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EP About this file: EP0525842

EP0525842 - Storage vessel [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.12.1998
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.12.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 27.01.1999 [1999/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES (UK) LTD
1 Bell Yard
London WC2A 2JP / GB
[1993/05]
Inventor(s)01 / Halley, David
W.L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd, Kirkton Campus
Livingston, West Lothiah, EH54 7BH / GB
[1993/05]
Representative(s)Horner, Martin Grenville, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
Aurora
120 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7JS / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/05]Horner, Martin Grenville, et al
Cruikshank & Fairweather 19 Royal Exchange Square
Glasgow G1 3AE Scotland / GB
Application number, filing date92201658.909.06.1992
[1993/05]
Priority number, dateGB1991001308718.06.1991         Original published format: GB 9113087
GB1991001823923.08.1991         Original published format: GB 9118239
GB1992000583718.03.1992         Original published format: GB 9205837
[1993/05]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0525842
Date:03.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/05]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0525842
Date:26.01.1994
Language:EN
[1994/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0525842
Date:04.02.1998
Language:EN
[1998/06]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.12.1993
ClassificationIPC:A01F25/14
[1993/05]
CPC:
B01D71/36 (EP,US); A23B7/148 (EP,US); A23B9/20 (EP,US);
A23L3/3445 (EP,US); B65G3/02 (EP,US); E04H2007/225 (EP,US);
Y02A40/51 (EP,US); Y10S206/813 (EP,US); Y10T428/31544 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1993/05]
TitleGerman:Speicherbehälter[1993/05]
English:Storage vessel[1993/05]
French:Réceptacle de stockage[1993/05]
Examination procedure06.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/35]
15.12.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.06.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.03.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
29.07.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.09.1997Fee for grant paid
26.09.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.11.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1999/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.05.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
26.05.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
28.05.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
27.05.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP63074449  ;
 [A]JP60052777  ;
 [X]EP0335682  (HERCULES INC [US]);
 [A]EP0288214  (GORE & ASS [US]);
 [A]DE3644350  (MEYER GERHARD & CO [DE]);
 [A]WO8705885  (RESEARCH CORP [GB]);
 [A]FR2633593  (DESPIERRES JEAN [FR])
 [A]  - CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, BASIC ABSTRACTS JOURNAL Week 8819, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 130440 & JP-A-63 074 449 (TEIKOKU) 4 April 1988, & JP63074449 A 19880404
 [A]  - CENTRAL PATENTS INDEX, BASIC ABSTRACTS JOURNAL Week 8551, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 321853 & JP-A-60 052 777 (MITSUBISHI GAS) 21 November 1985, & JP60052777 A 19851121
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