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EP0882894 - Scroll compressor [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.10.2004
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/50]For all designated states
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Masumoto, Kouji
c/o Mitsubishi Denki K.K., 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 / JP
02 / Nakashima, Hiroshi
c/o Mitsubishi Denki K.K., 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 / JP
03 / Sano, Fumiaki
c/o Mitsubishi Denki K.K., 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 / JP
04 / Ikeda, Kiyoharu
c/o Mitsubishi Denki K.K., 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 / JP
[1998/50]
Representative(s)Godwin, Edgar James
Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/50]Godwin, Edgar James
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date97308136.714.10.1997
[1998/50]
Priority number, dateJP1997014883906.06.1997         Original published format: JP 14883997
[1998/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0882894
Date:09.12.1998
Language:EN
[1998/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0882894
Date:04.08.1999
[1999/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0882894
Date:10.12.2003
Language:EN
[2003/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.06.1999
ClassificationIPC:F04C27/00, F04C23/00, F04C29/04
[1998/50]
CPC:
F04C27/005 (EP,US); F04C29/04 (EP,US); F04D29/108 (EP,US);
F04D29/146 (EP,US); F16J15/164 (EP,US); F16J15/42 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesFR,   GB,   IT [2000/15]
Former [1998/50]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Spiralverdichter[1998/50]
English:Scroll compressor[1998/50]
French:Compresseur à spirales[1998/50]
Examination procedure03.09.1999Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.09.1999Examination requested  [1999/46]
27.08.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.01.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.12.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.04.2003Fee for grant paid
09.04.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.09.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
11.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
15.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
14.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT10.12.2003
[2008/07]
Documents cited:Search[Y] JPH08247055   [Y] 2,5 * page 16, line 18 - page 18, line 18; figure 4 *
 [Y]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 97, no. 1 31 January 1997 (1997-01-31) [Y] 2,5 * page 16, line 18 - page 18, line 18; figure 4 *
by applicantJPS6380088
   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN
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