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EP0876446 - PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODEGRADABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE HYDROCARBON BASE OILS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1998/46]	BIODEGRADABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE HYDROCARBON BASE OILS
	[2003/50]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 24.09.2010 Database last updated on 12.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	24.09.2010	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 27.10.2010 [2010/43]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East P.O. Box 900 Annandale, NJ 08801-0900 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2008/38]	For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East P.O. Box 900 Annandale NJ 08801-0900 / US
Former [2004/29]	For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East, Clinton Township Annandale, New Jersey 08801 / US
Former [2001/01]	For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East, Clinton Township Annandale, New Jersey 08801 / US
Former [1998/46]	For all designated states EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY P.O.Box 390, 180 Park Avenue Florham Park, New Jersey 07932-0390 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / WITTENBRINK, Robert, Jay 836 Shadyglen Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70816 / US
	02 / RYAN, Daniel, Francis 6211 Gabriel Oaks Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70820 / US
	03 / BAUMAN, Richard, Frank 8031 Oak Hollow Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70810 / US
	[1998/46]
Representative(s)	Dew, Melvyn John, et al ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. IP Law Europe Hermeslaan 2 1831 Machelen / BE
	[N/P]
Former [2001/06]	Dew, Melvyn John, et al ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. Law Technology P.O.Box 105 1830 Machelen / BE
Former [1998/46]	Somers, Harold Arnold, et al ESSO Engineering (Europe) Ltd. Patents & Licences Mailpoint 72 Esso House Ermyn Way Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8XE / GB
Application number, filing date	96941373.1	15.11.1996
	[1998/46]
	WO1996US18427
Priority number, date	US19950569468	08.12.1995 Original published format: US 569468
	[1998/46]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9721788
	Date:	19.06.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0876446
	Date:	11.11.1998
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.06.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/46]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0876446
	Date:	14.07.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/29]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0876446
	Date:	27.10.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/43]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	19.06.1997
Classification	IPC:	C10G67/04, C10G45/58	[1998/46]
	CPC:	C10G45/58 (EP,US); C10M105/04 (KR); C10G67/04 (EP,US); C10M107/02 (EP,US); C10G2400/10 (EP,US); C10G2400/12 (EP,US); (+) C10G2400/14 (EP,US); C10M2205/173 (EP,US); C10N2020/071 (EP,US); C10N2070/00 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, PT, SE [1998/46]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON BIOLOGISCH ABBAUBARE HOCHLEISTUNGS-KOHLENWASSERSTOFF-BASISÖLE	[2003/50]
	English:	PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODEGRADABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE HYDROCARBON BASE OILS	[2003/50]
	French:	PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'HUILES DE BASE HYDROCARBONEES BIODEGRADABLES ET EXTREMEMENT EFFICACES	[2003/50]
	Former [1998/46]	BIOLOGISCH ABBAUBARE HOCHLEISTUNGS-KOHLENWASSERSTOFF-BASISÖLE
	Former [1998/46]	BIODEGRADABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE HYDROCARBON BASE OILS
	Former [1998/46]	HUILES DE BASE HYDROCARBONEES BIODEGRADABLES ET EXTREMEMENT EFFICACES
Entry into regional phase	12.06.1998	National basic fee paid
	12.06.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.06.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: No
	02.07.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	12.06.1998	Examination requested [1998/46]
	22.06.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	01.02.2000	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	21.02.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.02.2001	Request for accelerated examination filed
	27.02.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	11.07.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M09)
	11.07.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.01.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	26.03.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.09.2003	Observations by third parties
	30.09.2003	Observations by third parties
	15.10.2003	Date of oral proceedings
	28.10.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	28.10.2003	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	26.04.2004	Fee for grant paid
	26.04.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP03023062.7 / EP1389635
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 14.04.2005 21.04.2005 ADMISSIBLE Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague / NL Opponent's representative Cramwinckel, Michiel Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services Postbus 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL
		02 13.04.2005 10.09.2008 WITHDRAWN CHEVRON USA, Inc. P.O. Box 6006 San Ramon, California 95583-4289 / US Opponent's representative Nash, David Allan Haseltine Lake LLP Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2008/43]
	Opponent(s)	01 14.04.2005 21.04.2005 ADMISSIBLE Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague / NL Opponent's representative Cramwinckel, Michiel Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services Postbus 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL
		02 13.04.2005 10.09.2008 WITHDRAWN CHEVRON USA, Inc. P.O. Box 6006 San Ramon, California 95583-4289 / US Opponent's representative Nash, David Allan HASELTINE LAKE Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
	Former [2005/23]
	Opponent(s)	01 14.04.2005 21.04.2005 ADMISSIBLE Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague / NL Opponent's representative Cramwinckel, Michiel Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services Postbus 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL
		02 13.04.2005 21.04.2005 ADMISSIBLE CHEVRON USA, Inc. P.O. Box 6006 San Ramon, California 95583-4289 / US Opponent's representative Nash, David Allan HASELTINE LAKE, Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
	Former [2005/22]
	Opponent(s)	01 14.04.2005 21.04.2005 ADMISSIBLE Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague / NL Opponent's representative Cramwinckel, Michiel Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services Postbus 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL
	24.05.2005	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	03.02.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	17.12.2009	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	17.12.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	21.01.2010	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	21.01.2010	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	09.07.2010	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	15.09.2010	Fee for printing new specification paid
Request for further processing for:	21.02.2000	Request for further processing filed
	21.02.2000	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	07.03.2000	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.10.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.10.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	07.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	07.11.2003	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	SE	16.11.2008
	PT	15.05.2009
	[2010/31]
Former [2010/05]	PT	15.05.2009
Cited in	International search	[XY]US3365390 (EGAN CLARK J, et al) [X] 1,3-10 * column W * [Y] 2;
		[X]EP0225053 (MOBIL OIL CORP [US]) [X] 1-10 * pages 10-06-87; claims 1-10 *;
		[X]EP0321307 (EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO [US]) [X] 1-10* claims 1-10 *;
		[Y]EP0323092 (EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO [US]) [Y] 2 * the whole document *
	Opposition	EP0533451
		WO9410263
		EP0668342

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