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EP About this file: EP0829663

EP0829663 - Mechanical face seal [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.01.2003
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Carl Freudenberg KG
Höhnerweg 2-4
69469 Weinheim / DE
[2002/04]
Former [1998/12]For all designated states
Firma Carl Freudenberg
Höhnerweg 2-4
69469 Weinheim / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Hintenlang, Armin
Carl-Benz-Strasse 10
68493 Hirschberg 1 / DE
02 / Schäfer, Klaus
Rheinauer See 221
68219 Mannheim / DE
03 / Kraus, Reinhold
Hoffeldstrasse 8
69509 Mörlenbach / DE
04 / Ewald, Kurt
Ostring 11-15
67227 Frankenthal / DE
05 / Jaekel, Andreas
Holbeinstrasse 8
69469 Weinheim / DE
06 / Weis, Rolf
Schlossstrasse 46
69502 Hemsbach / DE
07 / Schäfer, Erwin
Kurpfalzplatz 4
68519 Viernheim / DE
08 / Stichler, Bernd
Reichertsholde 68
71642 Ludwigsburg / DE
[1998/12]
Application number, filing date97111594.409.07.1997
[1998/12]
Priority number, dateDE199613781317.09.1996         Original published format: DE 19637813
[1998/12]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0829663
Date:18.03.1998
Language:DE
[1998/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0829663
Date:27.03.2002
Language:DE
[2002/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.12.1997
ClassificationIPC:F16J15/34, F16J15/36
[1998/12]
CPC:
F16J15/348 (EP,US); F16J15/36 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/49]
Former [1998/12]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Gleitringdichtung[1998/12]
English:Mechanical face seal[1998/12]
French:Garniture mécanique d'étanchéité[1998/12]
Examination procedure12.01.1998Examination requested  [1998/12]
21.05.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.09.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.11.2001Fee for grant paid
28.11.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.12.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
05.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
03.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT27.03.2002
GB09.07.2002
[2008/07]
Former [2004/21]GB09.07.2002
Documents cited:Search[XA]US4451049  (CHARHUT FRANK J [US]) [X] 1 * column A; figure - * [A] 2,4-6;
 [XA]US3592479  (ANDRESEN RAYMOND H) [X] 1 * column 4, line 58 - column 5, line 20; figure - * [A] 3;
 [A]DE4109234  (GOETZE AG [DE]) [A] 1,2,4-6 * abstract *
by applicantDE3927589
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