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EP0782481 - ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF A FLUID AFTER BEING COATED ONTO A SUBSTRATE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.11.1999
Database last updated on 12.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.02.2008Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 26.03.2008  [2008/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[N/P]
Former [1997/28]For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LOUKS, John, W.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
02 / GOTZ, Steven, H.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[1997/28]
Representative(s)dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Deichmannhaus am Dom
Bahnhofsvorplatz 1
50667 Köln / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/28]Hilleringmann, Jochen, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwälte von Kreisler-Selting-Werner, Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 (Deichmannhaus)
50667 Köln / DE
Application number, filing date95928358.108.08.1995
[1997/28]
WO1995US10068
Priority number, dateUS1994031084722.09.1994         Original published format: US 310847
[1997/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9609124
Date:28.03.1996
Language:EN
[1996/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0782481
Date:09.07.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.03.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0782481
Date:20.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.03.1996
ClassificationIPC:B05C11/02, B05D3/14
[1997/28]
CPC:
B05D3/14 (EP,US); B05C11/023 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   PT [1997/28]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROSTATISCHES SYSTEM ZUR STEUERUNG DES STROMES EINER FLÜSSIGKEIT NACH IHRER AUFTRAGUNG AUF EIN SUBSTRAT[1997/28]
English:ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF A FLUID AFTER BEING COATED ONTO A SUBSTRATE[1997/28]
French:SYSTEME ELECTROSTATIQUE DE REGULATION DE L'ECOULEMENT D'UN FLUIDE APRES SON APPLICATION SUR UN SUBSTRAT[1997/28]
Entry into regional phase01.03.1997National basic fee paid 
01.03.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
01.03.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.04.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
01.03.1997Examination requested  [1997/28]
25.08.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.12.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.04.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.10.1998Fee for grant paid
08.10.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)21.10.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/02]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
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Former [2000/12]DE21.04.1999
Cited inInternational search[X]EP0055985  (POLAROID CORP [US]) [X] 1,2 * page 4, line 20 - line 29 * * page 10, line 13 - page 17, line 2; figure - *;
 [X]FR1065075  (LICENTIA GMBH) [X] 1,2 * page 1, column L, paragraph 4 - column R, paragraph 1 * * page 2, column R; figure - *;
 [X]US2589034  (HAROLD BEEDY) [X] 1,2 * figure .; claims 1-3 *;
 [X]DE849254  (SIEMENS AG) [X] 1,2 * figure -; claims 1-3 *;
 [XA]EP0465012  (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US]) [X] 1,10 * column 5, line 40 - column 6, line 10; figure - * [A] 3,5;
 [X]GB690692  (STANDARD TELEPHONES CABLES LTD) [X] 1 * page 1, line 45 - line 52 * * page 3, line 80 - line 98; figure - *;
 [X]US4990359  (KNOBBE ALAN J [US]) [X] 1 * abstract * * column 3, line 33 - line 45; figure - *;
 [A]US5028450  (NAKA HIROYUKI [JP], et al)
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