French:MACHOIRE A FRICTION POUR SAISIR DES OBJETS TUBULAIRES[1992/23]
Entry into regional phase13.02.1992National basic fee paid 
13.02.1992Search fee paid 
13.02.1992Designation fee(s) paid 
13.02.1992Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.03.1991Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
13.02.1992Examination requested  [1992/23]
25.10.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
25.01.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.04.1995Fee for grant paid
24.04.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.04.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
25.08.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.199203   M06   Fee paid on   11.02.1993
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT19.07.1995
[1996/14]
Documents cited:Search[X]JP61206825  ;
 [A]DE1171837  (WALBERSDORF SONDERMASCHB);
 [A]FR1524356  (BERTIN & CIE)
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 11, no. 44 (M-560)(2491) 10 February 1987 & JP-A-61 206 825 ( YASUYUKI KAWAMORITA ) 13 September 1986, & JP61206825 A 19860913
International search[A]US2992023  (YANTIS ROY C);
 [A]US3542354  (FITZPATRICK PAUL);
 [A]FR2429957  (KLEBER COLOMBES [FR]);
 [A]US4403801  (HUFF EDWARD R [US], et al);
 [A]US4687189  (STOLL KURT [DE], et al);
 [A]US4712284  (COYLE SR WILLIAM E [US], et al);
 [A]US4714289  (ARZENTI THOMAS E [US], et al)
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