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EP About this file: EP0063437

EP0063437 - Closure device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.11.1985
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
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
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
2596 HR Den Haag / NL
[N/P]
Former [1983/04]For all designated states
SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
Carel van Bylandtlaan 30
NL-2596 HR Den Haag / NL
Former [1982/43]For all designated states
WINDMILL PLASTICS LIMITED
61 Windmill Road
Sunbury-on-Thames Middlesex / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Varndell, John Alfred
9 Duval Place
Bagshot Surrey / GB
[1982/43]
Representative(s)Hunter, Keith Roger Ian, et al
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited, Intellectual Property Division, P.O. Box 662
London SE1 7NE / GB
[1983/41]
Former [1983/04]Rogers, Roy Charles
4 York Road
London SE1 7NA / GB
Former [1982/43]Weston, Walter
PHILLIPS & LEIGH 7 Staple Inn Holborn
London WC1V 7QF / GB
Application number, filing date82301741.301.04.1982
[1982/43]
Priority number, dateGB1981001087807.04.1981         Original published format: GB 8110878
[1982/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0063437
Date:27.10.1982
Language:EN
[1982/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0063437
Date:23.01.1985
Language:EN
[1985/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.08.1982
ClassificationIPC:B65D45/02, A47K1/14, E03C1/23, H01H37/54
[1982/43]
CPC:
A61L9/12 (EP,US); A47K1/14 (EP,US); B65D39/00 (EP,US);
B65D39/0029 (EP,US); H01H37/54 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1982/43]
TitleGerman:Verschlussvorrichtung[1982/43]
English:Closure device[1982/43]
French:Dispositif de fermeture[1982/43]
Examination procedure16.11.1982Examination requested  [1983/04]
25.07.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.11.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.12.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
04.02.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.03.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
12.03.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.1984Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
10.07.1984Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.07.1984Fee for grant paid
19.07.1984Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.10.1985No opposition filed within time limit [1986/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.02.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipLU30.04.1985
[1999/52]
Documents cited:Search[A]US2024227  (JONES HERBERT W);
 [A]US2968047  (STILBORN HERBERT G);
 [X]FR1253750  (TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC);
 [X]DE2233383  (LIOU SHU LIEN);
 [A]US3876102  (WHARTON FRANKLIN EUGENE);
 [A]US3934745  (LOVELL WALTER C);
 [A]US4149138  (PEVZNER MARK G, et al)
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