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EP About this file: EP3615578

EP3615578 - IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ABS GRAFT COPOLYMERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  13.10.2023
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.02.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.10.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.01.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  27.04.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip26.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AT		published on 28.08.2024 [2024/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH
Mainzer Landstraße 50
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[2023/46]
Former [2020/10]For all designated states
INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH
Mainzer Landstraße 50
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Inventor(s)01 / MICHELS, Gisbert
Kuhlmannweg 8
51375 Leverkusen / DE
02 / JANSEN, Ulrich
Stürzelberger Str. 50
41541 Dormagen / DE
03 / KAMINSKY, Stefan
Dinkelackerring 59
67435 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse / DE
04 / WITTENBERG, Nils
Fischbacher Weg 7
65719 Hofheim am Taunus / DE
05 / RÜTER, Fabian
Angelika-Kauffmann-Str. 4
41470 Neuss / DE
 [2020/10]
Representative(s)Jacobi, Markus Alexander
Patentanwälte
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler PartG mbB
Eastsite One
Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4
68163 Mannheim / DE
[2020/10]
Application number, filing date18717637.523.04.2018
[2020/10]
WO2018EP60268
Priority number, dateEP2017016777124.04.2017         Original published format: EP 17167771
[2020/10]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018197377
Date:01.11.2018
Language:DE
[2018/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3615578
Date:04.03.2020
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.11.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3615578
Date:10.03.2021
Language:DE
[2021/10]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP3615578
Date:15.11.2023
Language:DE
[2023/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.11.2018
ClassificationIPC:C08F6/22, C08F279/04, C08L25/12, C08L55/02, C08L69/00
[2020/10]
CPC:
C08F279/04 (EP,KR,US); C08L51/04 (US); C08C1/12 (US);
C08F2/22 (KR); C08F212/08 (KR); C08F6/22 (EP,KR);
C08L25/12 (EP,KR); C08L25/14 (KR); C08L55/02 (KR);
C08L69/00 (EP); C08L2205/02 (US); C08L2207/53 (US) (-)
C-Set:
C08F6/22, C08L25/12 (EP);
C08F6/22, C08L55/02 (EP);
C08L25/12, C08L55/02, C08L83/04 (EP);
C08L69/00, C08L25/12, C08L55/02 (EP)
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TitleGerman:VERBESSERTES VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ABS-PFROPFCOPOLYMEREN[2020/10]
English:IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ABS GRAFT COPOLYMERS[2020/10]
French:PROCÉDÉ AMÉLIORÉ DE PRODUCTION DE COPOLYMÈRES GREFFÉS D'ABS[2020/10]
Entry into regional phase08.11.2019National basic fee paid 
08.11.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
08.11.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.11.2019Examination requested  [2020/10]
08.11.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
05.06.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.10.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.02.2021Fee for grant paid
01.02.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.02.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  26.11.2021  30.11.2021  ADMISSIBLE
Elix Polymers, S.L.
Poligono Industrial
Ctra. de Vilaseca
La Pineda s/n
43110 La Canonja / ES
Opponent's representative
Sugrañes, S.L.P.
Calle Provenza 304
08008 Barcelona / ES
 [2022/01]
22.12.2021Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
07.04.2022Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
10.05.2023Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
10.05.2023Date of oral proceedings
26.05.2023Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
26.05.2023Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
14.09.2023Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
10.10.2023Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1976.021770711
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