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EP0657010 - STEAM GENERATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 09.07.1999 Database last updated on 19.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	09.07.1999	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 25.08.1999 [1999/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1 DE-80333 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/34]	For all designated states SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Wittelsbacherplatz 2 80333 München / DE
Former [1995/24]	For all designated states SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Wittelsbacherplatz 2 D-80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / KÖHLER, Wolfgang Röckenhofer Hauptstrasse 22 D-90562 Kalchreuth / DE
	02 / KRAL, Rudolf Feuersteinstrasse 50 D-91330 Eggolsheim / DE
	03 / WITTCHOW, Eberhard Schronfeld 96 D-91054 Erlangen / DE
	[1995/24]
Application number, filing date	93917528.7	06.08.1993
	[1995/24]
	WO1993DE00698
Priority number, date	DE19924227457	19.08.1992 Original published format: DE 4227457
	[1995/24]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9404870
	Date:	03.03.1994
	Language:	DE
	[1994/06]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0657010
	Date:	14.06.1995
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.03.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1995/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0657010
	Date:	04.12.1996
	Language:	DE
	[1996/49]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0657010
	Date:	25.08.1999
	Language:	DE
	[1999/34]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	03.03.1994
Classification	IPC:	F22B37/12, F22B37/14	[1995/24]
	CPC:	F22B37/12 (EP,KR,US); F22B29/061 (EP,US); F22B37/14 (KR)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, NL, SE [1995/24]
Title	German:	DAMPFERZEUGER	[1995/24]
	English:	STEAM GENERATOR	[1995/24]
	French:	GENERATEUR DE VAPEUR	[1995/24]
Entry into regional phase	20.06.1994	National basic fee paid
	20.06.1994	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.06.1994	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	17.01.1994	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	20.06.1994	Examination requested [1995/24]
	14.05.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	04.06.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.08.1996	Fee for grant paid
	19.08.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 26.08.1997 09.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE ALSTOM Energy Systems GmbH Augsburger Strasse 712 70329 Stuttgart / DE Opponent's representative Rüger Abel Patentanwälte PartGmbB Postfach 10 04 61 73704 Esslingen a.N. / DE
		02 03.09.1997 29.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haselstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Pöpper, Evamaria, et al, et al ALSTOM Technology Ltd CHTI Intellectual Property Brown Boveri Strasse 7 5401 Baden / CH
		[N/P]
	Former [1999/01]
	Opponent(s)	01 26.08.1997 09.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE ALSTOM Energy Systems GmbH Augsburger Strasse 712 70329 Stuttgart / DE Opponent's representative Patentanwälte Rüger, Barthelt & Abel Postfach 10 04 61 73704 Esslingen a. N. / DE
		02 03.09.1997 29.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haselstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Pöpper, Evamaria, et al, et al ALSTOM Technologie AG CHTI Intellectual Property Brown Boveri Strasse 7/688/5 5400 Baden / CH
	Former [1998/45]
	Opponent(s)	01 26.08.1997 09.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE ALSTOM Energy Systems GmbH Augsburger Strasse 712 70329 Stuttgart / DE
		02 03.09.1997 29.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haselstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Pöpper, Evamaria, et al, et al ALSTOM Technologie AG CHTI Intellectual Property Brown Boveri Strasse 7/688/5 5400 Baden / CH
	Former [1997/43]
	Opponent(s)	01 26.08.1997 EVT Energie- und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH Augsburger Strasse 712 D-70329 Stuttgart / DE
		02 03.09.1997 ADMISSIBLE Asea Brown Boveri AG Haselstr.16 Postfach CH-5401 Baden / CH Opponent's representative Pöpper, Evamaria, et al, et al ALSTOM Technologie AG CHTI Intellectual Property Brown Boveri Strasse 7/688/5 5400 Baden / CH
	13.10.1997	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	16.01.1998	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	20.02.1998	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	20.06.1998	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	18.11.1998	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	18.11.1998	Date of oral proceedings
	10.12.1998	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	10.12.1998	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	30.03.1999	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	06.04.1999	Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.08.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.08.1996	Renewal fee patent year 04
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