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EP3904435 - WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  01.10.2021
Database last updated on 27.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip15.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
1621, Sakazu
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0801 / JP
[2021/44]
Inventor(s)01 / OKAMOTO, Minoru
c/o Kuraray Co., Ltd., 2045-1, Sakazu
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0801 / JP
02 / SHIMIZU, Sayaka
c/o Kuraray Co., Ltd., 7471, Tamashimaotoshima
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 713-8550 / JP
03 / KAZETO, Osamu
c/o Kuraray Co., Ltd., 7471, Tamashimaotoshima
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 713-8550 / JP
04 / ASADA, Mitsunori
c/o Kuraray Co., Ltd., 2045-1, Sakazu
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0801 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2021/44]01 / OKAMOTO, Minoru
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0801 / JP
02 / SHIMIZU, Sayaka
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 713-8550 / JP
03 / KAZETO, Osamu
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 713-8550 / JP
04 / ASADA, Mitsunori
Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0801 / JP
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/44]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date19901493.727.12.2019
[2021/44]
WO2019JP51492
Priority number, dateJP2018024829128.12.2018         Original published format: JP 2018248291
[2021/44]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020138443
Date:02.07.2020
Language:JA
[2020/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3904435
Date:03.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP02.07.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.08.2022
ClassificationIPC:C08J5/18, B65D65/46, C08K5/053, C11D17/04
[2022/38]
CPC:
C11D3/3753 (EP); C08J5/18 (EP,CN,US); B65D65/46 (EP,CN,US);
C08K5/053 (EP,US); C11D17/042 (EP); C08J2329/04 (EP,CN,US)
C-Set:
C08K5/053, C08L29/04 (EP)
Former IPC [2021/44]C08J5/18, B65D65/46
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2021/44]
TitleGerman:WASSERLÖSLICHE FOLIE UND VERPACKUNG[2021/44]
English:WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGE[2021/44]
French:FILM SOLUBLE DANS L'EAU ET EMBALLAGE[2021/44]
Entry into regional phase26.07.2021Translation filed 
26.07.2021National basic fee paid 
26.07.2021Search fee paid 
26.07.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
26.07.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.07.2021Examination requested  [2021/44]
14.02.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
13.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
14.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]JP2002020507  ;
 [A]JP2016050280  ;
 [A]JP2002020507  (KURARAY CO);
 [A]JP2016050280  (SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD);
 [E]EP3904035  (KURARAY CO [JP]) [E] 1-7 * (in particular Examples 1 and 7); paragraphs [0001] , [0011]; example -; claim -; table 1 *;
 [E]EP3904231  (KURARAY CO [JP]) [E] 1-7 * paragraphs [0001] , [0007]; examples 1-4; claim - *;
 [E]EP3904232  (KURARAY CO [JP]) [E] 1-7 * paragraphs [0001] , [0007]; example 1 and 3; claim -; table 1 *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, (20020123), vol. 2002, no. 33, Database accession no. 2002-287433, XP002807296 & JP2002020507 A 20020123 (KURARAY CO LTD) [X] 1-7 * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, (20160411), vol. 2016, no. 32, Database accession no. 2016-21369J, XP002807297 & JP2016050280 A 20160411 (SEKISUI CHEM IND CO LTD) [A] 1-7 * abstract *
 [T]  - JANG J ET AL, "Plasticizer effect on the melting and crystallization behavior of polyvinyl alcohol", POLYMER, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 44, no. 26, ISSN 0032-3861, (20031201), pages 8139 - 8146, (20031119), XP027140931 [T] 1,4 * the whole document *
International search[A]JP2002020507  (KURARAY CO) [A] 1-7 * , claim 1, paragraph [0027] *;
 [A]JP2002241797  (KAO CORP) [A] 1-7 * , claims 1, 3, 4, paragraph [0008] *;
 [A]JP2016050280  (SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD) [A] 1-7* , claim 1, examples *;
 [A]JP2017114931  (NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEM IND CO LTD:THE) [A] 1-7 * , claims 1, 3, paragraph [0010] *
by applicantWO2018003884
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