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EP0929735 - VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.03.2004
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip12.03.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 28.04.2004  [2004/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HOLSET ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
St. Andrews Road
Huddersfield, HD1 6RA / GB
[1999/29]
Inventor(s)01 / WALSHAM, Brian, Ernest
90 Greenfield Road Holmfirth
Huddersfield W. Yorks HD7 1LA / GB
[1999/29]
Representative(s)Holmes, Matthew Peter, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
1 New York Street
Manchester, M1 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/29]Holmes, Matthew Peter, et al
MARKS & CLERK, Sussex House, 83-85 Mosley Street
Manchester M2 3LG / GB
Application number, filing date97942109.625.09.1997
[1999/29]
WO1997GB02617
Priority number, dateGB1996002059603.10.1996         Original published format: GB 9620596
[1999/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9814691
Date:09.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0929735
Date:21.07.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0929735
Date:07.05.2003
Language:EN
[2003/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:F01D17/14
[1999/29]
CPC:
F01D17/143 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1999/29]
TitleGerman:TURBINE MIT VARIABLER GEOMETRIE[1999/29]
English:VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE[1999/29]
French:TURBOCOMPRESSEUR A GEOMETRIE VARIABLE[1999/29]
Entry into regional phase26.02.1999National basic fee paid 
26.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
26.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.05.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
26.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/29]
14.05.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.06.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.11.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.02.2003Fee for grant paid
06.02.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.02.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
13.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
12.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
12.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A] JPS5940098   [A] 1-3 * figure 2 * * column 3, paragraph 4 *
 [A]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 143 (M - 306) 4 July 1984 (1984-07-04) [A] 1-3 * figure 2 * * column 3, paragraph 4 *
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