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EP0881968
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| EP0881968 - PROTECTIVE CLEAR LAYER FOR IMAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.11.2000 Database last updated on 20.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.07.2008 | Change - representative | published on 27.08.2008 [2008/35] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/50] | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BULL, Sally, J. P.O. Box 33427 Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | 02 /
MCCRAY, Lois, A. P.O. Box 33427 Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | 03 /
SOBIESKI, James, F. P.O. Box 33427 Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [1998/50] | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/35] | Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | ||
| Former [1998/50] | VOSSIUS & PARTNER Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 96916526.5 | 22.05.1996 | [1998/50] | WO1996US07365 | Priority number, date | US19960613741 | 21.02.1996 Original published format: US 613741 | [1998/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9730852 | Date: | 28.08.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/37] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0881968 | Date: | 09.12.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.08.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0881968 | Date: | 19.01.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/03] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 28.08.1997 | Classification | IPC: | B41M7/00, G03G8/00, G03G7/00 | [1998/50] | CPC: |
G03G7/0086 (EP,US);
B41M7/00 (KR);
B41M7/0027 (EP,US);
G03G8/00 (EP,KR,US);
Y10T428/24802 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24868 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1998/50] | Title | German: | KLARER SCHUTZÜBERZUG FÜR BILDER | [1998/50] | English: | PROTECTIVE CLEAR LAYER FOR IMAGES | [1998/50] | French: | COUCHE TRANSPARENTE DE PROTECTION POUR IMAGES | [1998/50] | Entry into regional phase | 09.09.1998 | National basic fee paid | 09.09.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.09.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.08.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 09.09.1998 | Examination requested [1998/50] | 11.03.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 12.07.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.10.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 22.10.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.10.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/01] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.04.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.05.1999 | 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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | SE | 23.05.2000 | [2001/27] | Cited in | International search | [A]EP0453256 (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [A] 1,9,16* the whole document *; | [A]WO9322137 (MURRAY NICHOLAS JOHN [GB]) [A] 1,9,16 * page 2, line 13 - page 4, line 6 * * page 10, line 4 - page 13, line 13 * * example - *; | [A]EP0625430 (POLAROID CORP [US]) [A] 1,9,16 * page 3, line 53 - page 7, line 36 *; | [A]US5370960 (CAHILL DOUGLAS A [US], et al) [A] 1,9,16 * column 2, line 20 - line 63 * * column 4, line 37 - column 8, line 51 * * example - *; | [A]WO9506564 (REXHAM GRAPHICS INC [US]) [A] 1,9,16 * page 2, line 28 - page 8, line 4 * * page 13, line 9 - page 19, line 25 * * example - *; | [A]US5397634 (CAHILL DOUGLAS A [US], et al) [A] 1,9,16 * the whole document *; | [X] - NIELSEN N A, "COATING COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE DURABILITY OF XEROGRAPHIC IMAGES", XEROX DISCLOSURE JOURNAL, (19890101), vol. 14, no. 1, page 37, XP000093449 [X] 1,3-8 * the whole document * |