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EP0165819 - Packaging apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 31.03.1995 Database last updated on 03.04.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	05.10.2005	Change: Appeal number
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Taylor, Alfred Alexander 34 Lee Street Condell Park New South Wales 2200 / AU
	[N/P]
Former [1993/40]	For all designated states Taylor, Alfred Alexander 34 Lee Street Condell Park New South Wales 2200 / AU
Former [1985/52]	For all designated states Taylor, Alfred Alexander 34 Lee Street Condell Park New South Wales 2200 / AU
	For all designated states North, John Paul 34 Lee Street Condell Park New South Wales 2200 / AU
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1985/52]
Representative(s)	Barnard, Eric Edward, et al Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1991/09]	Barnard, Eric Edward, et al BROOKES & MARTIN High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London WC1V 6SE / GB
Former [1985/52]	Pratt, David Martin Brookes & Martin High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London. WC1V 6SE / GB
Application number, filing date	85304420.4	20.06.1985
	[1985/52]
Priority number, date	AU19840005596	20.06.1984 Original published format: AU 559684
	[1985/52]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0165819
	Date:	27.12.1985
	Language:	EN
	[1985/52]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0165819
	Date:	10.12.1986
	Language:	EN
	[1986/50]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0165819
	Date:	30.08.1989
	Language:	EN
	[1989/35]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0165819
	Date:	17.05.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/20]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.10.1986
Classification	IPC:	B65B9/20, B65B51/16	[1985/52]
	CPC:	B29C65/18 (EP,US); B29C65/745 (EP,US); B29C66/1122 (EP,US); B29C66/4312 (EP,US); B29C66/7373 (EP,US); B29C66/8161 (EP,US); (+) B29C66/82263 (EP,US); B29C66/83513 (EP,US); B29C66/8491 (EP,US); B65B51/306 (EP,US); B65B9/2007 (EP,US); B29C65/48 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI [1985/52]
Title	German:	Verpackungsvorrichtung	[1985/52]
	English:	Packaging apparatus	[1985/52]
	French:	Dispositif d'emballage	[1985/52]
Examination procedure	26.05.1987	Examination requested [1987/30]
	24.03.1988	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
	07.10.1988	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.12.1988	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	10.02.1989	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.04.1989	Fee for grant paid
	27.04.1989	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 22.02.1990 15.03.1990 ADMISSIBLE Rovema Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Industriestr. 1 D-35463 Fernwald / DE Opponent's representative Missling, Arne Böck Tappe Kollegen Ludwigsplatz 9 35390 Giessen / DE
		02 25.05.1990 Wright Machinery Company Limited Eskdale Road Uxbridge UB8 2SH / GB Opponent's representative Boon, Graham Anthony Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		03 30.05.1990 06.08.1990 ADMISSIBLE ROVEMA PACKAGING MACHINES LIMITED 55 RABANS CLOSE, RABANS LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AYLESBURY, BUCKS / GB Opponent's representative Unwin, Stephen Geoffrey Fry Heath & Spence LLP The Gables Massetts Road Horley Surrey RH6 7DQ / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [1990/34]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.02.1990 15.03.1990 ADMISSIBLE Rovema-Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH D-35463 Fernwald / DE Opponent's representative Missling, Arne, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt Bismarckstrasse 43 D-35390 Giessen / DE
		02 25.05.1990 Wright Machinery Company Limited Eskdale Road Uxbridge UB8 2SH / GB Opponent's representative Boon, Graham Anthony Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		03 30.05.1990 06.08.1990 ADMISSIBLE ROVEMA PACKAGING MACHINES LIMITED 55 RABANS CLOSE, RABANS LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AYLESBURY, BUCKS / GB Opponent's representative Unwin, Stephen Geoffrey S.G. Unwin & Co. Brookfurlong Farmhouse Islip, Oxford OX5 2TJ / GB
	Former [1990/30]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.02.1990 15.03.1990 ADMISSIBLE Rovema-Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH D-35463 Fernwald / DE Opponent's representative Missling, Arne, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt Bismarckstrasse 43 D-35390 Giessen / DE
		02 25.05.1990 Wright Machinery Company Limited Eskdale Road Uxbridge UB8 2SH / GB Opponent's representative Boon, Graham Anthony Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [1990/16]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.02.1990 15.03.1990 ADMISSIBLE Rovema-Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH D-35463 Fernwald / DE Opponent's representative Missling, Arne, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt Bismarckstrasse 43 D-35390 Giessen / DE
	14.08.1990	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	27.12.1990	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	24.01.1991	Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M04)
	31.05.1991	Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
	19.12.1991	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
	17.02.1992	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	01.07.1992	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	11.10.1994	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	16.12.1994	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	13.03.1995	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	26.05.1992	Appeal received No. T0500/92
	08.09.1992	Statement of grounds filed
	11.10.1994	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	11.10.1994	Date of oral proceedings
	20.10.1994	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	10.06.1987	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.06.1988	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.06.1989	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]DE973238 (HOECHST AG);
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		[Y]US3262244 (CUTLER DUNCAN B, et al);
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		[A]US3629987 (KLOPFENSTEIN KING L, et al);
		[X]US3850780 (CRAWFORD D, et al);
		[Y]GB1456882 (PERMETEK INC);
		[A]US4391081 (KOVACS LLOYD)

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