EP1556646 - METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER HAVING AT LEAST ONE FLEXIBLE COMPONENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.10.2014 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.07.2016 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 10.08.2016 [2016/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2005/30] | For all designated states Becton, Dickinson and Company 1 Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
POWELL, Kenneth, G. 4513 Wood Valley Drive Raleigh, NC 27613 / US | 02 /
SAHI, Carl 389 High Street Coventry, CT 06238 / US | 03 /
SHERMER, Charles 1020 Manchester Drive Raleigh, NC 27609 / US | 04 /
POLIDORO, John 232 Woodmont Drive Coventry, CT 06238 / US | 05 /
SMUTNEY, Chad, C. 44 Tolland Avenue Stafford Springs, CT 06076 / US | [2005/30] | Representative(s) | dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2013/51] | von Kreisler Selting Werner Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln / DE | ||
Former [2010/15] | von Kreisler Selting Werner Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln / DE | ||
Former [2009/47] | Weber, Thomas Patentanwälte von Kreisler Selting Werner Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln / DE | ||
Former [2005/30] | Weber, Thomas, Dr. Dipl.-Chem. Patentanwälte von Kreisler-Selting-Werner, Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 (Deichmannhaus) 50667 Köln / DE | Application number, filing date | 03774628.6 | 07.10.2003 | [2005/30] | WO2003US31758 | Priority number, date | US20020416277P | 07.10.2002 Original published format: US 416277 P | [2005/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2004033954 | Date: | 22.04.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/17] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1556646 | Date: | 27.07.2005 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.04.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2005/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1556646 | Date: | 18.12.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 27.05.2004 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 21.05.2007 | Classification | IPC: | B67B1/00, B65B31/02, B65B3/00 | [2007/25] | CPC: |
B65B31/02 (EP,US);
A61J1/20 (EP,US);
B65B3/003 (EP,US);
A61J1/10 (EP,US);
A61J3/002 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2005/45] | B67B1/00 | ||
Former IPC [2005/30] | F17C1/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/30] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUM FÜLLEN EINES BEHÄLTERS MIT MINDESTENS EINER FLEXIBLEN KOMPONENTE | [2005/30] | English: | METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER HAVING AT LEAST ONE FLEXIBLE COMPONENT | [2005/30] | French: | PROCEDE DE REMPLISSAGE D'UN RECIPIENT COMPORTANT AU MOINS UN ELEMENT FLEXIBLE | [2005/30] | Entry into regional phase | 18.04.2005 | National basic fee paid | 18.04.2005 | Search fee paid | 18.04.2005 | Designation fee(s) paid | 18.04.2005 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.04.2004 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 18.04.2005 | Examination requested [2005/30] | 23.09.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.01.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.09.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 03.03.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.07.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.11.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 02.11.2013 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 23.09.2010 | Opposition(s) | 19.09.2014 | No opposition filed within time limit [2014/48] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.10.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.10.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.10.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 28.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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SE | 18.12.2013 | Documents cited: | Search | [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed | International search | [X]US3299603 (SHAW FRED B); | [A]US4452030 (INADA JUNJI [JP]); | [A]US4478025 (SCANLAN GREGORY P [US]); | [A]US4731978 (MARTENSSON KARL [SE]); | [A]US4805378 (ANDERSON IAN M [AU]); | [Y]US4840017 (MILLER ROBERT A [US], et al); | [A]US5537803 (OLSEN JAN-ERIK [SE]) | by applicant | US5555705 |