System and method for detecting a change or an obstruction to a railway track

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2006280280 (hide)

Owner General Electric Company

Inventors Bartonek, Mark

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-A-2006280280

PCT Pub. Number WO2007/021537

Priority 11/206,959 18.08.05 US

Filing date 1 August 2006

Wipo publication date 22 February 2007

International Classifications

B61L 23/00 (2006.01) Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or vehicle trains

B61K 9/00 (2006.01) Railway vehicle profile gauges

B61L 29/00 (2006.01) Safety means for rail/road crossing traffic

G01N 27/72 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electro-chemical, or magnetic means - by investigating magnetic variables

Event Publications

21 February 2008 PCT application entered the National Phase

  PCT publication WO2007/021537 Priority application(s): WO2007/021537

26 August 2010 Assignment before Grant

  General Electric Company The application has been assigned to Progress Rail Services Corporation

1 March 2012 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired

  This application lapsed under section 142(2)(d). Examination has been requested or an examination report has issued for this application. Note that applications or patents shown as lapsed or ceased may be restored at a later date.

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