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EP0664879
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| EP0664879 - THERMAL MASS FLOW CONTROLLER HAVING ORTHOGONAL THERMAL MASS FLOW SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.11.2000 Database last updated on 21.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.05.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 26.06.2002 [2002/26] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states UNIT INSTRUMENTS, INC. 22600 Savi Ranch Parkway Yorba Linda, CA 92687 / US | [1995/31] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DOYLE, James, Holohan 2003 Ivy Hill Lane Orange, CA 92667 / US | 02 /
DOYLE, Michael, John 10001 Platanal Villa Park, CA 92667 / US | 03 /
LEMAY, Dan, Browne 2514 Wilt Road Fallbrook, CA 92028 / US | 04 /
VU, Kim, Ngoc 20451 Via Marwah Yorba Linda, CA 92686 / US | [1995/31] | Representative(s) | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/33] | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al Boult Wade Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB | ||
| Former [1995/31] | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 93924335.8 | 15.10.1993 | [1995/31] | WO1993US09907 | Priority number, date | US19920962290 | 16.10.1992 Original published format: US 962290 | [1995/31] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9409344 | Date: | 28.04.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/10] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0664879 | Date: | 02.08.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.04.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/31] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0664879 | Date: | 05.01.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/01] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 28.04.1994 | Classification | IPC: | G01F5/00, G01F1/68, G05D7/06 | [1995/31] | CPC: |
G05D7/0635 (EP);
G01F5/00 (EP,KR);
G01F1/68 (EP);
G01F1/6847 (EP);
G01F1/696 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, SE [1995/31] | Title | German: | THERMISCHER MASSENDURCHFLUSSREGLER MIT SENKRECHT ANGEORDNETEM MASSENDURCHFLUSSSENSOR | [2000/01] | English: | THERMAL MASS FLOW CONTROLLER HAVING ORTHOGONAL THERMAL MASS FLOW SENSOR | [1995/31] | French: | RéGULATEUR THERMIQUE DE DéBIT MASSIQUE UTILISANT UN CAPTEUR THERMIQUE DE DéBIT MASSIQUE DISPOSé PERPENDICULAIREMENT | [2000/01] |
| Former [1995/31] | Thermischer Massendurchflussregler mit senkrecht angeordnetem Massendurchflusssensor | ||
| Former [1995/31] | Régulateur thermique de débit massique utilisant un capteur thermique de débit massique disposé perpendiculairement | Entry into regional phase | 03.05.1995 | National basic fee paid | 03.05.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.05.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 13.05.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 03.05.1995 | Examination requested [1995/31] | 26.04.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 06.11.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.07.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 03.02.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.03.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 06.07.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.09.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 28.09.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.10.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/51] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.11.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.10.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 06.10.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.10.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 11.10.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 01.11.1995 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 13.11.1995 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 05.01.2000 | ES | 05.01.2000 | LI | 05.01.2000 | SE | 05.01.2000 | [2002/26] |
| Former [2002/23] | CH | 05.01.2000 | |
| LI | 05.01.2000 | ||
| SE | 05.01.2000 | ||
| Former [2000/52] | CH | 05.01.2000 | |
| LI | 05.01.2000 | ||
| Former [2000/50] | CH | 10.04.2000 | |
| LI | 10.04.2000 | ||