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EP About this file: EP0386710

EP0386710 - Vacuum switch apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.1995
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
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
Hitachi, Ltd.
6, Kanda Surugadai 4-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1990/37]For all designated states
HITACHI, LTD.
6, Kanda Surugadai 4-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Arita, Hiroshi
6-11, Ayukawacho-3-chome
Hitachi-shi / JP
02 / Suzuki, Kouzi
721, Arakawa
Takahagi-shi / JP
03 / Sugawara, Hiroyuki
33-11, Nishinarusawacho-4-chome
Hitachi-shi / JP
04 / Kurosawa, Yukio
9-3, Nakanarusawacho-3-chome
Hitachi-shi / JP
[1990/37]
Representative(s)Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/37]Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
D-80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date90104286.106.03.1990
[1990/37]
Priority number, dateJP1989005649210.03.1989         Original published format: JP 5649289
[1990/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0386710
Date:12.09.1990
Language:EN
[1990/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0386710
Date:02.11.1994
Language:EN
[1994/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.07.1990
ClassificationIPC:H01J17/56
[1990/37]
CPC:
H01J17/56 (EP,US); H01J21/18 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1990/37]
TitleGerman:Vakuumschalter[1990/37]
English:Vacuum switch apparatus[1990/37]
French:Interrupteur à vide[1990/37]
Examination procedure20.12.1990Examination requested  [1991/09]
27.01.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.08.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
29.04.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
04.05.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.07.1994Fee for grant paid
06.07.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.08.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.03.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
29.03.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
28.03.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]US4668896  (BYRON STANLEY R [US], et al);
 [A]US3458758  (FRASER DAVID ALEXANDER, et al);
 [A]DE2111121  (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US]);
 [A]GB2065962  (ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO LTD)
 [A]  - INSTRUMENTS & EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
 [A]  - ELEKTRONIK
Examination   - INSTRUMENTS & EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES vol. 29, no. 4, part 1, July-August 1986, pages 859-861, New York, US; A.M. EFREMOV et al.: "Coaxial Injection Thyratron"
    - ELEKTRONIK, vol. 28, no. 8, 19 April 1979, pages 68-70; H. MENOWN et al.: "Thyratrons für Impulslaser"
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