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EP About this file: EP0978689

EP0978689 - Gas turbine combustor by-pass valve device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.10.2004
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 16.04.2008  [2008/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [2000/06]For all designated states
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Ojiro, Yasuhiro, c/o Takasago Machinery Works
1-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Arai-cho
Takasago-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
02 / Akagi, Koichi, c/o Takasago Machinery Works
1-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Arai-cho
Takasago-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
03 / Iwasaki, Yoichi, c/o Takasago Machinery Works
1-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Arai-cho
Takasago-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
04 / Kubota, Jun, c/o Takasago Research & Development
1-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Arai-cho
Takasago-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
05 / Umemura, Sunao, c/o Takasago Research & Development
1-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Arai-cho
Takasago-shi, Hyogo-ken / JP
[2000/06]
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/06]Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date99114864.429.07.1999
[2000/06]
Priority number, dateJP1998021897503.08.1998         Original published format: JP 21897598
JP1998030403726.10.1998         Original published format: JP 30403798
[2000/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0978689
Date:09.02.2000
Language:EN
[2000/06]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0978689
Date:10.10.2001
[2001/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0978689
Date:03.12.2003
Language:EN
[2003/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.08.2001
ClassificationIPC:F23R3/26, F01D17/10, F16K1/22
[2001/18]
CPC:
F01D17/10 (EP,US); F01D17/105 (EP,US); F01D17/148 (EP,US);
F23R3/26 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2000/06]F23R3/26, F01D17/10
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [2002/27]
Former [2000/06]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Umgehungsventil für eine Gasturbinenbrennkammer[2000/06]
English:Gas turbine combustor by-pass valve device[2000/06]
French:Clapet de détournement pour une chambre de combustion d'une turbine à gaz[2000/06]
Examination procedure26.08.1999Examination requested  [2000/06]
22.02.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.03.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.09.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.01.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.03.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.08.2003Fee for grant paid
01.08.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP01121264.4  / EP1160511
Opposition(s)06.09.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
29.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
30.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH03.12.2003
FR03.12.2003
IT03.12.2003
LI03.12.2003
GB29.07.2004
[2008/16]
Former [2006/14]CH03.12.2003
FR03.12.2003
LI03.12.2003
GB29.07.2004
Former [2005/46]CH03.12.2003
LI03.12.2003
GB29.07.2004
Former [2004/33]CH03.12.2003
LI03.12.2003
Documents cited:Search[Y]JPH1026353  ;
 [Y]GB2064730  (SCHLEICHER LEONHARD) [Y] 1,2 * page 2, line 69 - line 83 * * figure 1 *;
 [A]EP0383185  (BACHMANN CORPORATE SERVICES [US]) [A] 1,2 * column 4, line 5 - line 16 * * figure 1 *;
 [Y]US4977791  (ERICHSEN VOLKER Y [DE]) [Y] 1,5 * column 2, line 19 - line 63 * * figures 1,4 *;
 [A]US4187878  (HUGHEY JOHN E [US]) [A] 1-5,9 * column 2, line 51 - column 3, line 5 * * figures 1,7 *;
 [X]EP0751282  (UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP [US]) [X] 6-8 * column 3, line 31 - column 4, line 34 * * column 7, line 35 - line 48 * * figures 3A,5,7 *;
 [X]US5351473  (SHUBA BRIAN H [US]) [X] 6 * column 3, line 19 - line 35 * * figure 2 *;
 [A]DE1815229  (DAIMLER BENZ AG) [A] 6-9 * page 3, line 10 - line 17 * * figure 1 *;
 [A]US5375411  (ASCHENBRUCK EMIL [DE], et al) [A] 6-8 * column 2, line 43 - column 3, line 8 * * figures 1,2 *;
 [A]US2669090  (JACKSON ROBERT J) [A] 6-8 * column 3, line 19 - line 31 * * figures 1-3 *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980430), vol. 1998, no. 05, & JP10026353 A 19980127 (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD) [Y] 1,2,5 * abstract * * figure 7 *
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