-
EP0889941
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0889941
| EP0889941 - HEAT CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2003 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.04.2005 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FI | published on 25.05.2005 [2005/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/27] | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US | ||
| Former [1999/02] | For all designated states THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WHITE, Richard, Keim 2871 Phaeton Lane Maineville, OH 45039 / US | [1999/02] | Representative(s) | Clemo, Nicholas Graham, et al Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Limited Patent Department Rusham Park Whitehall Lane, Egham Surrey TW20 9NW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/02] | Clemo, Nicholas Graham, et al Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Limited Patent Department Lovett House Lovett Road GB-Staines, Middlesex TW18 3AZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 97916170.0 | 21.03.1997 | [1999/02] | WO1997US04645 | Priority number, date | US19960623752 | 29.03.1996 Original published format: US 623752 | [1999/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9736968 | Date: | 09.10.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/43] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0889941 | Date: | 13.01.1999 | 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. | [1999/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0889941 | Date: | 03.07.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/27] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 09.10.1997 | Classification | IPC: | C09K5/00, A61F7/00 | [1999/02] | CPC data not yet available | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1999/02] | Title | German: | WÄRME ZELLEN | [1999/02] | English: | HEAT CELLS | [1999/02] | French: | CELLULES CHAUFFANTES | [1999/02] | Entry into regional phase | 30.09.1998 | National basic fee paid | 30.09.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.09.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.10.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 30.09.1998 | Examination requested [1999/02] | 20.01.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.07.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.08.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.12.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.09.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 08.01.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.04.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 02.04.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.04.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.09.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 06.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 05.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 04.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
| Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court | See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data | ||
| 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 | FI | 03.07.2002 | PT | 03.10.2002 | LU | 21.03.2003 | [2005/21] |
| Former [2004/39] | PT | 03.10.2002 | |
| LU | 21.03.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/22] | PT | 03.10.2002 | Cited in | International search | [Y]JPH04293989 ; | [Y]US3976049 (YAMASHITA IWAO, et al) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * abstract *; | [Y]US4268272 (TAURA MIYAKO) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * abstract *; | [Y]EP0045642 (MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL CO [JP]) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * page 3, line 11 - page 5, line 26 * * claims 1-7 *; | [Y]EP0376490 (MYCOAL WARMERS CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 1,2,5-9* abstract *; | [Y]US5366492 (UEKI AKIO [JP]) [Y] 1,2,5-9 * abstract *; | [XPY]WO9701313 (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [XP] 1,3-9 * page 3, line 6 - page 5, line 33 * * page 6, line 18 - page 9, line 22 * * page 10, line 3 - line 13; examples 1-5 * [Y] 2 | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930305), vol. 017, no. 108, Database accession no. (C - 1032), & JP04293989 A 19921019 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [Y] 1,2 * abstract * |