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EP0917544 - WATER SOLUBLE AND OXYGEN-IMPERMEABLE POLYMERIC LAYERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.10.2003
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip25.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 27.08.2008  [2008/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
401 Merrit 7 Norwalk
Connecticut 06851 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/21]For all designated states
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
401 Merritt 7
Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BAUMANN, Harald
Obere Herrentalstrasse 8
D-37520 Osterode / DE
02 / DWARS, Udo
Schlosstrasse 9
D-37412 Herzberg / DE
03 / SAVARIAR-HAUCK, Celin, M.
Am Breitenberg 14
D-37534 Badenhausen / DE
04 / PAPPAS, Socrates, Peter
205 Jay Street
Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 / US
05 / TIMPE, Hans-Joachim
Baumhofstrasse 165
D-37520 Osterode / DE
[1999/21]
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 [1999/21]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date97910760.429.09.1997
[1999/21]
WO1997US17761
Priority number, dateDE199613989727.09.1996         Original published format: DE 19639897
[1999/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9813394
Date:02.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0917544
Date:26.05.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0917544
Date:18.12.2002
Language:EN
[2002/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:C08F8/12, C09D129/04, C09D131/02, G03F7/09
[1999/21]
CPC:
C09D129/14 (EP); C09D129/04 (EP); G03F7/11 (EP);
H05K3/287 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1999/21]
TitleGerman:WASSERLÖSLICHE, SAUERSTOFFUNDURCHLÄSSIGE POLYMERSCHICHTEN[2002/25]
English:WATER SOLUBLE AND OXYGEN-IMPERMEABLE POLYMERIC LAYERS[1999/21]
French:COUCHES POLYMERES IMPERMEABLES A L'OXYGENE ET HYDROSOLUBLES[1999/21]
Former [1999/21]WASSERLÖSLICHE, SAUERSTOFFDURCHLÄSSIGE POLYMERLAGEN
Entry into regional phase23.12.1998National basic fee paid 
23.12.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
23.12.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.12.1998Examination requested  [1999/21]
06.03.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.07.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.03.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
28.05.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.12.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
22.04.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
10.05.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.08.2002Fee for grant paid
16.08.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.09.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
29.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
01.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
30.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
18.11.1998BE   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998DE   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998ES   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998FR   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998GB   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998IT   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
18.11.1998NL   M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
18.11.1998M01   Fee paid on   23.12.1998
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE18.12.2002
IT18.12.2002
ES27.06.2003
[2008/07]
Former [2004/04]BE18.12.2002
ES27.06.2003
Former [2003/51]BE18.12.2002
Cited inInternational search[X]JPS5512171  ;
 [X]JPS5523163  ;
 [X]JPS61211081  ;
 [PX]JPH08310123  ;
 [X]US2748103  (PRIEST WILLIAM J) [X] 1 * column 1, line 47 - line 51 *;
 [X]EP0339371  (AIR PROD & CHEM [US]) [X] 1 * page 3; figure 1 *;
 [X]EP0627656  (AGFA GEVAERT AG [DE]) [X] 1 * examples P1,P3,P8 *;
 [X]EP0632096  (WACKER CHEMIE GMBH [DE]) [X] 1 * examples N-PVAI1,-2,-3 *;
 [PX]EP0752430  (SUN CHEMICAL CORP [US]) [PX] 1,10,11 * claims 1-4 *;
 [PX]EP0752622  (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [PX] 1 * claims 1,7 *;
 [PX]EP0757061  (SUN CHEMICAL CORP [US]) [PX] 1,10,11 * claims 1-4,9,10 *;
 [X]DE4034543  (AIR PROD & CHEM [US]) [X] 1 * claim 11 *;
 [X]DE4325015  (AGFA GEVAERT AG [DE]) [X] 1 * examples P15,P17,P22 *;
 [X]DE19516435  (AIR PROD & CHEM [US]) [X] 1,10 * table - *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19800327), vol. 004, no. 038, Database accession no. (C - 004), & JP55012171 A 19800128 (SEKISUI CHEM CO LTD) [X] 1 * abstract *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19800416), vol. 004, no. 050, Database accession no. (C - 007), & JP55023163 A 19800219 (AGENCY OF IND SCIENCE & TECHNOL) [X] 1 * abstract *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19870213), vol. 011, no. 048, Database accession no. (M - 561), & JP61211081 A 19860919 (KURARAY CO LTD) [X] 1 * abstract *
 [PX]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970331), vol. 097, no. 003, & JP08310123 A 19961126 (FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD) [PX] 1 * abstract *
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