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EP1493660
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| EP1493660 - Efficient wing tip devices and methods for incorporating such devices into existing wing designs [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 21.09.2012 Database last updated on 07.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.09.2012 | Patent maintained (B2 publication) | published on 24.10.2012 [2012/43] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states The Boeing Company 100 North Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606-1596 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/35] | For all designated states The Boeing Company 100 North Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606-2016 / US | ||
| Former [2007/52] | For all designated states The Boeing Company P.O. Box 3707, M.S. 11-XT Seattle Washington 98124-2207 / US | ||
| Former [2005/01] | For all designated states The Boeing Company P.O. Box 3707, M.S. 11-XT Seattle, Washington 98124-2207 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McLean, James D. P.O. Box 3707, MC67-LF Seattle Washington 98124-2207 / US | [2005/01] | Representative(s) | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/43] | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | ||
| Former [2006/26] | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | ||
| Former [2005/01] | Land, Addick Adrianus Gosling, et al Arnold & Siedsma Sweelinckplein 1 2517 GK Den Haag / NL | Application number, filing date | 04076872.3 | 29.06.2004 | [2005/01] | Priority number, date | US20030611212 | 30.06.2003 Original published format: US 611212 | [2005/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1493660 | Date: | 05.01.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1493660 | Date: | 26.12.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/52] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP1493660 | Date: | 24.10.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/43] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.10.2004 | Classification | IPC: | B64C3/10, B64C23/06 | [2005/01] | CPC: |
B64C23/069 (EP,US);
B64C3/10 (EP,US);
B64C5/04 (EP,US);
Y02T50/10 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2005/38] |
| Former [2005/01] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Wirksame Flügelspitzenvorrichtung und Verfahren zum Einbau solcher Vorrichtungen in existierende Tragflächen | [2005/01] | English: | Efficient wing tip devices and methods for incorporating such devices into existing wing designs | [2005/01] | French: | Dispositif de bout d'aile efficace et méthode pour incorporer un tel dispositif dans des ailes existantes | [2007/30] |
| Former [2005/01] | Dispositif de bout d'aile efficace et méthode d'incorporer dudit dispositif dans des ailes existantes | Examination procedure | 26.01.2005 | Examination requested [2005/13] | 06.07.2005 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 13.10.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.10.2005 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 17.02.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.07.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 25.09.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.10.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 29.11.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.07.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.11.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 12.11.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Airbus Operations SAS/Airbus Operations Limited/ Airbus Operations GmbH/Airbus Operations S.L./ 316, Route de Bayonne/New Filton House/ Kreetslag 10/Avenida de John Lennon S/N 31060 Toulouse/Bristol/Hamburg/Getafe / FR Opponent's representative Dean, John Paul, et al, et al Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/46] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Airbus France SAS/Airbus UK Limited/ Airbus Deutschland GmbH/Airbus España S.L./ Airbus SAS 316, Route de Bayonne/New Filton House/ Kreetslag 10/Avenida de John Lennon S/N/ 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte 31060 Toulouse/Bristol/Hamburg/Getafe/Blagnac / FR Opponent's representative Dean, John Paul, et al, et al Withers & Rogers LLP Goldings House 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW / GB | 03.11.2008 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 06.05.2009 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 14.12.2011 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 14.12.2011 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.02.2012 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 07.02.2012 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 01.06.2012 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 11.09.2012 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.06.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.06.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 09.08.2005 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | BG M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | CY M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | CZ M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | EE M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | ES M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | HU M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | IE M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | IT M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | NL M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | PL M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | RO M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | SE M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | SI M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | SK M01 Not yet paid | 09.08.2005 | TR M01 Not yet paid |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [X]EP0094064 (RASMUSSEN GEORGE STANMORE) [X] 1-6,8-10,12-18 * page 2, lines 31-34 * * page 5, lines 24-32 * * page 7, lines 1-23 * * page 10, line 1 - page 11, line 28 * * page 24, lines 26-35 * * figures 1-6,19,21,22 *; | [X]US5634613 (MCCARTHY PETER T [US]) [X] 1,3,8-18 * column 12, line 1 - column 13, line 31 * * column 19, line 48 - column 22, line 47 * * column 46, lines 40-52 * * figures 1-25 *; | [A]US4722499 (KLUG HEINZ G [DE]) [A] 1-18 * column 3, lines 4-29 * * column 4, lines 5-37 * * figures 1-3 * | Examination | US6142738 | - HEYSON HARRY H, RIEBE GREGORY D, FULTON CYNTHIA I, "Theoretical Parametric Study of the Relative Advantages of Winglets and Wing-Tip Extensions", NASA TECHNICAL PAPER 1020, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, (197709), XP009069389 | - ISHIMITSU K K, ET AL., "Design and Analysis of Winglets for Military Aircraft", TECHNICAL REPORT AFFDL-TR-76-6, BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE COMPANY, Seattle, Washington, (197602), XP001247002 | Opposition | US4772499 | - BOEING 747, FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, (19681212), pages 979 - 981 |