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EP0891224 - A METHOD OF PREPARING A VINYL ACETATE CATALYST EMPLOYING AN ALKALI METAL BORATE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.09.2000
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.09.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 12.11.2003  [2003/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hoechst Celanese Corporation
30 Independence Boulevard
Warren, NJ 07059 / US
[1999/03]
Inventor(s)01 / NICOLAU, Ioan
Apartment 2902, 6717 Everhart
Corpus Christi, TX 78413 / US
02 / COLLING, Philip, M.
609 Barracuda
Corpus Christi, TX 78411 / US
[1999/03]
Representative(s)De Minvielle-Devaux, Ian Benedict Peter, et al
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43, Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA / GB
[1999/03]
Application number, filing date97909050.318.03.1997
[1999/03]
WO1997US04324
Priority number, dateUS1996062779101.04.1996         Original published format: US 627791
[1999/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9736678
Date:09.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0891224
Date:20.01.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.10.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0891224
Date:24.11.1999
Language:EN
[1999/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.10.1997
ClassificationIPC:B01J23/52, B01J37/02, C07C67/055
[1999/03]
CPC:
B01J37/031 (EP); B01J23/52 (EP,KR); B01J37/02 (KR);
B01J37/0201 (EP); C07C67/055 (EP,KR)
C-Set:
C07C67/055, C07C69/01 (EP);
C07C67/055, C07C69/15 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1999/03]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES VINYLACETATKATALYSATORS UNTER VERWENDUNG EINES ALKALIMETALLBORATS[1999/03]
English:A METHOD OF PREPARING A VINYL ACETATE CATALYST EMPLOYING AN ALKALI METAL BORATE[1999/03]
French:PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE CATALYSEUR POUR L'ACETATE DE VINYLE AU MOYEN DE BORATE DE METAL ALCALIN[1999/03]
Entry into regional phase19.10.1998National basic fee paid 
19.10.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
19.10.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.10.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
19.10.1998Examination requested  [1999/03]
15.02.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
26.05.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.08.1999Fee for grant paid
04.08.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.08.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK24.02.2000
[2003/46]
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0563414  (UNION CARBIDE CHEM PLASTIC [US]);
 [A]WO9408714  (HOECHST CELANESE CORP [US], et al) [A] 1-4,10,11,13,14 * examples 1-3; claim 1 * * page 2, line 17 - page 3, line 14 *;
 [D]US5332710  (NICOLAU IOAN [US], et al);
 [A]EP0634209  (HOECHST AG [DE])
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