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EP0551332 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND BREAKING JOINTS IN DRILL PIPE STRINGS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.05.1996
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.1996No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 03.07.1996 [1996/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
1245 East 23rd Street
Long Beach, CA 90806 / US
[1993/29]
Inventor(s)01 / HAUK, Thomas, D.
10422 El Dorado Way
Los Alamitos, CA 90720 / US
[1993/29]
Representative(s)Rackham, Stephen Neil
Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/29]Rackham, Stephen Neil
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date91917162.928.08.1991
[1993/29]
WO1991US06162
Priority number, dateUS1990059677412.10.1990         Original published format: US 596774
[1993/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9207164
Date:30.04.1992
Language:EN
[1992/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0551332
Date:21.07.1993
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.04.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1993/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0551332
Date:12.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US30.04.1992
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.07.1993
ClassificationIPC:E21B19/16
[1993/29]
CPC:
E21B19/163 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1993/29]
TitleGerman:GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN UND AUFBRECHEN VON VERBINDUNGEN IN BOHRROHRSTRÄNGEN[1993/29]
English:APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND BREAKING JOINTS IN DRILL PIPE STRINGS[1993/29]
French:APPAREIL ET PROCEDE POUR FAIRE ET DEFAIRE DES RACCORDS DANS DES TRAINS DE TIGES DE FORAGE[1993/29]
Entry into regional phase23.04.1993National basic fee paid 
23.04.1993Search fee paid 
23.04.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
23.04.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.03.1992Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
23.04.1993Examination requested  [1993/29]
29.08.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.01.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.03.1995Fee for grant paid
24.03.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.04.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.08.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
09.08.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]US3122952  ;
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 [A]US3799009  (GUIER W);
 [A]GB2100639  (JOY MFG CO [US]);
 [A]US4437363  (HAYNES CHARLES W [US]);
 [A]US4515045  (GNATCHENKO VIKTOR V [SU], et al);
 [A]US4727781  (YUEHUI CHEN [CN], et al);
 [AP]US5040438  (ROUSSEAU JOSEPH E R [CA])
International search[X]US1676507  (NINKO SPANOVIC);
 [Y]US2633045  (LURIE BENJAMIN L);
 [Y]US2787181  (MONTGOMERY GEORGE E)
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