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EP0818064 - LOCKING COUPLING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.10.2000
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.10.2000No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 13.12.2000 [2000/50]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ULTRA ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Bridport Road Greenford
Middlesex UB6 8UA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/03]For all designated states
ULTRA ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Bridport Road
Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8UA / GB
Inventor(s)01 / BUCKLEY, Paul, Philip
72 Dilmore Avenue
Fernhill Heath, Worcestershire WR3 7XA / GB
02 / HALL, Rex
Hilltop, 86 Holloway
Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1HP / GB
03 / COLLIER, Malcolm, Wilfrid
39 Wynyards Close
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5QZ / GB
[1998/03]
Representative(s)Beck, Simon Antony
Withers & Rogers LLP
4 More London Riverside
London SE1 2AU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/03]Beck, Simon Antony
Withers & Rogers, 4 Dyers Buildings, Holborn
London EC1N 2JT / GB
Application number, filing date96908256.901.04.1996
[1998/03]
WO1996GB00779
Priority number, dateGB1995000670031.03.1995         Original published format: GB 9506700
[1998/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9630970
Date:03.10.1996
Language:EN
[1996/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0818064
Date:14.01.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.10.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0818064
Date:29.12.1999
Language:EN
[1999/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.10.1996
ClassificationIPC:H01R13/622
[1998/03]
CPC:
H01R13/622 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/03]
TitleGerman:VERRIEGELUNGSKUPPLUNG[1998/03]
English:LOCKING COUPLING[1998/03]
French:COUPLAGE A VERROUILLAGE[1998/03]
Entry into regional phase04.09.1997National basic fee paid 
04.09.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
04.09.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.10.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
04.09.1997Examination requested  [1998/03]
24.08.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.10.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.05.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.07.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.10.1999Fee for grant paid
01.10.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.09.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
14.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2829358  (GIGLIO TESTORI) [A] 1-7* column 3, line 8 - line 73; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]DE2840728  (SPINNER GEORG DIPL-ING DR-ING) [A] 1-7 * column 3, line 20 - column 4, line 47; figure 1 *;
 [Y]FR2563949  (DEUTSCH CO [FR]) [Y] 8 * page 3, line 1 - line 15; figures 1,7 *;
 [XY]US4648671  (TORBAN YEFIM [US], et al) [X] 1-7 * column 1, line 29 - line 51 * * column 2, line 24 - line 34; figures 1,4A * [Y] 8
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