EP2692744 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.06.2018 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 21.07.2017 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.04.2017 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 03.02.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. 346-1, Miyanishi, Harima-cho Kako-gun, Hyogo 675-0145 / JP | [2014/06] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HONDA, Noriko 767-6, Nakatsu Kakogawa-cho Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0068 / JP | 02 /
WATANABE, Ayaka Room 101 Granhill, 20-31 Marugasakicho Minuma-ku Saitama-shi, Saitama 337-0007 / JP | 03 /
KONDO, Kimihiko c/o SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. 1, Irifune-cho Shikama-ku Himeji-shi, Hyogo 672-8076 / JP | [2017/34] |
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HONDA, Noriko 767-6, Nakatsu Kakogawa-cho Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0068 / JP | ||
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WATANABE, Ayaka Room 101 Granhill, 20-31 Marugasakicho Minuma-ku Saitama-shi, Saitama 3370007 / JP | |||
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KONDO, Kimihiko c/o SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. 1, Irifune-cho Shikama-ku Himeji-shi, Hyogo 672-8076 / JP | Representative(s) | Kingsbury, Oliver William, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [2017/34] |
Former [2014/06] | Oldroyd, Richard Duncan Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | Application number, filing date | 12765406.9 | 12.03.2012 | [2017/34] | WO2012JP56300 | Priority number, date | JP20110070727 | 28.03.2011 Original published format: JP 2011070727 | [2014/06] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012132861 | Date: | 04.10.2012 | Language: | JA | [2012/40] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2692744 | Date: | 05.02.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2692744 | Date: | 23.08.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/34] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 04.10.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.10.2014 | Classification | IPC: | C08F6/24, C08F4/04, C08F4/28, C08F20/06, C08F2/20, A61L15/60 | [2014/45] | CPC: |
A61L15/60 (EP,US);
C08F6/24 (KR);
B01J20/261 (US);
C08F2/14 (EP,US);
C08F2/20 (EP,US);
C08F2/38 (KR);
C08F20/06 (EP,KR,US);
C08F4/04 (EP,KR,US);
C08F4/28 (KR);
| C-Set: |
A61L15/60, C08L33/02 (US,EP);
A61L15/60, C08L33/08 (US,EP);
A61L15/60, C08L33/10 (EP,US);
C08F6/006, C08L33/02 (EP,US); |
Former IPC [2014/06] | C08F6/24, C08F4/04, C08F4/28, C08F20/06 | Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2014/06] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR WASSERABSORBIERENDES HARZ | [2014/06] | English: | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN | [2014/06] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION D'UNE RÉSINE ABSORBANT L'EAU | [2014/06] | Entry into regional phase | 12.08.2013 | Translation filed | 12.08.2013 | National basic fee paid | 12.08.2013 | Search fee paid | 12.08.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.08.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.08.2013 | Examination requested [2014/06] | 01.05.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 18.12.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.04.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.07.2016 | Observations by third parties | 21.09.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 31.01.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.04.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 14.07.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 14.07.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 14.07.2017 | Receipt 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 18.12.2015 | Opposition(s) | 24.05.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/31] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 10.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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