EP0836548 - APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING MOLTEN THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS TO MOLDING MACHINES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.11.2000 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.01.2001 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 21.02.2001 [2001/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 100 North Eastman Road Kingsport TN 37660 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1998/17] | For all designated states EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 100 North Eastman Road Kingsport, TN 37660 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McLEOD, Andrew, Ervin 148 Stratton Place Kingsport, TN 37663 / US | 02 /
HASELTINE, Douglas, Mark 1224 Watauga Street Kingsport, TN 37600 / US | 03 /
WINDES, Larry, Cates 1212 Jerry Lane Kingsport, TN 37664 / US | 04 /
STRAND, Marc, Alan 5123 Waterford Drive Kingsport, TN 37664 / US | [1998/17] | Representative(s) | Brown, Fraser Gregory James, et al Cleveland 10 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BR / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1998/17] | Brown, Fraser Gregory James, et al fJ Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 96924349.2 | 03.07.1996 | [1998/17] | WO1996US11278 | Priority number, date | US19950498404 | 05.07.1995 Original published format: US 498404 | [1998/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9702126 | Date: | 23.01.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0836548 | Date: | 22.04.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.01.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0836548 | Date: | 12.01.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/02] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.01.1997 | Classification | IPC: | B29C31/04, B29C45/12 | [1998/17] | CPC: |
B29C31/04 (EP,US);
B29C45/125 (EP,US);
B29C2045/1883 (EP,US);
B29K2105/0002 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [1998/17] | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM VERTEILEN VON GESCHMOLZENEN THERMOPLASTISCHEN POLYMEREN IN FORMMASCHINEN | [1998/17] | English: | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING MOLTEN THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS TO MOLDING MACHINES | [1998/17] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE DISTRIBUTION DE POLYMERES THERMOPLASTIQUES FONDUS A DES PRESSES D'INJECTION | [1998/17] | Entry into regional phase | 02.02.1998 | National basic fee paid | 02.02.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 02.02.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.02.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 02.02.1998 | Examination requested [1998/17] | 18.05.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 29.10.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.03.1999 | 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) | 13.10.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/52] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.07.1999 | 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 | BE | 12.01.2000 | [2001/08] | Cited in | International search | [X]FR1169524 (SPECIALITES ALIMENTAIRES BOURG) [X] 1,4,5 * the whole document *; | [X]GB865403 (CLARK LTD C & J) [X] 1,4,5* the whole document *; | [X]US3355763 (WILLERT WILLIAM H) [X] 1,5 * the whole document *; | [X]FR2069354 (KATASHI AOKI) [X] 1,4,5 * figure -; claim - *; | [XY]FR2114455 (AUTHIER GILBERT) [X] 1,3,5 * column W * [Y] 2; | [X]DE2820135 (HITACHI SHIPBUILDING ENG CO) [X] 1 * the whole document *; | [DXY]US4470796 (STROUP JOHN F [US], et al) [DX] 1,3-5 * column 3, line 12 - column 4, line 34 * * column 5, line 59 - column 8, line 4; figure -; claim - * [Y] 2; | [X]DE4138849 (PLANEX PROJEKTIERUNGSGESELLSCH [DE]) [X] 1,4,5 * the whole document *; | [X]DE4138978 (BERSTORFF GMBH MASCH HERMANN [DE]) [X] 1,4,5 * column 2, line 18 - line 23 * * column 2, line 67 - column 4, line 58; claim - *; | [YA]US5269348 (SCHNAUS WALTER [DE], et al) [Y] 2 * column 3, line 57 - column 4, line 31; figure -; claim - * [A] 1,3,5; | [PYA]EP0672514 (ZIMMER AG [DE]) [PY] 2 * column 6, line 43 - line 57 * * column 7, line 21 - line 28; figure -; claim - * [A] 1,5 |