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EP0241741 - Sealing bellow for ball-joints [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.02.1991
Database last updated on 07.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.1997 [1997/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TRW Ehrenreich GmbH & Co. KG
Hansa-Allee 190
40547 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [1987/43]For all designated states
TRW Ehrenreich GmbH & Co. KG
Hansa-Allee 190
D-40547 Düsseldorf / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Barbet, Karl-Heinz
Novalisstr. 4
D-4052 Korschenbroich 1 / DE
02 / Schuett, Hans Joachim
Annastrasse 26
D-5100 Aachen / DE
03 / Mette, Ulrich
Burgstrasse 9
D-4300 Essen 17 / DE
04 / Klier, Benno
Weber Strasse 2
D-4005 Meerbusch / DE
05 / Busse Fritz
Ludwig-Richter-Strasse 29
D-4010 Hilden / DE
06 / Blumberg, Willy
Am Eisenbrand 20
D-4005 Meerbusch / DE
[1987/43]
Representative(s)Brinkmann & Partner
Patentanwälte
Partnerschaft mbB
Am Seestern 8
40547 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [1987/43]Stenger, Watzke & Ring Patentanwälte
Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 70
D-40547 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date87103950.918.03.1987
[1987/43]
Priority number, dateDE1986361291317.04.1986         Original published format: DE 3612913
[1987/43]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0241741
Date:21.10.1987
Language:DE
[1987/43]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0241741
Date:30.03.1988
Language:DE
[1988/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0241741
Date:02.05.1990
Language:DE
[1990/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.02.1988
ClassificationIPC:F16J3/04, F16C11/06
[1987/43]
CPC:
F16J3/041 (EP,US); F16C11/0666 (EP,US); Y10T403/32729 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1987/43]
TitleGerman:Dichtungsbalg für Kugelgelenke[1987/43]
English:Sealing bellow for ball-joints[1987/43]
French:Soufflet d'étanchéité pour articulations à rotule[1987/43]
Examination procedure04.03.1988Examination requested  [1988/18]
16.08.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.12.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.02.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
31.03.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.07.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.08.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.09.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
28.09.1989Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.12.1989Fee for grant paid
05.12.1989Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.02.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.02.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
15.02.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
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