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EP1235818 - METHOD FOR THE DIRECT ESTERIFICATION OF SORBITOL WITH FATTY ACIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 24.04.2009 Database last updated on 21.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	24.04.2009	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 27.05.2009 [2009/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Danisco Cultor America, Inc. 430 Saw Mill River Road Ardsley, NY 10502 / US
	[2002/36]
Inventor(s)	01 / CHANG, Ping, W. 11 Trumbull Road Waterford, CT 06385 / US
	02 / WEUSTHOFF, Micael, T. 8 Monticello Ct. Gales Ferry, CT 06335 / US
	03 / STOWELL, Julian 1 The Rampart, Knightrider Street Sandwich Kent CT 139ER / GB
	04 / MCGRANE, Paul 110 Beacon Street Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	05 / GREUTZMACHER, Gordon 34 Crosswinds Dr. Groton, CT 06340 / US
	06 / BORDEN, George, W. P.O. Box 304 Bat Cave, North Carolina 28710 / US
	07 / FLYNN, Gary, J. 2 Hillside Drive Mystic, CT 06355 / US
	08 / JOHNSON, Joe, W. 4 Bungalow Lane Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 / US
	09 / ANDERSON, James, M. 41 Chambers Road Danbury, CT 06811 / US
	10 / TEIXEIRA, John 44 Whitney Road Mystic, CT 06355 / US
	11 / MILLER, James, W. 55 Bloomer Road North Salem, NY 10560 / US
	12 / HAUSMAN, Russell, J. 15 Overbrook Road East Lyme, CT 06333 / US
	[2002/38]
Former [2002/36]	01 / CHANG, Ping, W. 11 Trumbull Road Waterford, CT 06385 / US
	02 / WEUSTHOFF, Micael, T. 8 Monticello Ct. Gales Ferry, CT 06335 / US
	03 / STOWELL, Julian 1 The Rampart, Knightrider Street Sandwich Kent CT 139ER / GB
	04 / MCGRANE, Paul 110 Beacon Street Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	05 / GREUTZMACHER, Gordon 34 Crosswinds Dr. Groton, CT 06340 / US
	06 / BORDEN, George, W. 285 Spaniards Rd. Cape Haze, FL 33946 / US
	07 / FLYNN, Gary, J. 2 Hillside Drive Mystic, CT 06355 / US
	08 / JOHNSON, Joe, W. 4 Bungalow Lane Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 / US
	09 / ANDERSON, James, M. 41 Chambers Road Danbury, CT 06811 / US
	10 / TEIXEIRA, John 44 Whitney Road Mystic, CT 06355 / US
	11 / MILLER, James, W. 55 Bloomer Road North Salem, NY 10560 / US
	12 / HAUSMAN, Russell, J. 15 Overbrook Road East Lyme, CT 06333 / US
Representative(s)	Dunleavy, Kevin James, et al Knoble & Yoshida LLC p/o De Vries & Metman Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2002/36]	Dunleavy, Kevin James, et al Knoble & Yoshida LLC, p/o De Vries & Metman, Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam / NL
Application number, filing date	00970894.2	13.10.2000
	[2002/36]
	WO2000US28419
Priority number, date	US19990159563P	15.10.1999 Original published format: US 159563 P
	[2002/36]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO0128961
	Date:	26.04.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/17]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1235818
	Date:	04.09.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.04.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/36]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	06.12.2001
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	02.12.2004
Classification	IPC:	C07D307/20, C07C67/08, C07C69/21, C07C69/33	[2002/36]
	CPC:	C07C67/08 (EP,US); Y02P20/582 (EP,US)
	C-Set:	C07C67/08, C07C69/533 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/36]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFHAREN ZUR DIREKTEN VERESETERUNG VON SORBITOL MIT FETTSÄUREN	[2002/36]
	English:	METHOD FOR THE DIRECT ESTERIFICATION OF SORBITOL WITH FATTY ACIDS	[2002/36]
	French:	PROCEDE D'ESTERIFICATION DIRECTE DE SORBITOL AVEC DES ACIDES GRAS	[2002/36]
Entry into regional phase	10.04.2002	National basic fee paid
	10.04.2002	Search fee paid
	10.04.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.04.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.05.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	10.04.2002	Examination requested [2002/36]
	16.05.2002	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: Claims
	13.08.2002	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: Claims {1}
	16.02.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.08.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.07.2008	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.01.2009	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2009/22]
	20.01.2009	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2009/22]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.10.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.10.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.10.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.10.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.10.2006	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.10.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]US3951945 (HEESEN JAN GERHARD, et al) [X] 1-22 * column 6, line 20 - column 11, line 12 *;
		[A]US4562007 (STUEHLER HERBERT [DE]) [A] 1-22 * claim 1 *;
		[A]EP0757031 (PFIZER [US]) [A] 1-22* page 5, line 4 - page 5, line 27 *;
		[A] - GIACOMETTI ET AL, "Process for Preparing Nonionic Surfactant Sorbitan Fatty Acid Esters with and without Previous Sorbitol Cyclization", J. AGRIC. FOOD. CHEM., (1996), vol. 44, pages 3950 - 3954, XP002278710 [A] 1-22 * Section "Preparation of Esters" * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf950314j
	International search	[X] - BRANDNER ET AL., "Drying oils from sorbitol and linseed fatty acids", INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY, (194509), vol. 37, no. 9, pages 809 - 812, XP002939340 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie50429a010

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