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EP About this file: EP0272026

EP0272026 - Process for the decomposition of acrylamide [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.12.1993
Database last updated on 21.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 26.12.2007  [2007/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
Imperial Chemical House, Millbank
London SW1P 3JF / GB
[1988/25]
Inventor(s)01 / Carver, Mark Andrew
Hallswood 503 Yarm Road&Eaglescliffe
Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland TS16 9BE / GB
02 / Hinton, John
24 Eagle Park Marton
Middlesborough Cleveland TS8 9NT / GB
[1988/25]
Representative(s)Locke, Timothy John, et al
ICI Group Patents Services Dept. PO Box 6 Shire Park Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City
Herts, AL7 1HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1991/38]Locke, Timothy John, et al
ICI Group Patents Services Dept. PO Box 6 Shire Park Bessemer Road
Welwyn Garden City Herts, AL7 1HD / GB
Former [1988/25]Aufflick, James Neil
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC Legal Department: Patents PO Box 6 Bessemer Road
Welwyn Garden City Herts, AL7 1HD / GB
Application number, filing date87310710.604.12.1987
[1988/25]
Priority number, dateGB1986003001216.12.1986         Original published format: GB 8630012
[1988/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0272026
Date:22.06.1988
Language:EN
[1988/25]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0272026
Date:05.04.1989
Language:EN
[1989/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0272026
Date:03.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/05]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.02.1989
ClassificationIPC:C12N9/80, C12P7/40, // (C12P7/40, C12R1:02)
[1988/25]
CPC:
C08F6/006 (EP); C12N9/80 (EP); C12P7/40 (EP,KR)
C-Set:
C08F6/006, C08L33/26 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1988/25]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Acrylamid-Aufspaltung[1988/25]
English:Process for the decomposition of acrylamide[1988/25]
French:Procédé de décomposition de l'acrylamide[1988/25]
Biological materialThis application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Examination procedure10.08.1989Examination requested  [1989/40]
24.07.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.01.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.02.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.06.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.07.1992Fee for grant paid
06.07.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.11.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1994/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.11.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
15.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
23.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
10.11.1992Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE03.02.1993
IT03.02.1993
NL03.02.1993
[2007/52]
Former [1999/42]BE03.02.1993
IT03.02.1993
NL03.02.1993
Former [1997/17]BE03.02.1993
NL03.02.1993
Former [1993/47]BE03.02.1993
NL03.02.1993
Former [1993/38]NL03.02.1993
Documents cited:Search[A]JP54046887  ;
 [A]US4532214  (SZAJANI BELA [HU], et al);
 [E]EP0272025  (ICI PLC [GB])
 [A]  - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 91, no. 11, 10th September 1979, page 610, no. 89550d, Columbus, Ohio, US; & JP-A-54 046 887 (NITTO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD) 13-04-1979, & JP54046887 A 00000000
 [A]  - AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTY, vol. 46, no. 5, 1982, pages 1175-1181, Tokyo, JP; Y. ASANO et al.: "Purification and characterization of amidase which participates in nitrile degradation"
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