blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News Flashes

Latvia joins the Federated Register
Click here for more information on the Federated Register.

2025-04-16

More...
blank Related links

Release notes
European Patent Register Assistant
European Patent Register Resource Book
European Patent Register – pocket guide
FAQ - European Patent Register
Federated Register (Flyer)
Global Dossier (Flyer)
Register events
Deep link coverage
Federated Register content
The Patent Information Tour
Fair use charter

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP1574539

EP1574539 - Catalyst composition for producing polyethylene terephthalate from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, and process therefore [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.02.2008
Database last updated on 03.05.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip23.07.2010Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 25.08.2010  [2010/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation Inc.
P.O. Box 5101
11422 Riyadh / SA
[2005/37]
Inventor(s)01 / Bashir, Zahir
P.O. Box 42503
11551 Riyadh / SA
02 / Siddiqui, Jamil
P.O. Box 42503
11551 Riyadh / SA
03 / Sampath, Venkatanathan
P.O. Box 42503
11551 Riyadh / SA
04 / Al Luhaidan, Khalid
P.O. Box 42503
11551 Riyadh / SA
 [2005/37]
Representative(s)Krijgsman, Willem
SABIC Europe
Corporate Patent Group
P.O. Box 3008
6160 GA Geleen / NL
[N/P]
Former [2006/21]Krijgsman, Willem
SABIC Europe Patent Department P.O.Box 3008
6160 GA Geleen / NL
Former [2005/37]Winkler, Andreas Fritz Ernst
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date04005822.411.03.2004
[2005/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1574539
Date:14.09.2005
Language:EN
[2005/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1574539
Date:25.04.2007
Language:EN
[2007/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.02.2005
ClassificationIPC:C08G63/86, C08G63/83, C08G63/80
[2005/37]
CPC:
C08G63/866 (EP,US); C08F4/20 (KR); C08G63/80 (EP,US);
C08G63/83 (EP,KR,US); C08G63/85 (KR); C08G63/86 (KR);
C08G63/183 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2005/37]
TitleGerman:Zusammensetzung vom Katalysator zur Herstellung von Polyethyleneterephthalat aus Terephthalsäure und Ethylenglykol und deren Verfahren[2005/37]
English:Catalyst composition for producing polyethylene terephthalate from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, and process therefore[2005/37]
French:Composition de catalyseur pour la production de polyéthylène téréphtalate à partir d'acide téréphtalique et d'éthylène glycol et procédé l'utilisant[2005/37]
Examination procedure28.09.2005Examination requested  [2005/47]
10.11.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.03.2007Fee for grant paid
06.03.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.01.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2008/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
14.03.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court		 See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CY25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
EE25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
RO25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
GR26.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
HU26.10.2007
[2010/34]
Former [2009/35]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CY25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
EE25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
RO25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
GR26.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2009/11]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
EE25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
RO25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
GR26.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/28]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
RO25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
GR26.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/22]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
GR26.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/14]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SK25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/11]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
CZ25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/09]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
BG25.07.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/08]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
DK25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/07]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SI25.04.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2008/04]AT25.04.2007
BE25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2007/50]AT25.04.2007
FI25.04.2007
PL25.04.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Former [2007/49]FI25.04.2007
SE25.07.2007
PT25.09.2007
Documents cited:Search[X]JPH1121338  ;
 [DA]US5166311  (NICHOLS CARL S [US]) [DA] 1-16 * column 2, line 38 - column 3, line 22 *;
 [A]US5340906  (SHIROKURA YUKIO [JP], et al) [A] 1-16 * column 2, line 60 - column 3, line 12 * * column 4, line 59 - line 65 * * column 5, line 39 - line 47 * * column 5, line 59 - column 6, line 2 * * example -; claim - *;
 [X]US5608031  (YAU CHEUK C [US], et al) [X] 1-4 * column 2, line 26 - line 62 * * column 3, line 12 - line 18 * * column 4, line 1 - line 28 * * column 5, line 42 - column 6, line 1 * * column 6, line 19 - line 21 * * example 2; claims 26,37 *;
 [DX]US5623047  (YUO WU-BIN [TW], et al) [DX] 1-16 * column 3, line 19 - line 56 * * claim - *;
 [A]US6160085  (FUJIMORI YOSHIHIRO [JP], et al) [A] 1-16* the whole document *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1999, no. 14, Database accession no. 1999-163247, XP002318124 & JPH1121338 A 19990126 (TEIJIN LTD) [X] 1-4 * abstract *
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.