EP1745233 - METAL SLEEVE SEAL FOR THREADED CONNECTIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.02.2015 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 15.07.2016 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU, TR | published on 17.08.2016 [2016/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states VAM USA, LLC 400 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 900 Houston, TX 77060 / US | [2010/30] |
Former [2007/04] | For all designated states Grant Prideco LP 400 N Sam Houston Pkwy East, Suite 900 Houston Texas 77060 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DELANGE, Richard, W. 2210 Long Valley Kingwood, TX 77345 / US | [2007/04] | Representative(s) | Müller Schupfner & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB (Muc) Schellerdamm 19 21079 Hamburg / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2012/12] | Müller Schupfner & Partner Schellerdamm 19 21079 Hamburg / DE | ||
Former [2007/04] | Schupfner, Georg Müller Schupfner Patentanwälte Parkstrasse 1 21244 Buchholz / DE | Application number, filing date | 05744644.5 | 03.05.2005 | [2007/04] | WO2005US15146 | Priority number, date | US20040840996 | 07.05.2004 Original published format: US 840996 | [2007/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2005114029 | Date: | 01.12.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/48] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1745233 | Date: | 24.01.2007 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.12.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2007/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1745233 | Date: | 09.04.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/15] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 01.12.2005 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.02.2011 | Classification | IPC: | F16L15/00, F16L13/16, E21B17/042, E21B43/10, F16J15/08 | [2013/31] | CPC: |
F16L15/003 (EP,US);
E21B17/042 (EP,US);
E21B43/103 (EP,US);
E21B43/106 (EP,US);
F16J15/0887 (EP,US);
F16L13/168 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2011/11] | F16L25/00, F16J15/08 | ||
Former IPC [2007/04] | F16L25/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2007/04] | Title | German: | METALLHÜLSENDICHTUNG FÜR GEWINDEVERBINDUNGEN | [2007/04] | English: | METAL SLEEVE SEAL FOR THREADED CONNECTIONS | [2007/04] | French: | RACCORD À MANCHON MÉTALLIQUE POUR ACCOUPLEMENTS FILETÉS | [2007/04] | Entry into regional phase | 23.11.2006 | National basic fee paid | 23.11.2006 | Search fee paid | 23.11.2006 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.11.2006 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 06.03.2006 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 23.11.2006 | Examination requested [2007/04] | 17.05.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.06.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.12.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.07.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.11.2013 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 28.11.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 28.11.2013 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.01.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 20.06.2011 | Opposition(s) | 12.01.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.05.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.05.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.05.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 22.05.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.05.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | HU | 03.05.2005 | BE | 09.04.2014 | CY | 09.04.2014 | DK | 09.04.2014 | EE | 09.04.2014 | ES | 09.04.2014 | FI | 09.04.2014 | LT | 09.04.2014 | MC | 09.04.2014 | NL | 09.04.2014 | SE | 09.04.2014 | SI | 09.04.2014 | SK | 09.04.2014 | TR | 09.04.2014 | IE | 03.05.2014 | LU | 03.05.2014 | CH | 31.05.2014 | LI | 31.05.2014 | BG | 09.07.2014 | GR | 10.07.2014 | IS | 09.08.2014 | PT | 11.08.2014 | [2016/33] |
Former [2016/32] | HU | 03.05.2005 | |
BE | 09.04.2014 | ||
CY | 09.04.2014 | ||
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
EE | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
SI | 09.04.2014 | ||
SK | 09.04.2014 | ||
IE | 03.05.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2016/31] | BE | 09.04.2014 | |
CY | 09.04.2014 | ||
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
EE | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
SI | 09.04.2014 | ||
SK | 09.04.2014 | ||
IE | 03.05.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2015/36] | BE | 09.04.2014 | |
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
EE | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
SI | 09.04.2014 | ||
SK | 09.04.2014 | ||
IE | 03.05.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2015/21] | BE | 09.04.2014 | |
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
EE | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
SK | 09.04.2014 | ||
IE | 03.05.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2015/10] | BE | 09.04.2014 | |
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
EE | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
SK | 09.04.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2015/09] | BE | 09.04.2014 | |
DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
MC | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
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DK | 09.04.2014 | ||
ES | 09.04.2014 | ||
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
CH | 31.05.2014 | ||
LI | 31.05.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2015/02] | ES | 09.04.2014 | |
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
PT | 11.08.2014 | ||
Former [2014/50] | ES | 09.04.2014 | |
FI | 09.04.2014 | ||
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
NL | 09.04.2014 | ||
SE | 09.04.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
GR | 10.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
Former [2014/49] | FI | 09.04.2014 | |
LT | 09.04.2014 | ||
BG | 09.07.2014 | ||
IS | 09.08.2014 | ||
Former [2014/48] | LT | 09.04.2014 | |
BG | 09.07.2014 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPS57186664 (WASHIDA AKIRA) [A] 13* abstract *; | [XY]US4591195 (CHELETTE K DARREL [US], et al) [X] 1-8 * column 4 - column 8; figure - * [Y] 11,13,14; | [A]EP0192015 (SOEDERBERG VALTER) [A] 9,10,12 * abstract *; | [X]DE3703052 (HOESCH AG) [X] 1-6,9,10,12 * the whole document *; | [Y]EP0672817 (HALLIBURTON CO [US]) [Y] 11 * abstract *; | [Y]EP1403573 (HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 13,14 * abstract * | International search | [Y]US2380690 (GRAHAM JAMES B); | [Y]US4009893 (SCHATTON PAUL, et al); | [A]US4696498 (CHURCH KRISTY L [US]); | [Y]US4705307 (CHELETTE K DARREL [US]); | [A]US4893844 (CHELETTE K DARREL [US], et al) | by applicant | US4591195 | DE3703052 | US4893844 |