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EP0686643 - Guar gum composition and process for making it [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.04.2002 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	04.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states RHODIA INC. CN 7500, Prospect Plains Road Cranbury New Jersey 08512 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1998/40]	For all designated states RHODIA INC. CN 7500, Prospect Plains Road Cranbury, New Jersey 08512 / US
Former [1995/50]	For all designated states RHONE-POULENC INC. 125 Black Horse Lane Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Cottrell, Ian William 2206 Yardley Drive Yardley, PA 19067 / US
	02 / Yeh, Michael H. 46 Tar Heels Road Hamilton, NJ 08619 / US
	[1995/50]
Representative(s)	Seugnet, Jean Louis, et al RHODIA Services Direction de la Propriété Industrielle 40 Rue de la Haie-Coq 93306 Aubervilliers Cedex / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2001/18]	Seugnet, Jean Louis, et al Rhodia Services, Direction de la Propriété Industrielle, 40, rue de la Haie-Coq 93306 Aubervilliers Cedex / FR
Former [1995/50]	Seugnet, Jean Louis, et al RHONE-POULENC CHIMIE, Direction de la Propriété Industrielle, 25, Quai Paul Doumer F-92408 Courbevoie Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date	95401312.4	07.06.1995
	[1995/50]
Priority number, date	US19940257609	09.06.1994 Original published format: US 257609
	US19940257611	09.06.1994 Original published format: US 257611
	[1995/50]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0686643
	Date:	13.12.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/50]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0686643
	Date:	06.06.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/23]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	31.08.1995
Classification	IPC:	C08B37/14	[1995/50]
	CPC:	C08B37/0096 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1995/50]
Title	German:	Guargummizusammensetzung und Verfahren zur deren Herstellung	[1995/50]
	English:	Guar gum composition and process for making it	[1995/50]
	French:	Composition de gomme de guar et procédé pour l'obtenir	[1995/50]
Examination procedure	10.06.1995	Examination requested [1995/50]
	26.05.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	05.12.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.05.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.11.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.07.2000	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	04.12.2000	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.03.2001	Fee for grant paid
	12.03.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.03.2002	No opposition filed within time limit [2002/22]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.06.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	GR	06.06.2001
	IT	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	NL	06.06.2001
	DK	06.09.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
	ES	20.12.2001
	[2008/06]
Former [2004/07]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	GR	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	NL	06.06.2001
	DK	06.09.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
	ES	20.12.2001
Former [2004/04]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	NL	06.06.2001
	DK	06.09.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
	ES	20.12.2001
Former [2003/45]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	NL	06.06.2001
	DK	06.09.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
Former [2003/08]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	NL	06.06.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
Former [2002/26]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	PT	06.09.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
Former [2002/15]	AT	06.06.2001
	BE	06.06.2001
	CH	06.06.2001
	LI	06.06.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
Former [2002/12]	BE	06.06.2001
	SE	06.09.2001
Former [2002/05]	SE	06.09.2001
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPS63101402 ;
		[Y]US4429121 (SANDFORD PAUL A [US]) [Y] 1-20 * column A * * column 2, line 60 - column 3, line 25; example 2; table 2 * * column 1, line 45 - column 2, line 54 *;
		JPS5996103 [ ] (MITSUBISHI ACETATE CO LTD, et al);
		JPS59164301 [ ] (MITSUBISHI ACETATE CO LTD);
		[Y]EP0163271 (HENKEL CORP [US]) [Y] 1-20 * claim - * * page 5, line 33 - page 6, line 10 *
		[Y] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 102, no. 2, Database accession no. 8535, page 8535, column R [Y] 1-20 * abstract *
		[A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 101, no. 18, Database accession no. 153783, page 100 [A] 1-18 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 88, no. 24, Database accession no. 88-164096, & JPS63101402 A 19880506 (MITSUBISHI ACETATE CO.) [A] * abstract *
	Examination	US3723409
	by applicant	US3912713
		US4057509
		US4169945
		US4659911
		US4693982
		US4874854

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