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EP About this file: EP0503772

EP0503772 - Electrical power generation [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.06.1996
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.06.1996No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.08.1996 [1996/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
British Gas plc
Rivermill House, 152 Grosvenor Road
London SW1V 3JL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/38]For all designated states
British Gas plc
Rivermill House 152 Grosvenor Road
London SW1V 3JL / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Hodrien, Ronald Christipher
47 Henley Crescent
Solihull, West Midlands B91 2JD / GB
02 / Wild, Keith Robert
19 Chandlers Drive, Amington
Tamworth, Staffordshire B77 4NY / GB
[1992/38]
Application number, filing date92301183.713.02.1992
[1992/38]
Priority number, dateGB1991000471606.03.1991         Original published format: GB 9104716
[1992/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0503772
Date:16.09.1992
Language:EN
[1992/38]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0503772
Date:25.11.1992
Language:EN
[1992/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0503772
Date:23.08.1995
Language:EN
[1995/34]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.10.1992
ClassificationIPC:F02C3/28, F02C3/20
[1992/48]
CPC:
F02C3/28 (EP,US); Y02E20/16 (EP,US); Y02T10/12 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1992/38]F02C3/20
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   IT,   NL,   SE [1995/40]
Former [1992/38]AT,  BE,  DE,  ES,  FR,  GB,  IT,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:Gewinnung elektrischer Energie[1992/38]
English:Electrical power generation[1992/38]
French:Production d'énergie électrique[1992/38]
Examination procedure28.09.1992Examination requested  [1992/50]
02.12.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
20.02.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
24.02.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.03.1995Fee for grant paid
20.03.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.05.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.01.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
19.01.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[AD]GB2121426  (BRITISH GAS CORP);
 [A]US4478039  (HORGAN JOHN J [US]);
 [A]US4631915  (FREWER HANS [DE], et al);
 [A]EP0284853  (SIEMENS AG [DE])
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