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EP0378529 - OPTICALLY BRIGHTENED PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPORT AND ELEMENT CONTAINING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  28.06.2002
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip15.08.2008Change - applicantpublished on 17.09.2008  [2008/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-2201 / US
[N/P]
Former [2008/38]For all designated states
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester NY 14650-2201 / US
Former [1990/30]For all designated states
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)
343 State Street
Rochester, New York 14650 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TOMKO, Donna, Lee
24 Brentwood Drive
Rochester, NY 14624 / US
02 / HARBISON, Kenneth, George
73 Avalon Drive
Rochester, NY 14618 / US
[1990/30]
Representative(s)Buff, Michel, et al
KODAK INDUSTRIE Département Brevets - CRT Zone Industrielle - B.P. 21
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1990/30]Buff, Michel, et al
Kodak-Pathé Département des Brevets et Licences CRT Centre de Recherches et de Technologie Zone Industrielle
F-71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date88902749.610.03.1988
[1990/30]
WO1988US00695
Priority number, dateUS1987002902023.03.1987         Original published format: US 29020
[1990/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8807703
Date:06.10.1988
Language:EN
[1988/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0378529
Date:25.07.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.10.1988 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0378529
Date:03.06.1992
Language:EN
[1992/23]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0378529
Date:14.08.2002
Language:EN
[2002/33]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.10.1988
ClassificationIPC:G03C1/815
[1990/30]
CPC:
G03C1/79 (EP,US); G03C1/8155 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL [1990/30]
TitleGerman:OPTISCH AUFGEHELLTER PHOTOGRAPHISCHER TRÄGER UND DIESEN ENTHALTENDES ELEMENT[1990/30]
English:OPTICALLY BRIGHTENED PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPORT AND ELEMENT CONTAINING SAME[1990/30]
French:SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHIQUE RENDU OPTIQUEMENT BRILLANT ET ELEMENT LE CONTENANT[1990/30]
Entry into regional phase20.09.1989National basic fee paid 
20.09.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
07.09.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.1988Request for preliminary examination filed
20.09.1989Examination requested  [1990/30]
02.05.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.08.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.10.1991Fee for grant paid
30.10.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  03.03.1993  17.03.1993  ADMISSIBLE
Felix Schoeller Jr. GmbH & Co. KG
Burg Gretesch
D-49086 Osnabrück / DE
Opponent's representative
Cohausz & Florack, et al, et al
Patent- & Rechtsanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Bleichstrasse 14
40211 Düsseldorf / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1995/50]
Opponent(s)01  03.03.1993  17.03.1993  ADMISSIBLE
Felix Schoeller Jr. GmbH & Co. KG
Burg Gretesch
D-49086 Osnabrück / DE
Opponent's representative
Cohausz & Florack Patentanwälte, et al, et al
Postfach 33 02 29
D-40435 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [1993/17]
Opponent(s)01  03.03.1993   
Felix Schoeller Jr. GmbH & Co. KG
Burg Gretesch
D-49086 Osnabrück / DE
Opponent's representative
Rücker, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Chem.
Cohausz & Florack Patentanwälte Bergiusstrasse 2 b
D-30655 Hannover / DE
07.04.1993Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
11.08.1993Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
15.11.1995Date of oral proceedings
28.11.1995Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
28.11.1995Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
23.05.1996Reply to a communication from the opposition division
29.07.1996Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M03)
11.10.1996Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
16.05.1997Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
03.09.1997Reply to a communication from the opposition division
16.01.1998Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
26.02.2002Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
11.04.2002Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
13.06.2002Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition20.03.1998Appeal received No.  T0266/98
26.05.1998Statement of grounds filed
26.02.2002Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected
26.02.2002Date of oral proceedings
14.03.2002Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.03.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
06.03.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
17.03.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
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