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EP About this file: EP0557913

EP0557913 - Fluid dispensing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.06.1998
Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.2006Change - lapse in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR
published on 05.04.2006  [2006/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Aeroquip Corporation
3000 Strayer Road, P.O. Box 50 Maumee
Ohio 43537-0050 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/35]For all designated states
AEROQUIP CORPORATION
3000 Strayer Road, P.O. Box 50
Maumee, Ohio 43537-0050 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Parks, Richard D.
8823 Thorne Road
Horton, Michigan 49246 / US
02 / Kulikowski, Ernest F.
401 West Ash
Albion, Michigan 49224 / US
03 / Fournier, Paul J.E.
3339 Hendee Road
Jackson, Michigan 49201 / US
04 / Fortman, Douglas R.
1224 Brookline Drive
Canton, Michigan 48187 / US
05 / Boland, John D.
2613 S. St. Anthony
Jackson, Michigan 49203 / US
[1994/02]
Former [1993/35]01 / Parks, Richard D.
8823 Thorne Road
Horton, Michigan 49246 / US
02 / Kulikowski, Ernest F.
1783 E. Michigan
Albion, Michigan 49224 / US
03 / Fournier, Paul J.E.
3339 Hendee Road
Jackson, Michigan 49201 / US
04 / Fortman, Douglas R.
1224 Brookline Drive
Canton, Michigan 48187 / US
05 / Boland, John D.
2613 S. St. Anthony
Jackson, Michigan 49203 / US
Representative(s)Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/43]Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril, et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Former [1993/37]Shackleton, Nicola, et al
Boult, Wade & Tennant 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Former [1993/35]Endlich, Fritz, Dipl.-Phys. Patentanwalt
Meissner, Bolte & Partner Postfach 86 06 24
D-81633 München / DE
Application number, filing date93102706.420.02.1993
[1993/35]
Priority number, dateUS1992084050724.02.1992         Original published format: US 840507
[1993/35]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0557913
Date:01.09.1993
Language:EN
[1993/35]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0557913
Date:03.08.1994
Language:EN
[1994/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0557913
Date:30.07.1997
Language:EN
[1997/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.06.1994
ClassificationIPC:B65D25/38, B67D1/08, B67D5/02
[1994/28]
CPC:
B67D1/0802 (EP,US); B67D1/0829 (EP,US); B67D7/0288 (EP,US);
B67D7/344 (EP,US); B67D2210/0006 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1993/35]B65D25/38, B67D1/08
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   LI [1993/35]
TitleGerman:Abgabevorrichtung für Flüssigkeiten[1993/35]
English:Fluid dispensing apparatus[1993/35]
French:Appareil de distribution de fluide[1993/35]
Examination procedure17.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/07]
02.01.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.04.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.07.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
30.08.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.11.1996Fee for grant paid
25.11.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.05.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.01.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
24.01.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
27.05.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
28.02.199705   M06   Fee paid on   27.05.1997
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES30.07.1997
FR30.07.1997
DE31.10.1997
[2006/14]
Former [2002/25]ES30.07.1997
DE31.10.1997
FR26.12.1997
Former [1998/19]DE31.10.1997
FR26.12.1997
Former [1998/15]DE31.10.1997
Documents cited:Search[X]EP0297372  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-13;
 [X]GB2196682  (MERCK PATENT GMBH) [X] 1-5 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4899781  (MONROE ROBERT E [US]) [A] 1,5,6,8,10-12;
 [A]US4741457  (JOSEPH FRANK [DE], et al) [A] 1-13
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