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EP0162367 - Method and device for performing the piecing operation in an open-end spinning machine [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  17.06.1993
Database last updated on 02.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Rieter Ingolstadt Spinnereimaschinenbau AG
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84
85055 Ingolstadt / DE
[N/P]
Former [1993/28]For all designated states
Rieter Ingolstadt Spinnereimaschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84
D-85046 Ingolstadt / DE
Former [1985/48]For all designated states
Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84
D-85055 Ingolstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Artzt, Peter, Dr. Dipl.-Ing.
Hugo-Wolf-Strasse 16
D-7410 Reutlingen / DE
02 / Müller, Heinz, Dipl.-Ing. FH
Geibelstrasse 1
D-7430 Metzingen-Neuhausen / DE
03 / Egbers, Gerhard, Prof. Dr.
Hugo-Wolf-Strasse 22
D-7410 Reutlingen / DE
04 / Böhm, Günther, Dipl.-Ing.
Böhming Nr. 36
D-8079 Kipfenberg / DE
05 / Wittmann, Stephan, Dipl.-Ing.
Plümelstrasse 67
D-8070 Ingolstadt / DE
06 / Rupert, Karl, Dipl.-Ing. FH
Thomastrasse 13a
D-8070 Ingolstadt / DE
[1985/48]
Application number, filing date85105561.607.05.1985
[1985/48]
Priority number, dateDE1984341878019.05.1984         Original published format: DE 3418780
DE1984342252616.06.1984         Original published format: DE 3422526
[1985/48]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0162367
Date:27.11.1985
Language:DE
[1985/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0162367
Date:10.08.1988
Language:DE
[1988/32]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0162367
Date:04.08.1993
Language:DE
[1993/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.09.1985
ClassificationIPC:D01H4/50
[1993/31]
CPC:
D01H4/50 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1985/48]D01H15/02
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1985/48]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Vorbereiten eines abgelängten Fadenendes zum Wiederanspinnen einer Offenend-Spinnvorichtung[1985/48]
English:Method and device for performing the piecing operation in an open-end spinning machine[1985/48]
French:Procédé et dispositif pour la préparation de l'extrémité de fil pour la remise en route d'une machine à bout libéré[1985/48]
Examination procedure21.05.1986Examination requested  [1986/31]
30.06.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.10.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.01.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.02.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.04.1988Fee for grant paid
20.04.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  22.04.1989  14.06.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Wilhelm Stahlecker GmbH
D-73326 Deggingen / DE
Opponent's representative
Wilhelm & Dauster
Hospitalstrasse 8
70174 Stuttgart / DE
 02  03.05.1989  14.06.1989  ADMISSIBLE
W. Schlafhorst & Co.
Blumenberger Strasse 143 - 145
D-41061 Mönchengladbach / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1989/28]
Opponent(s)01  22.04.1989  14.06.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Wilhelm Stahlecker GmbH
D-73326 Deggingen / DE
Opponent's representative
Wilhelm & Dauster Patentanwälte European Patent Attorneys
Hospitalstrasse 8
D-70174 Stuttgart / DE
 02  03.05.1989  14.06.1989  ADMISSIBLE
W. Schlafhorst & Co.
Blumenberger Strasse 143 - 145
D-41061 Mönchengladbach / DE
Former [1989/27]
Opponent(s)01  22.04.1989  14.06.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Wilhelm Stahlecker GmbH
D-73326 Deggingen / DE
Opponent's representative
Wilhelm & Dauster Patentanwälte European Patent Attorneys
Hospitalstrasse 8
D-70174 Stuttgart / DE
16.06.1989Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
07.11.1989Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
20.11.1989Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
20.01.1990Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
10.04.1990Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
11.12.1992Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
31.03.1993Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
07.04.1993Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
30.04.1993Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition24.04.1990Appeal received No.  T0342/90
17.08.1990Statement of grounds filed
11.12.1992Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in unamended form
11.12.1992Date of oral proceedings
21.12.1992Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.1987Renewal fee patent year 03
15.03.1988Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB07.05.1993
CH31.05.1993
LI31.05.1993
[1994/22]
Former [1994/18]CH31.05.1993
LI31.05.1993
Documents cited:Search[A]DE3143263  (SCHLAFHORST & CO W [DE]);
 [A]DE2413657  (KRUPP GMBH);
 [AD]DE2203198  (ZINSER TEXTILMASCHINEN GMBH);
 [A]FR2254661  (STAHLECKER FRITZ [DE])
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