EP0680265 - BIODEGRADABLE TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.04.1998 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.04.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 20.05.1998 [1998/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ROTHMANS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 15 Hill Street London W1X 7FB / GB | [1995/45] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SINCLAIR, Neil, Murray Ardlair Moor Hall Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4ER / GB | 02 /
DART, Robert, Kinsey Dept. of Chemistry Loughborough University Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU / GB | [1995/45] | Representative(s) | Harrison, David Christopher, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1995/45] | Harrison, David Christopher, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | Application number, filing date | 94904269.1 | 17.01.1994 | [1995/45] | WO1994GB00086 | Priority number, date | GB19930000901 | 19.01.1993 Original published format: GB 9300901 | [1995/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9416581 | Date: | 04.08.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/18] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0680265 | Date: | 08.11.1995 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.08.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1995/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0680265 | Date: | 28.05.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/22] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 04.08.1994 | Classification | IPC: | A24D3/08, A24D3/10, A24D3/14 | [1995/45] | CPC: |
A24D3/08 (EP,US);
A24D3/10 (EP,US);
A24D3/14 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1995/45] | Title | German: | BIOABBAUBARE ZIGARETTENFILTER | [1997/22] | English: | BIODEGRADABLE TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS | [1995/45] | French: | FILTRES DE FUMEE DE CIGARETTE BIODEGRADABLES | [1995/45] |
Former [1995/45] | BIOABBAUBARE ZICARETTENFILTER | Entry into regional phase | 08.08.1995 | National basic fee paid | 08.08.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 08.08.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.07.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 08.08.1995 | Examination requested [1995/45] | 27.06.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 15.11.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 28.11.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.02.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 17.02.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 03.03.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.01.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Cited in | International search | [X]JPS52140482 ; | [PA]JPH05227939 ; | [X]FR972530 (E. POUTERMAN) [X] 1-3,5,6,8,9 * the whole document *; | [A]US4022740 (MORIE GERALD P, et al) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 1 - column 2, line 10 ** column 3, line 49 - line 58 *; | [X]DE3313344 (STOCKHAUSEN CHEM FAB GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-3,5,6,8,9 * claims 1,10 * * page 5, paragraph 5 - page 6, paragraph 1 * | [X] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, (1978), vol. 78, no. 02, Database accession no. 78-03046A, & JPS52140482 A 19771124 (H. SHIOYAMA) [X] 1-3,5,6,8,9 * abstract * | [PA] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, (1993), vol. 93, no. 40, Database accession no. 93-316591, & JPH05227939 A 19930907 (NIPPON KAYAKU) [PA] 1-9 * abstract * | Examination | JPH05227939 | - DATABASE WPI Week 9340, 1993 Derwent Publications Ltd., LondonGB; AN 93- | - 316591 & JP,A,5 227 939 (NIPPON KAYAKU) 7 September 1993 |