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EP0382835 - MEANS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING SPICES AND LIKE SUBSTANCES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.06.1997 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	30.11.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NEWLY WEDS FOODS, INC 4140 West Fullerton Chicago, IL 60600 / US
	[1990/34]
Inventor(s)	01 / DUDEK, Daniel, H. 5 Fireoak Court Cockeysville, MD 21030 / US
	02 / ANGELL, Donald, W. Route 1 Box 91 Gerald, MO 63037 / US
	[1990/34]
Representative(s)	Bucks, Teresa Anne, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1992/33]	Bucks, Teresa Anne, et al Boult, Wade & Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Former [1990/34]	Alexander, Thomas Bruce Boult, Wade & Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date	89909350.4	26.07.1989
	[1990/34]
	WO1989US03224
Priority number, date	US19880225249	28.07.1988 Original published format: US 225249
	[1990/34]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9000865
	Date:	08.02.1990
	Language:	EN
	[1990/04]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0382835
	Date:	22.08.1990
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.02.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1990/34]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0382835
	Date:	21.08.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/34]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	08.02.1990
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.05.1992
Classification	IPC:	A23B9/02, A23B7/005, A23L3/18, A23L3/00	[1992/29]
	CPC:	A23L3/001 (EP); A23B7/0053 (EP); A23B9/025 (EP); A23L3/185 (EP)
	Former IPC [1990/34]	A23L3/18, A61L2/06
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1996/32]
Former [1990/34]	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR STERILISIERUNG VON GEWÜRZEN UND DERGLEICHEN	[1990/34]
	English:	MEANS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING SPICES AND LIKE SUBSTANCES	[1990/34]
	French:	MOYEN ET PROCEDE DE STERILISATION D'EPICES ET SUBSTANCES ANALOGUES	[1990/34]
Entry into regional phase	28.03.1990	National basic fee paid
	28.03.1990	Search fee paid
	28.03.1990	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.03.1990	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.03.1990	Examination requested [1990/34]
	28.10.1993	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.04.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.11.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.02.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.10.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
	09.02.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
	16.02.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.05.1996	Fee for grant paid
	17.05.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	22.05.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/33]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.07.1991	Renewal fee patent year 03
	09.07.1992	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.07.1993	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.07.1994	Renewal fee patent year 06
	16.06.1995	Renewal fee patent year 07
	20.06.1996	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	21.08.1996
	CH	21.08.1996
	IT	21.08.1996
	LI	21.08.1996
	NL	21.08.1996
	SE	21.11.1996
	[2008/01]
Former [2003/07]	AT	21.08.1996
	CH	21.08.1996
	IT	21.08.1996
	LI	21.08.1996
	NL	21.08.1996
	SE	21.11.1996
Former [1999/42]	AT	21.08.1996
	CH	21.08.1996
	IT	21.08.1996
	LI	21.08.1996
	SE	21.11.1996
Former [1998/04]	AT	21.08.1996
	CH	21.08.1996
	LI	21.08.1996
	SE	21.11.1996
Former [1997/18]	AT	21.08.1996
	SE	21.11.1996
Former [1997/16]	AT	21.08.1996
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US2551981 (THOMPSON ALBERT R);
		[X]FR1439916 ;
		[A]GB1168131 (KARLSRUHE AUGSBURG IWEKA [DE]);
		[Y]EP0269257 (MCCORMICK & CO INC [US])
	International search	[A]US3994685 (LODIGE WILHELM, et al);
		[A]FR2387607 (BRETAGNE ATEL CHANTIERS);
		[A]US4421020 (GROSS DAVID R [US]);
		[X]US4543263 (GOLDHAHN STEPHEN L [US]);
		[X]US4547383 (GOLDHAHN STEPHEN L [US]);
		[AP]US4844933 (HSIEH RON C [US], et al)

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