EP0790766 - DISTRIBUTION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2002 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Highfield Southampton Hampshire SO17 1BJ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1997/35] | For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Highfield Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HUGHES, John Farrell 2 Shepherds Close, Bartley Southampton SO40 2JL / GB | 02 /
HOWSE, Philip Edwin 14 Western Way, Alverstoke Gosport, Hants PO12 2NG / GB | [1997/35] | Representative(s) | Britter, Keith Palmer, et al Britter & Co. Enterprise House 14b Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QN / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1998/48] | Britter, Keith Palmer, et al Britter & Co Barn West - Dixies High Street - Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5NT / GB | ||
Former [1997/35] | Atchley, Martin John Waldegrave Office of Innovation & Research Support, University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 95932814.7 | 27.09.1995 | [1997/35] | WO1995GB02293 | Priority number, date | GB19940019815 | 01.10.1994 Original published format: GB 9419815 | [1997/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9610331 | Date: | 11.04.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/16] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0790766 | Date: | 27.08.1997 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.04.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1997/35] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0790766 | Date: | 04.07.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/27] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 11.04.1996 | Classification | IPC: | A01M1/20, A01M1/22, A61L9/14 | [1997/35] | CPC: |
A01M1/205 (EP);
A01M1/02 (EP);
A01M1/2038 (EP);
A01M29/12 (EP);
A61L9/14 (EP);
A01M2200/012 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [1997/35] | Title | German: | VERTEILUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [1997/35] | English: | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE | [1997/35] | French: | DIFFUSEUR | [1997/35] | Entry into regional phase | 17.06.1997 | National basic fee paid | 28.04.1997 | Designation fee(s) paid | 28.04.1997 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.04.1996 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 29.04.1997 | Examination requested [1997/35] | 14.05.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 24.11.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.01.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.05.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.08.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.12.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.09.2000 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 11.01.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.03.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 22.03.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.04.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.04.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.10.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.09.1998 | 04   M06   Fee paid on   29.10.1998 |
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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 | BE | 04.07.2001 | FR | 04.07.2001 | IT | 04.07.2001 | NL | 04.07.2001 | DK | 04.10.2001 | GB | 04.10.2001 | DE | 05.10.2001 | ES | 31.01.2002 | [2008/06] |
Former [2004/35] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
FR | 04.07.2001 | ||
NL | 04.07.2001 | ||
DK | 04.10.2001 | ||
GB | 04.10.2001 | ||
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
ES | 31.01.2002 | ||
Former [2004/04] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
NL | 04.07.2001 | ||
DK | 04.10.2001 | ||
GB | 04.10.2001 | ||
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
ES | 31.01.2002 | ||
Former [2003/45] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
NL | 04.07.2001 | ||
DK | 04.10.2001 | ||
GB | 04.10.2001 | ||
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
Former [2003/09] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
NL | 04.07.2001 | ||
GB | 04.10.2001 | ||
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
Former [2003/01] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
GB | 04.10.2001 | ||
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
Former [2002/29] | BE | 04.07.2001 | |
DE | 05.10.2001 | ||
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
Former [2002/18] | DE | 05.10.2001 | |
FR | 21.12.2001 | ||
Former [2002/15] | DE | 05.10.2001 | Cited in | International search | [X]US5196171 (PELTIER) [X] 1-9,11-13 * column 2, line 28 - column 3, line 44 * * column 4, line 23 - column 6, line 68 * * figure -; claim - *; | [X]EP0243031 (IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES) [X] 1-9,11-13 * page 1, line 15 - line 23 * * page 3, line 5 - line 23 * * page 13, line 22 - page 14, line 7 * * figure -; claim - *; | [X]US4776515 (MICHALCHIK) [X] 1-5,8,11,12 * column 2, line 32 - column 4, line 26 * * figure -; claim - *; | [X]FR1009980 (VADOT) [X] 1,9,13 * page 1, column 1, paragraph 1 * * figure -; claim - *; | [A]WO8200079 (MITCHELL) [A] 1,10,14 * figure -; claim - *; | [A]DE3332449 (ERNST ROEDERSTEIN SPEZIALFABRIK FÜR KONDENSATOREN GMBH) [A] 1,9,13 * figure -; claim - * |