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EP0037162 - Vacuum circuit breaker [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1981/40]Vacuum power interrupting device
[1984/16]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.02.1985
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip22.02.1985No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.04.1985 [1985/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
1-17, Ohsaki 2-chome Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA GEMVAC
1-17 Ohsaki 2-chome Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1981/40]For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
1-17, Ohsaki 2-chome
Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141 / JP
For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA GEMVAC
1-17 Ohsaki 2-chome Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Sakuma, Shinzo
25-10, Shinoharadai-machi Kohoku-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
02 / Yanagisawa, Hifumi
14-13, Misono 2-chome
Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
03 / Tokuhata, Kazuo
1134-1, Yamanishi Ninomiya-cho
Naka-gun Kanagawa-ken / JP
04 / Miyagawa, Hiroshi
Minami Nagata Danchi 1-5-803 816 Nagata-cho
Minami-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
[1981/40]
Representative(s)Nettleton, John Victor, et al
Abel & Imray
20 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4PQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1981/40]Nettleton, John Victor, et al
Abel & Imray Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date81300506.306.02.1981
[1981/40]
Priority number, dateJP1980001714814.02.1980         Original published format: JP 1714880
[1981/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0037162
Date:07.10.1981
Language:EN
[1981/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0037162
Date:18.04.1984
Language:EN
[1984/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.1981
ClassificationIPC:H01H33/66
[1981/40]
CPC:
H01H33/666 (EP,US); H01H2033/6623 (EP,US); H01H33/38 (EP,US);
H01H33/66207 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL,   SE [1981/40]
TitleGerman:Vakuumschalter[1984/16]
English:Vacuum circuit breaker[1984/16]
French:Interrupteur à vide[1984/16]
Former [1981/40]Vakuum-Leistungsschalteinrichtung
Former [1981/40]Vacuum power interrupting device
Former [1981/40]Dispositif d'interrupteurs de puissance à vide
File destroyed:02.03.1998
Examination procedure19.10.1981Examination requested  [1981/52]
01.09.1982Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
31.01.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.06.1983Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
14.09.1983Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.11.1983Fee for grant paid
15.11.1983Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.01.1985No opposition filed within time limit [1985/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.11.1982Renewal fee patent year 03
10.01.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
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