| EP0595437 - Mechanical face seals [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.01.1998 Database last updated on 30.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.05.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 26.06.2002 [2002/26] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states JOHN CRANE UK LIMITED Crossbow House 40 Liverpool Road Slough Berkshire SL1 4QX / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/18] | For all designated states JOHN CRANE UK LIMITED Crossbow House 40 Liverpool Road Slough, Berkshire SL1 4QX / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Goldswain, Ian Martyn "Dorrie", Smithfield Road Woodlands Park, Maidenhead SL6 3NP / GB | 02 /
De Boer Hignett, Martin William 16 Stanley Gardens Chiswick, London W4 2SA / GB | [1994/18] | Representative(s) | Watts, Peter Graham Anthony Cundy & Co. 39/41 South Drive Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 7TE / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/18] | Watts, Peter Graham Anthony Cundy & Co., 1623 Warwick Road Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 9LF / GB | Application number, filing date | 93203272.5 | 24.01.1992 | [1994/18] | Priority number, date | GB19910003217 | 15.02.1991 Original published format: GB 9103217 | [1994/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0595437 | Date: | 04.05.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0595437 | Date: | 26.03.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/13] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.02.1994 | Classification | IPC: | F16J15/34 | [1994/18] | CPC: |
F16J15/3412 (EP,US);
F16J15/00 (KR);
F16C33/741 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1994/18] | Title | German: | Gleitringdichtung | [1994/18] | English: | Mechanical face seals | [1994/18] | French: | Garniture mécanique d'étanchéité | [1994/18] | Examination procedure | 06.09.1994 | Examination requested [1994/44] | 07.11.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 08.01.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.06.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 22.08.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.10.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 28.10.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP92300638.1 / EP0499370 | Opposition(s) | 30.12.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.12.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.12.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.12.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 26.03.1997 | CH | 26.03.1997 | DK | 26.03.1997 | ES | 26.03.1997 | GR | 26.03.1997 | LI | 26.03.1997 | PT | 26.06.1997 | SE | 26.06.1997 | [2002/26] |
| Former [2000/05] | AT | 26.03.1997 | |
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| DK | 26.03.1997 | ||
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| LI | 26.03.1997 | ||
| PT | 26.06.1997 | ||
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| Former [1998/15] | AT | 26.03.1997 | |
| CH | 26.03.1997 | ||
| DK | 26.03.1997 | ||
| LI | 26.03.1997 | ||
| PT | 26.06.1997 | ||
| SE | 26.06.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/11] | AT | 26.03.1997 | |
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| Former [1998/03] | AT | 26.03.1997 | |
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| Former [1997/42] | AT | 26.03.1997 | |