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EP About this file: EP1987047

EP1987047 - PROCESS FOR GENERATING ALPHA OLEFIN COMONOMERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.05.2016
Database last updated on 18.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip17.08.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 19.09.2018  [2018/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
5200 Bayway Drive
Baytown, TX 77520 / US
[2015/27]
Former [2008/45]For all designated states
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
5200 Bayway Drive
Baytown TX 77520-2191 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LATTNER, James, R.
10 Bay Oaks
LaPorte, TX 77571 / US
02 / REIMERS, Jay, L.
12507 Plantation Creek Drive
Geismar, LA 70734 / US
03 / WALZER, John, F., Jr.
204 Lakeshore Drive
Seabrook, TX 77586 / US
04 / BUCHANAN, John, S.
13 Terrell Road
Lambertville, NJ 08530 / US
05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, D.
99 Russling Road
Hackettstown, NJ 07840 / US
06 / SANKARANARAYANAN, Krishnan
25258 Bald Eagle Terrace
South Riding, VA 20152 / US
07 / AJINKYA, Milind, B.
3267 Pony Ridge Way
Oakton, 22124 VA / US
08 / WOOD, Stephen, M.
118 N. Cameron Street
Sterling, VA 20164 / US
09 / SKOULIDAS, Anastasios
9782 Tombreck Court
Bristow, VA 20136 / US
 [2015/27]
Former [2008/49]01 / LATTNER, James, R.
10 Bay Oaks
LaPorte, TX 77571 / US
02 / REIMERS, Jay, L.
12507 Plantation Creek Drive
Geismar, LA 70734 / US
03 / WALZER, John, F., Jr.
204 Lakeshore Drive
Seabrook, TX 77586 / US
04 / BUCHANAN, John, S.
13 Terrell Road
Lambertville, NJ 08530 / US
05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, D.
99 Russling Road
Hackettstown, NJ 07840 / US
06 / SANKARANARAYANAN, Krishnan
25258 Bald Eagle Terrace
South Riding, VA 20152 / US
07 / AJINKYA, Milind, B.
3267 Pony Way
Oakton, 22124 VA / US
08 / WOOD, Stephen, M.
118 N. Cameron Street
Sterling, VA 20164 / US
09 / SKOULIDAS, Anastasios
9782 Tombreck Court
Bristow, VA 20136 / US
Former [2008/45]01 / LATTNER, James, R.
10 Bay Oaks
LaPorte, TX 77571 / US
02 / REIMERS, Jay, L.
12507 Plantation Creek Drive
Geismar, LA 70734 / US
03 / WALZER, John, F., Jr.
204 Lakeshore Drive
Seabrook, TX 77586 / US
04 / BUCHANAN, John, S.
13 Terrell Road
Lambertville, NJ 08530 / US
05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, D.
99 Russling Road
Hackettstown, NJ 07840 / US
06 / SANKARANARAYANAN, Krishnan
25258 Bald Eagle Terrace
South Riding, VA 20152 / US
07 / AJINKYA, Milind, B.
47 Brookwood Road
Stanhope, NJ / US
08 / WOOD, Stephen, M.
118 N. Cameron Street
Sterling, VA 20164 / US
09 / SKOULIDAS, Anastasios
9782 Tombreck Court
Bristow, VA 20136 / US
Representative(s)Mareschal, Anne, et al
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc.
IP Law Europe
Hermeslaan 2
1831 Machelen / BE
[2015/27]
Former [2014/44]Mareschal, Anne, et al
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc.
IP Law Shared Services
Hermeslaan 2
1831 Machelen / BE
Former [2008/45]Veldhuizen, Albert Dirk Willem
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. IP Law Shared Services P.O. Box 105 Hermeslaan 2
1831 Machelen / BE
Application number, filing date07716705.417.01.2007
[2008/45]
WO2007US01200
Priority number, dateUS2006034665103.02.2006         Original published format: US 346651
US2006034665203.02.2006         Original published format: US 346652
US20060841226P30.08.2006         Original published format: US 841226 P
US2006051787108.09.2006         Original published format: US 517871
US2006051845608.09.2006         Original published format: US 518456
US20060873162P06.12.2006         Original published format: US 873162 P
US20060873221P06.12.2006         Original published format: US 873221 P
[2008/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007092136
Date:16.08.2007
Language:EN
[2007/33]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1987047
Date:05.11.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.08.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2008/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1987047
Date:01.07.2015
Language:EN
[2015/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.10.2007
ClassificationIPC:C07F11/00, C07C2/36, C08F10/00
[2008/45]
CPC:
C07C2/32 (EP,US); C07C2/36 (EP,US); C07C2531/22 (EP,US);
C07C2531/24 (EP,US); Y02P20/52 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C07C2/32, C07C11/02 (EP,US);
C07C2/36, C07C11/02 (US,EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2015/27]
Former [2008/45]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ALPHA-OLEFIN-COMONOMEREN[2008/45]
English:PROCESS FOR GENERATING ALPHA OLEFIN COMONOMERS[2008/45]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE GÉNÉRATION DE COMONOMÈRES D'ALPHA-OLÉFINE[2008/45]
Entry into regional phase20.08.2008National basic fee paid 
20.08.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
20.08.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.12.2007Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.08.2008Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.08.2008Examination requested  [2008/45]
17.10.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.04.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.02.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.05.2015Fee for grant paid
11.05.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.05.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  17.10.2012
Opposition(s)04.04.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.01.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
07.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
06.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
06.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
08.01.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
08.01.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
08.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU17.01.2007
AT01.07.2015
BE01.07.2015
BG01.07.2015
CY01.07.2015
CZ01.07.2015
DK01.07.2015
EE01.07.2015
ES01.07.2015
FI01.07.2015
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LT01.07.2015
LV01.07.2015
MC01.07.2015
NL01.07.2015
PL01.07.2015
RO01.07.2015
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SK01.07.2015
TR01.07.2015
GR02.10.2015
IS01.11.2015
PT02.11.2015
IE17.01.2016
LU17.01.2016
CH31.01.2016
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Cited inInternational search[DX]US6800702  (WASS DUNCAN FRANK [GB]) [DX] 1-64* whole document, in particular claim 16 *;
 [PX]WO2006096881  (EXXONMOBIL CHEM PATENTS INC [US], et al) [PX] 1-64 * the whole document *;
 [PX]US2006247399  (MCCONVILLE DAVID H [US], et al) [PX] 1-64 * the whole document *;
 [PX]  - AGAPIE, THEODOR ET AL, "A Chromium-Diphosphine System for Catalytic Ethylene Trimerization: Synthetic and Structural Studies of Chromium Complexes with a Nitrogen-Bridged Diphosphine Ligand with ortho-Methoxyaryl Substituents", ORGANOMETALLICS , 25(11), 2733-2742 CODEN: ORGND7; ISSN: 0276-7333, (2006), XP002423735 [PX] 1-64 * whole document, in particular the compound of formula 7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om050605+
 [DX]  - CARTER, ANTHEA ET AL, "High activity ethylene trimerization catalysts based on diphosphine ligands", CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM) , (8), 858 -859 CODEN: CHCOFS; ISSN: 1359-7345, (2002), XP002423736 [DX] 1-64 * whole document, in particular the compound of formula 7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b201335e
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