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EP1250682 - DOCUMENT MONITORING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 14.11.2008 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	23.10.2009	Change - opposition data/opponents data or that of the opponents representative	published on 25.11.2009 [2009/48]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states De La Rue International Limited De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS / GB
	[2008/51]
Former [2002/43]	For all designated states De La Rue International Limited De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / CHRISTOPHERSEN, Bryan James 5 Nelson Avenue, Portchester Fareham, Hampshire PO16 9XH / GB
	[2002/43]
Representative(s)	Skone James, Robert Edmund Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/43]	Skone James, Robert Edmund GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date	01942771.5	23.01.2001
	[2002/43]
	WO2001GB00254
Priority number, date	GB20000001561	24.01.2000 Original published format: GB 0001561
	[2002/43]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0154076
	Date:	26.07.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/30]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1250682
	Date:	23.10.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.07.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/43]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1250682
	Date:	24.08.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/34]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP1250682
	Date:	17.12.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	26.07.2001
Classification	IPC:	G07D7/12, G07D7/18	[2002/43]
	CPC:	G07D7/12 (EP,US); G07D7/183 (EP,US); G07D7/185 (EP,US); G07D7/187 (EP,US); G07D7/20 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2002/43]
Extension states	AL	26.07.2002
	LT	26.07.2002
	LV	26.07.2002
	MK	26.07.2002
	RO	26.07.2002
	SI	26.07.2002
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG VON DOKUMENTEN	[2002/43]
	English:	DOCUMENT MONITORING METHOD	[2002/43]
	French:	PROCEDE DE CONTROLE DE DOCUMENTS	[2002/43]
Entry into regional phase	26.07.2002	National basic fee paid
	26.07.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.07.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	31.07.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	26.07.2002	Examination requested [2002/43]
	08.03.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.06.2005	Fee for grant paid
	27.06.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 23.05.2006 01.06.2006 ADMISSIBLE Mars Incorporated 6885 Elm Street McLean, Virginia 22101-3883 / US Opponent's representative Burke, Steven David R.G.C. Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB
		[2009/48]
	Former [2006/27]
	Opponent(s)	01 23.05.2006 01.06.2006 ADMISSIBLE Mars Incorporated 6885 Elm Street McLean, Virginia 22101-3883 / US Opponent's representative Burke, Steven David R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RH / GB
	28.06.2006	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	19.12.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	03.03.2008	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	03.03.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	09.04.2008	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	09.04.2008	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	29.07.2008	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	20.10.2008	Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	CY	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	IT	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	TR	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	IE	23.01.2006
	PT	24.01.2006
	LU	31.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
	[2009/02]
Former [2008/37]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	IT	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	TR	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	IE	23.01.2006
	PT	24.01.2006
	LU	31.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
Former [2007/36]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	IT	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	IE	23.01.2006
	PT	24.01.2006
	LU	31.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
Former [2007/10]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	IE	23.01.2006
	PT	24.01.2006
	LU	31.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
Former [2006/48]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	IE	23.01.2006
	PT	24.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
Former [2006/44]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
	MC	31.01.2006
Former [2006/26]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
Former [2006/25]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
Former [2006/14]	AT	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
Former [2006/13]	AT	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005

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