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EP0687188
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0687188
| EP0687188 - ATOMISATION OF LIQUIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.07.1998 Database last updated on 18.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.02.2006 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Rowland, Stephen, James 52 Broadlands Avenue, Owlthorpe Sheffield S19 6RL / GB | [1995/51] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
see applicant ... | [1995/51] | Representative(s) | Houghton, David, et al Hulse & Co St. James House 2nd Floor Vicar Lane Sheffield S1 2EX / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/51] | Houghton, David, et al Hulse & Co. Eagle Star House, Carver Street Sheffield S1 4FP / GB | Application number, filing date | 94908417.2 | 04.03.1994 | [1995/51] | WO1994GB00414 | Priority number, date | GB19930004593 | 06.03.1993 Original published format: GB 9304593 | GB19930024917 | 04.12.1993 Original published format: GB 9324917 | [1995/51] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9420163 | Date: | 15.09.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/21] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0687188 | Date: | 20.12.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.09.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/51] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0687188 | Date: | 10.09.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/37] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 15.09.1994 | Classification | IPC: | A61M11/06, B05B3/08 | [1995/51] | CPC: |
A61M11/001 (EP,US);
B05B3/082 (US);
A61M11/06 (EP,US);
A61M15/0006 (EP,US);
B05B3/085 (EP);
A61M11/005 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, LI [1995/51] | Title | German: | ZERSTÄUBUNG VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN | [1995/51] | English: | ATOMISATION OF LIQUIDS | [1995/51] | French: | ATOMISATION DE LIQUIDES | [1995/51] | Entry into regional phase | 17.08.1995 | National basic fee paid | 17.08.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.08.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.09.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 17.08.1995 | Examination requested [1996/02] | 07.06.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 25.07.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.10.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 06.03.1997 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.06.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 03.06.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 11.06.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/36] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 01.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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 | 10.09.1997 | BE | 10.09.1997 | CH | 10.09.1997 | DK | 10.09.1997 | ES | 10.09.1997 | FR | 10.09.1997 | LI | 10.09.1997 | DE | 11.12.1997 | [2006/14] |
| Former [2002/26] | AT | 10.09.1997 | |
| BE | 10.09.1997 | ||
| CH | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DK | 10.09.1997 | ||
| ES | 10.09.1997 | ||
| LI | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DE | 11.12.1997 | ||
| FR | 06.02.1998 | ||
| Former [1998/35] | AT | 10.09.1997 | |
| BE | 10.09.1997 | ||
| CH | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DK | 10.09.1997 | ||
| LI | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DE | 11.12.1997 | ||
| FR | 06.02.1998 | ||
| Former [1998/30] | AT | 10.09.1997 | |
| BE | 10.09.1997 | ||
| CH | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DK | 10.09.1997 | ||
| LI | 10.09.1997 | ||
| DE | 11.12.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/21] | AT | 10.09.1997 | |
| BE | 10.09.1997 | ||
| CH | 10.09.1997 | ||
| LI | 10.09.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/15] | AT | 10.09.1997 | |
| CH | 10.09.1997 | ||
| LI | 10.09.1997 | Cited in | International search | [Y]FR993441 (WALTER) [Y] 11* page 1, column L, line 6 - line 18; figure - *; | [XY]FR1453575 (QUANTEN GMBH GES FUER ZERSTAUB) [X] 1-3,10,12-14 * page 2, column R, line 10 - line 39 * * page 3, column L, line 24 - line 46; figures 1,5 * [Y] 4-9,11; | [Y]US3812853 (CRAIN P) [Y] 4,5 * column A; figures 2,3 * * column 2, line 66 - column 3, line 53 *; | [Y]FR2368306 (OREAL [FR]) [Y] 9 * page 7, line 5 - line 26; figure - *; | [Y]EP0261649 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO [JP]) [Y] 6-8 * abstract * * column 8, line 37 - line 58 * |