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EP0865577 - TURBOMACHINERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.05.2003
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.05.2003No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 25.06.2003  [2003/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
EBARA CORPORATION
11-1, Haneda Asahi-cho Ohta-ku
Tokyo 144 / JP
For all designated states
Ebara Research Co., Ltd.
2-1, Honfujisawa 4-chome Fujisawa-shi
Kanagawa-ken 251 / JP
For all designated states
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Torrington Place
London WC1E 7JE / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/39]For all designated states
EBARA CORPORATION
11-1, Haneda Asahi-cho
Ohta-ku Tokyo 144 / JP
For all designated states
Ebara Research Co., Ltd.
2-1, Honfujisawa 4-chome
Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 251 / JP
For all designated states
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Torrington Place
London WC1E 7JE / GB
Inventor(s)01 / GOTO, Akira
Ebara Reseach Co., Ltd., 2-1, Honfujisawa 4-chome
Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 251 / JP
02 / ZANGENEH, Mehrdad
72 Langdon Park Road
London N6 5PY / GB
03 / HARADA, Hideomi
Ebara Research Co., Ltd., 2-1, Honfujisawa 4-chome
Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 251 / JP
[1998/39]
Representative(s)Brunner, Michael John
Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/15]Brunner, Michael John
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH / GB
Former [1998/39]Jackson, Peter Arthur
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date95940361.907.12.1995
[1998/39]
WO1995GB02904
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9721035
Date:12.06.1997
Language:EN
[1997/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0865577
Date:23.09.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.06.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0865577
Date:03.07.2002
Language:EN
[2002/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.06.1997
ClassificationIPC:F04D29/28
[1998/39]
CPC:
F04D29/681 (EP); F04D29/2205 (EP); F04D29/284 (EP)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   DK,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1998/39]
TitleGerman:TURBOMASCHINE UND IHR HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN[1998/39]
English:TURBOMACHINERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME[1998/39]
French:TURBOMACHINES ET LEUR PROCEDE DE FABRICATION[1998/39]
Entry into regional phase19.06.1998National basic fee paid 
19.06.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
19.06.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.07.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
19.06.1998Examination requested  [1998/39]
03.08.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.01.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.09.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.01.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.03.2002Fee for grant paid
19.03.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.04.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/26]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
11.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
09.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
13.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
13.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[AD]GB2224083  (ROLLS-ROYCE);
 [A]WO8501992  (SUNDSTRAND);
 [A]DE333336  (MÖSSNER);
 [A]US3481531  (MAC ARTHUR);
 [A]FR2550585  (FOUEILLASSAR)
 [AD]  - ZHONGOI, W, "An Experimental Investigation into the Reasons of Reducing Secondary Flow Losses by Using Leaned Blades in Rectangular Turbine Cascades with Incidence Angle", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, (1988), pages 1 - 7, XP000563980 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18 * (ASME paper 88-GT-4). *
 [AD]  - BORGES, J.E., "A Three-Dimensional Inverse Method for Turbomachinery:Part 1-Theory", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, (1990), vol. 112, pages 346 - 354, XP000563997 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18
 [AD]  - BORGES, J.E., "A proposed through-flow inverse method for the design of mixed-flow pumps", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, CHICHESTER, (19931230), vol. 17, no. 12, pages 1019 - 1144, XP000563982 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650171206
 [AD]  - YANG, Y. L., "Aerodynamic Design of Turbomachinery Blading in Three-Dimensional Flow: An Application to Radial Inflow Turbines.", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, (199307), vol. 115, pages 602 - 613, XP000564765 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18 * (ASME Paper 92-GT 74) *
 [AD]  - ZANGENEH, M., "A Compressible Three-Dimensional Design Method for Radial and Mixed Flow Turbomachinery Blades", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, CHICHESTER, (1991), vol. 13, pages 599 - 624, XP000563989 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650130505
 [AD]  - DANG, T. Q., "A Fully Three-Dimensional Inverse Method for Turbomachinery Blading in Transonic Flows", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OT MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, (1993), vol. 115, pages 354 - 361, XP000563986 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18
 [AD]  - SMITH, L. H., "Sweep and Dihedral Effects in Axial-Flow Turbomachinery", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, (196309), vol. 85, no. 3, pages 401 - 416, XP000560640 [AD] 1,6,9-12,15,18

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3656623
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