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EP0667826 - IMPROVED SECURITY SEAL AND LOCK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.05.1998
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.04.2015Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 20.05.2015  [2015/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
E.J. Brooks Company
164 North 15th Street Newark
New Jersey 07107 / US
[N/P]
Former [1995/34]For all designated states
E.J. Brooks Company
164 North 15th Street
Newark, New Jersey 07107 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GEORGOPOULOS, George
165 Konner Avenue
Pine Brook, NJ 07058 / US
02 / DREISBACH, Richard, C.
94 Ilford Avenue
North Arlington, NJ 07031 / US
[1995/34]
Representative(s)Louis Pöhlau Lohrentz
Patentanwälte
Postfach 30 55
90014 Nürnberg / DE
[N/P]
Former [1995/34]LOUIS, PÖHLAU, LOHRENTZ & SEGETH
Postfach 3055
D-90014 Nürnberg / DE
Application number, filing date93911279.312.05.1993
[1995/34]
WO1993US04510
Priority number, dateUS1992097378809.11.1992         Original published format: US 973788
[1995/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9411265
Date:26.05.1994
Language:EN
[1994/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0667826
Date:23.08.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.05.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0667826
Date:16.07.1997
Language:EN
[1997/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US26.05.1994
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.08.1995
ClassificationIPC:B65D33/34, F16G11/04
[1997/29]
CPC:
G09F3/0358 (EP,US); F16G11/02 (EP,US); F16G11/106 (EP,US);
F16G11/108 (EP,US); F16G11/14 (EP,US); G09F3/0352 (EP,US);
G09F3/037 (EP,US); Y10T292/14 (EP,US); Y10T292/48 (EP,US);
Y10T292/502 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1995/39]B65D33/34, F16G11/04, F16G11/10, G09F3/03
Former IPC [1995/34]B65D33/34
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1995/34]
TitleGerman:SICHERHEITSSIEGEL UND VERRIEGELUNGSVORRICHTUNG[1995/34]
English:IMPROVED SECURITY SEAL AND LOCK[1995/34]
French:SERRURE ET FERMETURE DE SECURITE AMELIOREES[1995/34]
Entry into regional phase16.05.1995National basic fee paid 
16.05.1995Search fee paid 
16.05.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
16.05.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.03.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
16.05.1995Examination requested  [1995/34]
29.02.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.05.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.06.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
02.09.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.11.1996Fee for grant paid
30.11.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.04.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
27.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
28.04.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Former [1998/19]FR12.12.1997
Documents cited:Search[AD]GB191301880  (TRIOU ANDRE [FR]) [AD] 1,12 * &GB-A-01880 A.D. 1913 * * the whole document *;
 [A]FR2076703  (LAINE JEAN PIERRE) [A] 1,12 * page 6, line 31 - page 8, line 8; figures 7,9 *;
 [AD]US3770307  (VON GOMPEL J);
 [AD]US4216568  (ANDERSON NIGEL I [ZA]);
 [A]US4681356  (BRAMMALL TERRENCE N [US]) [A] 1,12 * column W *;
 [AD]US5092641  (PENICK JR CLARENCE A [US])
International search[A]US918570  (MATHER LEWIS VURNAM [US]);
 [A]US3994521  (VAN GOMPEL JAMES);
 [A]US4049303  (IRWIN GEORGE, et al);
 [A]US4280726  (MCCOAG JOHN);
 [A]US4640538  (BRAMMALL TERRENCE N [US]);
 [A]US4747631  (LOYNES LESLIE M [US], et al)
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