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EP About this file: EP0055537

EP0055537 - Inhaler [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.10.1985
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.11.1999Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 29.12.1999 [1999/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Combi Co., Ltd.
No. 16-9, Uchikanda 3-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[1982/27]
Inventor(s)01 / Nakao, Shinroku
19-3, Kajiyama 1-chome Tsurumi-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa / JP
02 / Ishii, Yoshiyasu c/o Nido Industrial Design
Working Company Limited, No. 21 Wakaba-cho 1-chome
Shinjuku-ku Toyko / JP
[1982/27]
Representative(s)Carpenter, David, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham
B1 1TT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1982/27]Carpenter, David, et al
MARKS & CLERK, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT / GB
Application number, filing date81305785.808.12.1981
[1982/27]
Priority number, dateJP19800178213U12.12.1980         Original published format: JP 17821380 U
JP19800178214U12.12.1980         Original published format: JP 17821480 U
JP19810011335U29.01.1981         Original published format: JP 1133581 U
[1982/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0055537
Date:07.07.1982
Language:EN
[1982/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0055537
Date:05.12.1984
Language:EN
[1984/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.04.1982
ClassificationIPC:A61M11/04
[1982/27]
CPC:
A61M11/041 (EP,US); A61M11/065 (EP,US); A61M15/0023 (EP,US);
A61M15/0086 (EP,US); A61M2209/08 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1982/27]
TitleGerman:Inhalationsvorrichtung[1982/27]
English:Inhaler[1982/27]
French:Inhalateur[1982/27]
Examination procedure29.06.1982Examination requested  [1982/36]
12.08.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.12.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.02.1984Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
15.05.1984Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.08.1984Fee for grant paid
14.08.1984Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)06.09.1985No opposition filed within time limit [1985/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.12.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipLU31.12.1984
[1999/52]
Documents cited:SearchGB191408488  [ ] (ANNIBALE STEFANINI [IT], et al);
 US1913124  [ ] (NICHOLAS LAWNER, et al);
 GB446919  [ ] (YOZO TSUTSUMI);
 US2538934  [ ] (SAMUEL DUBERSTEIN);
 FR2258193  [ ] (RAMBERT ANDRE [FR])
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