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EP0653977 - APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A TRUSS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.10.1997 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 30.01.2008 [2008/05]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Gang-Nail Systems Limited Christy Estate Ivy Road Aldershot Hampshire GU12 4XG / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1995/21]	For all designated states GANG-NAIL SYSTEMS LIMITED Christy Estate, Ivy Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4XG / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / WHALE, Luke Richard John Stonehill, Lymington Bottom Road, Medstead Alton, Hampshire GU34 5EP / GB
	02 / SHUTTLE, Alan Peter 16 Copse Avenue, Weybourne Farnham, Surrey GU9 9ED / GB
	03 / BEALE, Leonard Michael 5a Wrecclesham Hill Farnham, Surrey GU9 4JM / GB
	04 / GOEBEL, James Francis Pirrie, SMJ Developments Ltd Nutfield, White Lane, Ash Green Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 6HW / GB
	05 / McCULLY, Michael Anthony, SMJ Developments Ltd. Nutfield, White Lane, Ash Green Aldershot, Hants GU126HW / GB
	[1995/21]
Representative(s)	Smith, Gillian Ruth Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1995/21]	Smith, Gillian Ruth MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date	92917255.9	10.08.1992
	[1995/21]
	WO1992GB01480
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9403312
	Date:	17.02.1994
	Language:	EN
	[1994/05]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0653977
	Date:	24.05.1995
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.02.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1995/21]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0653977
	Date:	27.11.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/48]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	17.02.1994
Classification	IPC:	B27M3/00, B27F7/15	[1995/21]
	CPC:	B27F7/155 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, SE [1995/21]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINEM GITTERTRÄGER	[1995/21]
	English:	APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A TRUSS	[1995/21]
	French:	APPAREIL POUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE CHARPENTES	[1995/21]
Entry into regional phase	26.01.1995	National basic fee paid
	26.01.1995	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.01.1995	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.02.1994	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	26.01.1995	Examination requested [1995/21]
	07.06.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.07.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.08.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.12.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.01.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.03.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	17.04.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.05.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	31.05.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.09.1996	Fee for grant paid
	02.09.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	28.08.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.01.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.10.1995	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.08.1996	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.08.1995	04 M06 Fee paid on 26.10.1995
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	ES	27.11.1996
	GR	27.11.1996
	IT	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
	NL	27.11.1996
	[2008/05]
Former [2003/07]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	ES	27.11.1996
	GR	27.11.1996
	IT	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
	NL	27.11.1996
Former [2002/25]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	ES	27.11.1996
	GR	27.11.1996
	IT	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
Former [2000/05]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	GR	27.11.1996
	IT	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
Former [1999/42]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	IT	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
Former [1998/15]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	DK	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
Former [1998/04]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
	CH	27.11.1996
	LI	27.11.1996
Former [1997/39]	AT	27.11.1996
	BE	27.11.1996
Former [1997/28]	AT	27.11.1996
Cited in	International search	[A]US3599562 (HUTCHENS RALPH W SR);
		[A]US4365734 (HARRIS RODERICK E);
		[X]US4669184 (CASTILLO ADOLFO [US]);
		[X]US4998336 (PAPSDORF JOHN [US]);
		[Y]US5092028 (HARNDEN CHARLES W [US])
		[Y] - US,A,RE27692 (POST) 3 July 1973

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