EP0682094 - A pourable water dispersible thickening composition for aqueous systems and a method of thickening said aqueous systems [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 16.10.2009 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.11.2014 | New entry: Decision (+date) in appeal procedure | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Elementis Specialties, Inc. 329 Wyckoffs Mill Road Hightstown New Jersey 08520 / US | [2009/47] |
Former [2005/49] | For all designated states Elementis Specialties, Inc. 329 Wyckoffs Mill Road Hightstown New Jersey 08520 / US | ||
Former [1995/46] | For all designated states RHEOX INTERNATIONAL, INC. Wyckoffs Mill Road Hightstown, New Jersey 08520 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Doolan, Joseph G. 312 Hickory Corner Road Hightstown, NJ 08520 / US | 02 /
Cody, Charles A. 11 Stanley Drive Robbinsville, NJ 08691 / US | [1995/46] | Representative(s) | Metten, Karl-Heinz, et al Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22 80336 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2006/22] | Metten, Karl-Heinz, et al Forrester & Boehmert, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE | ||
Former [2005/43] | Groening, Hans Wilhelm, et al BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE | ||
Former [1995/46] | Duffy, Assumpta Dympna, et al F. R. Kelly & Co., 27 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge Dublin 4 / IE | Application number, filing date | 95650015.1 | 10.05.1995 | [1995/46] | Priority number, date | US19940242747 | 12.05.1994 Original published format: US 242747 | [1995/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0682094 | Date: | 15.11.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/46] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0682094 | Date: | 14.07.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/28] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0682094 | Date: | 18.11.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/47] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.08.1995 | Classification | IPC: | C09D7/00 | [1995/46] | CPC: |
C09K3/00 (EP,US);
C09D7/43 (EP,US);
C08L75/04 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL [1995/46] | Title | German: | Wässrige, fliessfähige Verdickungszusammensetzung für wässrige Systeme und ein Verfahren zur Verdickung dieser wässrigen Systeme | [1995/46] | English: | A pourable water dispersible thickening composition for aqueous systems and a method of thickening said aqueous systems | [1995/46] | French: | Composition aqueuse, coulante d'épaississement pour des systèmes aqueux et méthode pour l'épaississement de ces systèmes aqueux | [1995/46] | Examination procedure | 15.05.1996 | Examination requested [1996/28] | 27.12.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.04.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.06.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 17.11.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.03.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.04.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.09.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 22.12.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.02.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 13.02.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 02
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18.01.2005
WITHDRAWN SÜD-CHEMIE AG Lenbachplatz 6 80333 München / DE Opponent's representative Splanemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft Rumfordstrasse 7 80469 München / DE | [2014/49] |
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WITHDRAWN SÜD-CHEMIE AG Lenbachplatz 6 D-80333 München / DE Opponent's representative Splanemann Reitzner Baronetzky Westendorp Patentanwälte Rumfordstrasse 7 80469 München / DE | ||
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29.03.2000
05.03.2002
ADMISSIBLE Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 130164 40551 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
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14.04.2000
18.01.2005
WITHDRAWN SÜD-CHEMIE AG Lenbachplatz 6 D-80333 München / DE Opponent's representative Splanemann Reitzner Baronetzky Westendorp Patentanwälte Rumfordstrasse 7 80469 München / DE | |||
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29.03.2000
05.03.2002
ADMISSIBLE Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 130164 40551 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
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14.04.2000
03.05.2000
ADMISSIBLE SÜD-CHEMIE AG Lenbachplatz 6 D-80333 München / DE Opponent's representative Splanemann Reitzner Baronetzky Westendorp Patentanwälte Rumfordstrasse 7 80469 München / DE | |||
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ADMISSIBLE Cognis Deutschland GmbH R&T-Intellectual Properties Postfach 13 01 64 40551 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
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SÜD-CHEMIE AG Lenbachplatz 6 D-80333 München / DE Opponent's representative Splanemann Reitzner Baronetzky Westendorp Patentanwälte Rumfordstrasse 7 80469 München / DE | |||
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ADMISSIBLE Cognis Deutschland GmbH R&T-Intellectual Properties Postfach 13 01 64 40551 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
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Cognis Deutschland GmbH R&T-Intellectual Properties Postfach 13 01 64 40551 Düsseldorf / DE | 30.05.2000 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 12.01.2001 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 25.07.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06) | 01.02.2002 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 19.01.2005 | Date of oral proceedings | 04.03.2005 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 04.03.2005 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 08.11.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02) | 20.11.2007 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 18.02.2009 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 28.02.2009 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 30.06.2009 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 28.09.2009 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 03.05.2005 | Appeal received No. T0582/05 | 14.07.2005 | Statement of grounds filed | 08.08.2007 | Result of appeal procedure: continuation of examination procedure | 08.08.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 14.08.2007 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.05.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 06.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Former [2006/14] | FR | 14.07.1999 | |
DK | 14.10.1999 | ||
Former [2003/45] | DK | 14.10.1999 | |
FR | 10.12.1999 | ||
Former [2000/25] | FR | 10.12.1999 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]EP0057875 (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US]) [X] 1 * page 4, line 7 - page 14, line 21; claims 1-12 *; | [X]AU515783B (ROHM & HAAS) [X] 1-10 * page 4, line 23 - page 25, line 19; claim - *; | [X]WO9324577 (HENKEL CORP [US]) [X] 1 * page 1, line 8 - page 8, line 20; claims 1-10 *; | [A]EP0563978 (AQUALON CO [US]) [A] 1 * page 2, line 18 - page 3, line 31; claim - *; | [A]EP0460896 (ROHM & HAAS [US]); | [D]US5137571 (EISENHART ERIC K [US], et al); | [A]EP0250943 (DESOTO INC [US]); | [D]US4722962 (SHAY GREGORY D [US], et al) | [X] - HOWARD ET AL, "FORMULATING WITH COMBINATIONS OF HEUR ASSOCIATIVE THICKENERS", JOURNAL OF COATING TECHNOLOGY, (199201), vol. 64, no. 804, pages 87 - 94, XP000789987 [X] 1 | [X] - MURAKAMI ET AL, "THE INFLUENCE OF HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED, ALKALI-SWELLABLE EMULSIONS ON THE RHEOLOGY OF PIGMENTED COATINGS", SURFACE COATINGS INTERNATIONAL, WEMBLEY, GB, (199301), vol. 76, no. 1, pages 8 - 14, XP000407078 [X] 1 | [X] - SCHALLER, "RHEOLOGY MODIFIERS FOR WATER-BORNE PAINTS", SURFACE COATINGS AUSTRALIA, (198510), vol. 22, no. 10, pages 6 - 13, XP008048463 [X] 1 | Opposition | EP0618243 |