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- From: prob@btmp24.be (P. Roobrouck SH532 4554)
- Subject: [REQUEST] How to find this patent ???
- Organization: Alcatel Bell Telephone, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 08:03:49 GMT
- Approved: patents@cs.su.oz.au
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.082520.14905@cs.su.oz.au>
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- Hello,
-
- I have difficulties in retrieving the claims of a certain patent. The
- only information I have are two numbers and a flyer of the product. I
- tried to contact the manufacturer but at that side it's a complete
- silence... so I'm starting to think their patent has no "real" value and
- is mentioned for impressing other people only. Below I will copy all the
- facts I have about this patent, if someone can retrieve the original
- text, or can tell me how to get to it, it would really help me forward.
-
- Greetings from Belgium,
-
- Pascal
-
-
- *--- Data I Have .. -------------------------------------*
-
- ... "Patents Nos. 272273 (9) and 166576 protect the elctrode system."
- ...
-
- Company : Aquatronic (UK) Ltd. 6 Clare Hill - ESHER - Surrey - Postcode
- KT10 9 NR - England
-
- The protected product is a method to sterilize water by bringing Cu-iosn
- into it by use of an electrolyse with copper electrodes...
-
- [mod- The first thing to do is to find the country to which this
- patent applies. By the looks of the numbers its not the US but maybe
- in the UK (judging by the address of the company). A check to see if
- the Patents Office in your country has the UK patents could probably
- be made by phone.
- In order for a patent to stop you from doing something in your own
- country, it has to be a patent issued by your country. Hence a check
- of belgium patent office might be another thing for you to do.
- The best way to check would be to get your local patent attorney to do
- a search on the company name with the dialog database service.
- Unfortunately this may be too expensive for what your task is.
-
- ]
-