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EP About this file: EP0546452

EP0546452 - Coating process using dense phase gas [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.03.1999
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 12.02.2003  [2003/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace, P.O. Box 80028 Los Angeles
California 90080-0028 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/26]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace, P.O. Box 80028
Los Angeles, California 90080-0028 / US
Former [1993/24]For all designated states
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
P.O. Box 80028
Los Angeles, CA 90080-0028 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Jackson, David P.
22328 Barcotta Drive
Saugus, California 91350 / US
02 / Buck, Orval F.
2435 25th Street
Santa Monica, California 90405 / US
[1993/24]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [1993/24]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date92120667.803.12.1992
[1993/24]
Priority number, dateUS1991080575312.12.1991         Original published format: US 805753
[1993/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0546452
Date:16.06.1993
Language:EN
[1993/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0546452
Date:29.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.04.1993
ClassificationIPC:B05D1/18
[1993/24]
CPC:
B05D1/18 (EP,US); C23C18/00 (KR); B05D2401/90 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1993/24]
TitleGerman:Beschichtungsverfahren unter Verwendung von dichten Gasphasen[1993/24]
English:Coating process using dense phase gas[1993/24]
French:Procédé de revêtement utilisant un fluide gazeux dense[1993/24]
Examination procedure15.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/06]
06.04.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.10.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.02.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.07.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.11.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.08.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
30.10.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.02.1998Fee for grant paid
09.02.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.01.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
16.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
20.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
17.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL29.04.1998
[2003/07]
Documents cited:Search[AP]JP4222662  ;
 US4737984  [ ] (BROWN ANTHONY K D [CA]);
 EP0453107  [ ] (UNIV COLORADO FOUNDATION [US]);
 DE2853066  [ ] (WINSEL AUGUST PROF DIPL PHYS D)
 [AP]  - DATABASE WPIL Section Ch, Week 39, 1992 Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; Class A11, AN 92-319286 & JP-A-4 222 662 (NIPPON STEEL CHEM CO.) 12 August 1992, & JP4222662 A 19920812
ExaminationUS4737384
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