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EP0461344 - Drain plug [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.07.1994
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.1997 [1997/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
Porschestrasse 42
70435 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/51]For all designated states
Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
Porschestrasse 42
D-70435 Stuttgart / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Henkel, Achim
Steinheimer Strasse 7
W-7140 Ludwigsburg 12 / DE
[1991/51]
Application number, filing date91103240.704.03.1991
[1991/51]
Priority number, dateDE1990401922315.06.1990         Original published format: DE 4019223
[1991/51]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0461344
Date:18.12.1991
Language:DE
[1991/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0461344
Date:22.09.1993
Language:DE
[1993/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.08.1991
ClassificationIPC:F01M11/04, B03C1/28
[1991/51]
CPC:
B03C1/28 (EP); F01M11/0408 (EP); F16N39/06 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1991/51]
TitleGerman:Ablassschraube[1991/51]
English:Drain plug[1991/51]
French:Bouchon de vidange[1991/51]
Examination procedure16.04.1992Examination requested  [1992/25]
21.08.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.12.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.02.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.03.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.05.1993Fee for grant paid
12.05.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.06.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
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