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EP0437892 - Device for thermally killing weeds [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.02.1994
Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.02.1994No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 13.04.1994 [1994/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HOAF APPARATENFABRIEK B.V.
Nijverheidsstraat 9
NL-3861 RJ Nijkerk / NL
[1991/30]
Inventor(s)01 / Hoek, Hendrik Jan
Buntweg 27
NL-3768 AV Soest / NL
02 / Hoogenboom, Hendrikus Gerardus
Oude Gracht 288
NL-3511 NW Utrecht / NL
[1991/30]
Representative(s)de Bruijn, Leendert C., et al
Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720
2502 LS Den Haag / NL
[N/P]
Former [1991/30]de Bruijn, Leendert C., et al
Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720
NL-2502 LS Den Haag / NL
Application number, filing date90203522.928.12.1990
[1991/30]
Priority number, dateNL1990000009215.01.1990         Original published format: NL 9000092
[1991/30]
Filing languageNL
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0437892
Date:24.07.1991
Language:EN
[1991/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0437892
Date:21.04.1993
Language:EN
[1993/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.04.1991
ClassificationIPC:A01M15/00, A01M21/04
[1991/30]
CPC:
A01M15/00 (EP,US); A01M21/04 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1991/30]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung zum thermischen Abtöten von Unkraut[1991/30]
English:Device for thermally killing weeds[1991/30]
French:Dispositif pour tuer thermiquement des mauvaises herbes[1991/30]
Examination procedure18.07.1991Examination requested  [1991/37]
22.11.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.05.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.09.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.10.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.01.1993Fee for grant paid
08.01.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.01.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.12.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[YD]US3477174  (LALOR WILLIAM F);
 [A]US3626636  (WHEELER JOE R);
 [A]NL8102318  (BORST IND EN HANDELSMIJ B V)
 [Y]  - POPULAR MECHANICS. vol. 122, November 1964, NEW YORK US pages 120 - 121; J.GOLDMAN: "They're Frying Weeds Out of Crops"
Examination   - Documentation of Dutch firm HOAF Apparaten fabriek "INFRA-RED WEED CONTROL WITHOUT SOIL POLLUTION "
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