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EP About this file: EP0549714

EP0549714 - METHODS FOR CONTROL AND MITIGATION OF MOLLUSCS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  18.02.2000
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC
3412 Hillview Avenue, P.O. Box 10412 Palo Alto
California 94303 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/27]For all designated states
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC
3412 Hillview Avenue, P.O. Box 10412
Palo Alto, California 94303 / US
Inventor(s)01 / FELLERS, Billy, D.
Route 1, Box 244B
Glenn Rose, RX 76043 / US
02 / LARONGE, Thomas, M.
10439 N.E. Fourth Plain Road
Vancouver, WA 98662 / US
03 / FREEDMAN, Arthur, J.
390 Penn Estates
East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18301 / US
[1993/50]
Former [1993/27]01 / FELLERS, Billy, D.
Route 1, Box 244B
Glenn Rose, RX 76043 / US
02 / LARONGE, Thomas, M.
10439 N.E. Fourth Plain Road
Vancouver, WA 98662 / US
03 / FREEDMAN, Arthur, J.
246 Longview Road
Lebanon, NJ 08833 / US
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/27]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date91918479.605.09.1991
[1993/27]
WO1991US06236
Priority number, dateUS1990057881206.09.1990         Original published format: US 578812
[1993/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9203924
Date:19.03.1992
Language:EN
[1992/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0549714
Date:07.07.1993
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.03.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1993/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US19.03.1992
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.02.1994
ClassificationIPC:A01N33/02, A01N33/08, A01N33/12, A01N33/14, A01N43/50, A01N33/04, A01N33/06
[1994/13]
CPC:
A01N43/50 (EP,US); A01N33/04 (EP,US); A01N33/08 (EP,US);
A01N33/12 (EP,US); Y10S210/931 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1993/27]A01N33/02, A01N33/08, A01N33/12, A01N33/14, A01N43/50
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1993/27]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR KONTROLLE UND VERMINDERUNG VON MOLLUSKEN[1993/27]
English:METHODS FOR CONTROL AND MITIGATION OF MOLLUSCS[1993/27]
French:PROCEDES DE CONTROLE ET DE DIMINUTION DE MOLLUSQUES[1993/27]
Entry into regional phase10.03.1993National basic fee paid 
10.03.1993Search fee paid 
10.03.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
10.03.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.04.1992Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
10.03.1993Examination requested  [1993/27]
30.05.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.12.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.01.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.07.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.02.1996Date of oral proceedings
26.03.1996Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
26.03.1996Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
01.04.1998Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2000/14]
22.04.1998Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2000/14]
Appeal following examination22.05.1996Appeal received No.  T1043/96
02.08.1996Statement of grounds filed
08.07.1998Result of appeal procedure: the application was deemed to be withdrawn
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
18.08.1995Renewal fee patent year 05
22.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.199606   M06   Fee paid on   22.11.1996
30.09.199707   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[E]EP0457439  (CALGON CORP [US]) [E] 1,3,4,6,8 * page 3, line 27 - line 45; claim -; table 1 *;
 [X]FR1460037  (G.G.SINDERY) [X] 1-8 * the whole document *;
 [X]SE1456373  ;
 [X]JPS5279024  ;
 [X]JPS5210418  ;
 [X]JPS5625102  ;
 [X]JPS55160701  ;
 [X]JPS55143902  ;
 [X]JPS5721301  ;
 [X]JPS57116004  ;
 [X]US4789489  (HOLLIS C GEORGE [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8 * column W *;
 [X]US4462914  (SMITH ALAN L [US]) [X] 1-6,8 * column W *;
 [X]US4643835  (KOEPLIN-GALL SANDRA [US], et al) [X] 1-7 * column 3, line 13 - column 4, line 2; claim 1 *;
 [A]JPS5386029
 [X]  - SOVIET PATENTS ABSTRACTS, 6, Derwent World Patents Index, (19900110), vol. 89, no. 47, Database accession no. 89-346323/47, & SE1456373 A 19890207 (DNEPROPETROVSK ARTEM MIN) [X] 1-6,9,10 * abstract *
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. Y, no. 33, Database accession no. 77-58386Y/33, & JPS5279024 A 19770702 (KAO SOAP) [X] 1-6 * abstract *
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. Y, no. 10, Database accession no. 77-17248Y/10, & JPS5210418 A 19770126 (KATAYAMA KAGAKU KOG) [X] 1-6 * abstract *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19810519), vol. 005, no. 075, Database accession no. (C - 055), & JP56025102 A 19810310 (KATAYAMA CHEM WORKS) [X] 1-6 * abstract *
 [X]  - CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL, 7, Derwent World Patents Index, (19810315), vol. D, no. 08, Database accession no. 12540D/08, & JPS55160701 A 19801213 (KATAYAMA KAGAKU KOG) [X] 1-7 * abstract *
 [X]  - CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL, 7, Derwent World Patents Index, (19810304), vol. D, no. 02, Database accession no. 01007D/02, & JPS55143902 A 19801110 (KATAYAMA KAGAKU KOG) [X] 1-7 * abstract *
 [X]  - CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL, 7, Derwent World Patents Index, (19820512), vol. E, no. 11, Database accession no. 20410E/11, & JPS5721301 A 19820204 (KATAYAMA KAGAKU KOG) [X] 1-6 * abstract *
 [X]  - CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL, 7, Derwent World Patents Index, (19821020), vol. E, no. 34, Database accession no. 71371E/34, & JPS57116004 A 19820719 (MITSIBUSHI GAS CHEM IND) [X] 1-6,9,10 * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. A, no. 35, Database accession no. 78-62755A/35, & JPS5386029 A 19780729 (NISSAN CHEM IND KK)
International search[XY]US4289820  (BLESSING HUBERT);
 [XY]US4789489  (HOLLIS C GEORGE [US], et al);
 [Y]US4447411  (LANGDON CHRISTOPHER J [US]);
 [Y]US4923887  (BAUER WOLFGANG [DE], et al);
 [PY]US5030629  (RAJADHYAKSHA VITHAL J [US]);
 [Y]US4876249  (RAJADHYAKSHA VITHAL J [US])
 [Y]  - Derwent Publications Ltd's Abstract of JP 61122208, 10 June 1986.
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