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EP0789678 - GROWTH MEDIUM AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 05.07.2002 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	05.07.2002	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 21.08.2002 [2002/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LTD. 194 Betty Drive Barrington, IL 60010 / US
	[1997/34]
Inventor(s)	01 / SCHNUDA, Daniel N. 194 Batty Drive Barrington, IL 60010 / US
	[1997/34]
Representative(s)	Schuhmann, Albrecht c/o Merten Patentmanagement Alexanderstrasse 1 90547 Stein / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1998/45]	Schuhmann, Albrecht Tristanstrasse 5 90461 Nürnberg / DE
Former [1997/34]	Merten, Fritz Tristanstrasse 5 90461 Nürnberg / DE
Application number, filing date	94932179.8	31.10.1994
	[1997/34]
	WO1994US12603
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9613473
	Date:	09.05.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/21]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0789678
	Date:	20.08.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/34]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.07.1998
Classification	IPC:	C05F15/00, C05F5/00, C05F3/00, A01G9/10, C05D9/00	[1998/33]
	CPC:	C05F5/002 (EP,US); A01G24/18 (EP,US); A01G24/25 (EP,US); C05D9/00 (EP); Y02A40/20 (EP); Y02P20/145 (EP); (+) Y10S47/09 (EP); Y10S47/10 (EP) (-)
	C-Set:	C05D9/00, C05F3/00, C05F5/002, C05F11/00 (EP); C05F5/002, C05F11/00 (EP)
	Former IPC [1997/34]	C05F15/00, C05F5/00, C05F3/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1997/34]
Title	German:	WACHTUMSMEDIUM UND VERFAHREN	[1997/34]
	English:	GROWTH MEDIUM AND METHOD	[1997/34]
	French:	MILIEU DE CROISSANCE ET PROCEDE	[1997/34]
Entry into regional phase	30.05.1997	National basic fee paid
	30.05.1997	Search fee paid
	30.05.1997	Designation fee(s) paid
	30.05.1997	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.05.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	30.05.1997	Examination requested [1997/34]
	15.10.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.02.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.04.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	01.10.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.06.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.12.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.07.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	08.02.2002	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2002/34]
	14.03.2002	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2002/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.05.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.10.1997	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.10.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.04.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	31.10.2000	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.1999	06 M06 Fee paid on 28.04.2000
	31.10.2001	08 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] JPH03195421
		[X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 456 (C - 0886) 20 November 1991 (1991-11-20) [X] 1 * abstract *
		[X] DATABASE WPI Derwent World Patents Index; AN 91-292585 * abstract *

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