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EP About this file: EP0574212

EP0574212 - Thread wound golf ball [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.11.1997
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.11.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.01.1998 [1998/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
No. 1-1, Tsutsui-cho 1-chome Chuo-ku Kobe-shi
Hyogo-ken / JP
[N/P]
Former [1997/04]For all designated states
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
No. 1-1, Tsutsui-cho 1-chome
Chuo-ku Kobe-shi Hyogo-ken / JP
Former [1993/50]For all designated states
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LIMITED
1-1 Tsutsuicho 1-chome Chuo-ku
Kobe-shi Hyogo-ken / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kato, Akira
13-5-203 Shirakawadai 4-chome, Suma-ku
Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
02 / Moriyama, Keiji
41-1, Shimizu, Uozumi-cho
Akashi-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
[1993/50]
Representative(s)Allard, Susan Joyce, et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/50]Allard, Susan Joyce, et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date93304399.407.06.1993
[1993/50]
Priority number, dateJP1992014930209.06.1992         Original published format: JP 14930292
JP1993002246410.02.1993         Original published format: JP 2246493
[1993/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0574212
Date:15.12.1993
Language:EN
[1993/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0574212
Date:13.04.1994
Language:EN
[1994/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0574212
Date:22.01.1997
Language:EN
[1997/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.02.1994
ClassificationIPC:A63B37/00
[1993/50]
CPC:
A63B37/0003 (EP,US); A63B37/00622 (EP,US); A63B37/0053 (EP,US);
A63B37/0061 (EP,US); A63B37/0064 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1993/50]
TitleGerman:Fadenumwickelter Golfball[1993/50]
English:Thread wound golf ball[1993/50]
French:Balle de golf formée par enroulement de filaments[1993/50]
Examination procedure30.09.1994Examination requested  [1994/48]
06.07.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.11.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.07.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.10.1996Fee for grant paid
18.10.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.10.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1998/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
03.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]GB2134798  (SUMITOMO RUBBER IND) [A] 1 * example -; claim 1 *;
 [A]FR2296439  (UNIROYAL LTD [GB]) [A] 1 * claims 1,2 *;
 [A]US2609201  (MARTIN FRANK S) [A] 2 * claim 1 *
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