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EP0723636 - AIRFLOW-COOLED TORSION DAMPER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  01.11.2002
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VALEO
43, rue Bayen
75017 Paris / FR
[1996/31]
Inventor(s)01 / BOCHOT, Jean-Claude
17, avenue de la Talandière
F-77410 Claye-Souilly / FR
[1996/31]
Representative(s)Gamonal, Didier
Valeo Management Services
Propriété Industrielle
2 Rue Andrée Boulle
B.P. 150
94004 Créteil / FR
[N/P]
Former [1996/31]Gamonal, Didier
Valeo Management Services Sce Propriété Industrielle 2, rue André Boulle B.P. 150
94004 Créteil / FR
Application number, filing date95929140.225.08.1995
[1996/31]
WO1995FR01124
Priority number, dateFR1994001037529.08.1994         Original published format: FR 9410375
[1996/31]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9607037
Date:07.03.1996
Language:FR
[1996/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0723636
Date:31.07.1996
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0723636
Date:16.12.1998
Language:FR
[1998/51]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0723636
Date:18.12.2002
Language:FR
[2002/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.03.1996
ClassificationIPC:F16F15/131
[1996/31]
CPC:
F16F15/131 (EP,KR,US); F16F15/13164 (EP,US); F16D2300/0212 (EP,KR,US);
F16F2222/025 (EP,US); F16F2224/00 (EP,US); Y10T74/2109 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   GB,   IT [1996/31]
TitleGerman:TORSIONSSCHWINGUNGSDÄMPFER GEKÜHLT DURCH LUFTZIRKULATION[1996/31]
English:AIRFLOW-COOLED TORSION DAMPER[1996/31]
French:AMORTISSEUR DE TORSION REFROIDI PAR CIRCULATION D'AIR[1996/31]
Entry into regional phase23.05.1996National basic fee paid 
23.05.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
23.05.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.05.1996Examination requested  [1996/31]
16.10.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
30.03.1998Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: formalities examination {1}
22.06.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.09.1998Fee for grant paid
01.09.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  29.06.1999    ADMISSIBLE
Mannesmann Sachs AG
Ernst-Sachs-Str. 62
97424 Schweinfurt / DE
Opponent's representative
Ruttensperger, Bernhard
Weickmann & Weickmann
Patentanwälte
Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1999/34]
Opponent(s)01  29.06.1999    ADMISSIBLE
Mannesmann Sachs AG
Ernst-Sachs-Str. 62
97424 Schweinfurt / DE
Opponent's representative
Ruttensperger, Bernhard, Dipl.-Phys.
Postfach 860 820
81635 München / DE
22.10.1999Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
28.04.2000Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
07.03.2001Date of oral proceedings
21.03.2001Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
21.03.2001Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
05.06.2002Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
23.07.2002Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
18.10.2002Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition05.04.2001Appeal received No.  T0458/01
20.07.2001Statement of grounds filed
05.06.2002Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected
05.06.2002Date of oral proceedings
18.06.2002Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Request for further processing for:03.06.1998Request for further processing filed
03.06.1998Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
22.06.1998Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[Y]DE3815505  (LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU [DE]) [Y] 1-4 * page 6, line 9 - page 11, line 40; figure 1 *;
 [DY]FR2662760  (LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU [DE]) [DY] 1-4;
 [YA]EP0427983  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [Y] 1-4 * column 1, line 54 - column 3, line 30; figures 1-3 * * column A * [A] 5;
 [DA]GB2244543  (LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU [DE]) [DA] 1,3,6,7 * page 6, line 25 - page 22, line 7; figures 1-5 *;
 [A]DE4127438  (J.M. VOITH GMBH) [A] 1,2,4 * page 2, line 14 - page 3, line 3 *;
 [A]JPH05312053  ;
 [A]FR2690722  (VALEO [FR]) [A] 7 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19940228), vol. 18, no. 123, Database accession no. (M - 1568), & JP5312053 A 19931122 (NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD) [A] 5 * abstract *
OppositionUS5279182
 DE4035320
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