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EP About this file: EP0568036

EP0568036 - Opening machine for containers having a film seal closure [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1993/44]Opening machine for film seal cap
[1996/36]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.07.1997
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.07.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 27.08.1997 [1997/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU BIO-CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
3-30-1, Shimura Itabashi-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1996/11]For all designated states
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU BIO-CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
3-30-1, Shimura
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo / JP
Former [1993/44]For all designated states
MITSUBISHI YUKA BIO-CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
3-30-1, Shimura
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Nakayama, Naoki, c/o Mitsubishi Yuka Bio-Clinical
Laboratories, Inc., 3-30-1, Shimura, Itabashi-ku
Tokyo / JP
[1993/44]
Representative(s)Füchsle, Klaus, et al
Hoffmann - Eitle
ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE
[N/P]
Former [1993/44]Füchsle, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20
D-81904 München / DE
Application number, filing date93106889.428.04.1993
[1993/44]
Priority number, dateJP1992010823728.04.1992         Original published format: JP 10823792
[1993/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0568036
Date:03.11.1993
Language:EN
[1993/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0568036
Date:04.09.1996
Language:EN
[1996/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.08.1993
ClassificationIPC:B67B7/82, B67B7/00
[1993/44]
CPC:
B67B7/00 (EP,US); B67B7/38 (EP,US); Y10T83/2185 (EP,US);
Y10T83/219 (EP,US); Y10T83/293 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1993/44]
TitleGerman:Öffnungsvorrichtung für Behälter mit heissverschweissbaren Verschlusseinheiten[1996/36]
English:Opening machine for containers having a film seal closure[1996/36]
French:Machine d'ouverture de récipients avec opercules thermosoudables[1996/36]
Former [1993/44]Öffnungsvorrichtung für heissverschweissbare Verschlusseinheiten
Former [1993/44]Opening machine for film seal cap
Former [1993/44]Machine d'ouverture de capsules thermosoudables
Examination procedure16.02.1994Examination requested  [1994/15]
29.08.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.01.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.03.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.06.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.09.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
05.02.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
08.02.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.04.1996Fee for grant paid
25.04.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.06.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
30.04.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US4187662  (COCHRAN DONALD D [US]);
 [Y]US3821850  (KOWALYK R);
 [A]FR1358336  (FERRO STAMPING CO);
 [A]EP0246900  (TOYO SODA MFG CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]US3581605  (TAYLOR JOHN ROBERT);
 [A]GB1344424  (OPTREX LTD);
 [A]EP0373667  (TERUMO CORP [JP])
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