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EP1518955 - TEXTILE PRODUCT DECOLORING DEVICE AND DECOLORING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.05.2008 Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	10.07.2009	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY	published on 12.08.2009 [2009/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Howa Kabushiki Kaisha 4-4-18, Kojimatanokuchi Kurashiki-shi Okayama 711-0903 / JP
	[2007/28]
Former [2006/04]	For all designated states Howa Kabushiki Kaisha 4-4-18, Kojimatanokuchi Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 711-0903 / JP
Former [2005/13]	For all designated states Howa Kabushiki Kaisha 4-4-18, Kojimatanokuchi Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 711-0903 / JP
	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Inamoto Seisakusho 948, Genpeijimamachi Matto-shi, Ishikawa 924-0052 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / TASHIRO, Takehisa 9-13-23, Kojimashitanomachi Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 711-0906 / JP
	02 / MIYAHARA, Kakuji 2-5-41, Kojimatanokuchi Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 711-0903 / JP
	03 / ANDO, Toyoteru 1-2-31, Kojimatanokuchi Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 711-0903 / JP
	04 / NISHIKURA, Katsuhiro 1031, Hattamachi Matto-shi, Ishikawa 924-0001 / JP
	05 / SHINBASHI, Masatoshi 7-3, Chiyonohigashi 5-chome Matto-shi, Ishikawa 924-0073 / JP
	[2005/13]
Representative(s)	Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bavariaring 10 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2005/13]	Winter, Brandl, &Fürniss, Hübner Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bavariaring 10 80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date	02728084.1	17.05.2002
	[2005/13]
	WO2002JP04817
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO03097916
	Date:	27.11.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/48]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1518955
	Date:	30.03.2005
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.11.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2005/13]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1518955
	Date:	11.07.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/28]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	27.11.2003
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	15.02.2006
Classification	IPC:	D06B23/18	[2005/13]
	CPC:	D06B11/0096 (EP,US); D06C27/00 (KR); D06M11/34 (EP,US); D06P5/132 (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 [2005/13]
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:	TEXTILGUTENTFÄRBUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN	[2005/13]
	English:	TEXTILE PRODUCT DECOLORING DEVICE AND DECOLORING METHOD	[2005/13]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE DECOLORATION DE PRODUITS TEXTILES ET PROCEDE DE DECOLORATION	[2005/13]
Entry into regional phase	06.12.2004	Translation filed
	06.12.2004	National basic fee paid
	06.12.2004	Search fee paid
	06.12.2004	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.12.2004	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.12.2003	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	06.12.2004	Examination requested [2005/13]
	26.05.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.10.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.12.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.04.2007	Fee for grant paid
	23.04.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	14.04.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/25]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.05.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.05.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	CY	11.07.2007
	DK	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	SE	11.10.2007
	DE	12.10.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
	FR	07.03.2008
	[2009/33]
Former [2008/36]	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	DK	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	SE	11.10.2007
	DE	12.10.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
	FR	07.03.2008
Former [2008/32]	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	DK	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	SE	11.10.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
	FR	07.03.2008
Former [2008/28]	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	DK	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	SE	11.10.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
Former [2008/22]	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	DK	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
Former [2008/21]	AT	11.07.2007
	BE	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	GR	12.10.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
Former [2008/13]	AT	11.07.2007
	CH	11.07.2007
	FI	11.07.2007
	LI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
Former [2008/10]	FI	11.07.2007
	NL	11.07.2007
	PT	11.12.2007
Former [2008/09]	NL	11.07.2007
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US5313811 (WASINGER ERIC [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * column 1, lines 15-24 * * column 2, line 48 - column 3, line 35 * * column 5, line 44 - column 7, line 28; figures 1,4 *;
		[A]DE19546075 (BERNLOEHR JUERGEN [DE]) [A] 1-9 * abstract *;
		[A]US5611816 (WASINGER ERIC [US]) [A] 1-9 * abstract *;
		[A]US5613983 (TERRY RAYMOND [US], et al) [A] 1-9* claim 1 *;
		[X]WO0134894 (WASINGER ERIC [US]) [X] 1-9 * page 2, paragraph 6 * * page 3, paragraphs 2-6 * * page 4, paragraph 5 * * page 5, paragraphs 1,4; claims 1,11-13 *
	International search	[A]JPH04200588 (YEC KK);
		[A]JPH06212554 (PATENT & INOBUACHIOONSUAGENTOU);
		[Y]JPH0711565 (ASAHI CHEMICAL IND);
		[A]JPH07207572 (TOSHIBA ENGINEERING CO, et al);
		[Y]WO9522647 (STRAUSS LEVI & CO [US]);
		[A]JP2002105844 (INAMOTO SEISAKUSHO KK, et al)

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