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EP1802846 - EXPANDABLE SEAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.09.2016 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.08.2018	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG	published on 19.09.2018 [2018/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Owen Oil Tools LP 6316 Windfern Houston, TX 77040 / US
	[2015/47]
Former [2007/27]	For all designated states Owen Oil Tools LP 6316 Windfern Houston, TX 77040 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CARR, Jimmy, L. 6905 ValHallard Fort Worth, TX 76116 / US
	[2007/27]
Representative(s)	Jeffrey, Philip Michael Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2015/47]	Jeffrey, Philip Michael Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Former [2007/27]	Jeffrey, Philip Michael Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date	05798844.6	20.09.2005
	[2007/27]
	WO2005US33605
Priority number, date	US20040611461P	20.09.2004 Original published format: US 611461 P
	[2007/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2006034251
	Date:	30.03.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/13]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1802846
	Date:	04.07.2007
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.03.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2007/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1802846
	Date:	18.11.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	01.03.2007
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.02.2010
Classification	IPC:	E21B33/129, E21B43/10, E21B29/10	[2015/13]
	CPC:	E21B29/10 (EP,NO,US); E21B33/1208 (EP,NO,US); E21B43/106 (EP,NO,US)
	Former IPC [2010/12]	E21B43/10, E21B29/10
	Former IPC [2007/27]	E21B33/10
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2015/47]
Former [2007/27]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	AUSDEHNBARE DICHTUNG	[2007/27]
	English:	EXPANDABLE SEAL	[2007/27]
	French:	JOINT EXTENSIBLE	[2007/27]
Entry into regional phase	19.04.2007	National basic fee paid
	19.04.2007	Search fee paid
	19.04.2007	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.04.2007	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.04.2007	Examination requested [2007/27]
	09.05.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.05.2007	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	31.05.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.11.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.01.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.07.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.05.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.09.2015	Fee for grant paid
	30.09.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.09.2015	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 31.05.2010
Opposition(s)	19.08.2016	No opposition filed within time limit [2016/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.09.2007	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.09.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.09.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
	12.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
	12.09.2014	Renewal fee patent year 10
	11.09.2015	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	20.09.2005
	AT	18.11.2015
	BE	18.11.2015
	BG	18.11.2015
	CY	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	MC	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	TR	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
	[2018/38]
Former [2018/29]	HU	20.09.2005
	AT	18.11.2015
	BE	18.11.2015
	CY	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	MC	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	TR	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2018/28]	HU	20.09.2005
	AT	18.11.2015
	BE	18.11.2015
	CY	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	MC	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2017/31]	AT	18.11.2015
	BE	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	MC	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2017/03]	AT	18.11.2015
	BE	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/49]	AT	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SI	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/39]	AT	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	DK	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/36]	AT	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	EE	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	RO	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	SK	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/34]	AT	18.11.2015
	CZ	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/25]	AT	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	LV	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/24]	AT	18.11.2015
	ES	18.11.2015
	FI	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	PL	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	GR	19.02.2016
	IS	18.03.2016
	PT	18.03.2016
Former [2016/23]	ES	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	SE	18.11.2015
	IS	18.03.2016
Former [2016/22]	ES	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
	NL	18.11.2015
	IS	18.03.2016
Former [2016/20]	ES	18.11.2015
	LT	18.11.2015
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US4791987 (CASSITY THOMAS G [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * column 2, lines 22-30 ** column 3, lines 36-43 *;
		[XY]US5355961 (GARIEPY JAMES A [US], et al) [X] 1-3,6-8,14-15 * column 2, lines 34-50 * * column 3, lines 7-26 * [Y] 4-5,9-13,16-20;
		[Y]US6276690 (GAZEWOOD MICHAEL J [US]) [Y] 1-20 * column 6, lines 19-47 *;
		[Y]WO02099247 (SHELL INT RESEARCH [NL], et al) [Y] 1-20 * figures 1,2 *;
		[Y]US2004069485 (RINGGENGBERG PAUL D [US], et al) [Y] 4-5,9-13,16-20 * paragraphs [0039] , [0049] , [0050] , [0054] *
	International search	[A]US3812910 (WELLSTEIN W);
		[X]US4901794 (BAUGH JOHN L [US], et al);
		[A]US5251695 (CORONADO MARTIN P [US]);
		[A]US5293945 (ROSENHAUCH IRWIN [US], et al);
		[A]US5456327 (DENTON ROBERT [US], et al);
		[X]US6276690 (GAZEWOOD MICHAEL J [US]);
		[A]US6325389 (SHARIFY AMIR [US])

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