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EP About this file: EP0583946

EP0583946 - Shock absorber device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.08.1998
Database last updated on 09.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.08.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.10.1998 [1998/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1997/43]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
Former [1994/08]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Ando, Nobuhiko, c/o Patents Division
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
02 / Hishinuma, Takashi, c/o Patents Division
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
[1994/08]
Representative(s)Purvis, William Michael Cameron, et al
D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA / GB
[1994/08]
Application number, filing date93306372.912.08.1993
[1994/08]
Priority number, dateJP1992021937818.08.1992         Original published format: JP 21937892
JP1992028522330.09.1992         Original published format: JP 28522392
[1994/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0583946
Date:23.02.1994
Language:EN
[1994/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0583946
Date:22.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.12.1993
ClassificationIPC:G11B33/08
[1994/08]
CPC:
F16F15/022 (EP,US); G11B33/08 (EP,KR,US); F16F9/103 (EP,US);
F16F2236/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1994/08]
TitleGerman:Stossdämpfungseinrichtung[1994/08]
English:Shock absorber device[1994/08]
French:Amortisseur de choc[1994/08]
Examination procedure12.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/36]
04.10.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.02.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.03.1997Fee for grant paid
11.03.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.07.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.08.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
10.08.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
08.08.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JP62165040  ;
 [AD]EP0197159  (SONY CORP [JP]);
 [A]US4893210  (MINTZLAFF RICHARD P [US])
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 11, no. 397 (M-655)25 December 1987 & JP-A-62 165 040 ( MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND. CO. LTD. ) 21 July 1987, & JP62165040 A 19870721
 [Y]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN vol. 33, no. 9, February 1991, NEW YORK US pages 53 - 57 ANON. 'Frictional - elastomeric shockmount system for mechanical isolation of a fragile device from sources of vibration and shock'
Examination   - pages 53 - 57 ANON. 'Frictional - elastomeric shockmount system for mechanical isolation of a fragile device from sources of vibration and shock'
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