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EP0790865
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0790865 - NON-MECHANICAL CONTACT ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONTENTS OF A MOVING CONTAINER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.01.2002 Database last updated on 14.06.2024 | 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 M & A Packaging Services Limited Spring Lane North Malvern Worcestershire WR14 1BU / GB | For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Industrial Development Office Coventry West Midlands, CV4 7AL / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/11] | For all designated states M & A Packaging Services Limited Spring Lane North Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1BU / GB | ||
| For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Industrial Development Office Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7AL / GB | |||
| Former [1997/35] | For all designated states M & A Packaging Services Limited Spring Lane North Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1BU / GB | ||
| For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7AL / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
COLLINS, Andrew, Peter 9 Everard Close Hanwick Park Worcester WR2 6ET / GB | 02 /
DIXON, Steven, Mark 37 Arnold Road Shirley Solihull West Midlands B91 3JP / GB | 03 /
EDWARDS, Christopher 42 Forfield Road Coundon Coventry CV6 1FR / GB | 04 /
PALMER, Stuart, Beaumont Maxgate Forrest Road Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 1LT / GB | [1997/35] | Representative(s) | Lawrence, John Barker Brettell LLP 100 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8QQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/35] | Lawrence, John Barker, Brettell & Duncan 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB | Application number, filing date | 95936648.5 | 09.11.1995 | [1997/35] | WO1995GB02630 | Priority number, date | GB19940022800 | 11.11.1994 Original published format: GB 9422800 | GB19940022801 | 11.11.1994 Original published format: GB 9422801 | [1997/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9614943 | Date: | 23.05.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/23] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0790865 | Date: | 27.08.1997 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.05.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1997/35] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0790865 | Date: | 14.03.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.05.1996 | Classification | IPC: | B07C5/34, B65B1/30 | [1997/35] | CPC: |
G01N29/2418 (EP);
B65B57/18 (EP);
G01N29/2412 (EP);
G01N29/4436 (EP);
G01N2291/0421 (EP);
G01N2291/0422 (EP);
G01N2291/2695 (EP)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1997/35] | Title | German: | BERÜHRUNGSLOSES ULTRASCHALLSYSTEM ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG DES INHALTS EINES BEWEGENDEN BEHÄLTERS | [1997/35] | English: | NON-MECHANICAL CONTACT ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONTENTS OF A MOVING CONTAINER | [1997/35] | French: | SYSTEME A ULTRASONS SANS LIAISON MECANIQUE DESTINE AU CONTROLE DUCONTENU D'UN CONTENANT EN MOUVEMENT | [1997/35] | Entry into regional phase | 06.06.1997 | National basic fee paid | 06.06.1997 | Designation fee(s) paid | 06.06.1997 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.06.1996 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 06.06.1997 | Examination requested [1997/35] | 14.12.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07) | 23.07.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.03.2000 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 19.09.2000 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.12.2000 | Fee for grant paid | 19.12.2000 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 15.12.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.10.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 18.11.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.10.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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 | FR | 14.03.2001 | IT | 14.03.2001 | NL | 14.03.2001 | DE | 16.06.2001 | [2008/06] |
| Former [2006/14] | FR | 14.03.2001 | |
| NL | 14.03.2001 | ||
| DE | 16.06.2001 | ||
| Former [2003/09] | NL | 14.03.2001 | |
| DE | 16.06.2001 | ||
| FR | 10.08.2001 | ||
| Former [2002/17] | DE | 16.06.2001 | |
| FR | 10.08.2001 | ||
| Former [2002/15] | DE | 16.06.2001 | Cited in | International search | [XA]US4223790 (YOSHIDA HAJIME) [X] 1-4,15,28,29 * column 4, line 12 - line 40; figures 1,6; claims 9,10 * * column 6, line 23 - line 34 * [A] 21,26,27; | [A]US4821573 (NAGATA MASANORI ET AL) [A] 1-4,14,15,28,29 * column 2, line 46 - column 4, line 66; figures 1-7 *; | [A]US3596501 (FORRY DONALD R ET AL) [A] 1 * column 6, line 8 - line 39; figures 2-4,6 *; | [A]EP0034098 (ELF ANTARGAZ) [A] 1 * page 5, line 21 - line 24; figure 1 * * page 6, line 34 - page 7, line 3 * * page 10, line 10 - line 14 *; | [A]US3802252 (HAYWARD G ET AL) [A] 1 * abstract *; | [A]US4182451 (WATSON HAROLD K) [A] 16 * column 1, line 23 - line 46; figure 8 *; | [A]EP0516956 (ELPATRONIC AG) [A] 22 * page 6, line 22 - line 32; figure 1 * |