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EP0900289 - ARRANGEMENT FOR SEALING A CLOSED PRODUCTION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.08.2001
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.08.2001No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 26.09.2001 [2001/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/10]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ESTEP, Tom, Edward
10810 Lesser Scaup Landing
Chesterfield, VA 23838 / US
02 / HOFFMAN, Ronald, P.
160 Heather Lane
Glen Mills, PA 19342 / US
03 / HUNTER, James, R.
6 Concord Way
Chadds Ford, PA 19317 / US
04 / MULLER, Jean, Joseph
68, rue de Mersch
L-8181 Kopstal / LU
05 / SCHILZ, Germain
5, Am Weier
L-3914 Mondercange / LU
06 / VORHEES, Carl, E.
13 Firechase Circle
Newark, DE 19711 / US
07 / WIGGINS, James, M.
1401 Lauren Court
Midlothian, VA 23113 / US
08 / WOLL, Jean-François
29, rue Pasteur
L-3273 Bettembourg / LU
[1999/10]
Representative(s)Davies, Christopher Robert, et al
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/10]Davies, Christopher Robert, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date97921427.729.04.1997
[1999/10]
WO1997US07108
Priority number, dateUS19960017073P30.04.1996         Original published format: US 17073 P
US19960027270P27.09.1996         Original published format: US 27270 P
US1997084794121.04.1997         Original published format: US 847941
[1999/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9741282
Date:06.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0900289
Date:10.03.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0900289
Date:11.10.2000
Language:EN
[2000/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:D01D5/11
[1999/10]
CPC:
D01D5/11 (EP,KR,US); Y10T29/49721 (EP,US); Y10T29/4973 (EP,US);
Y10T29/53096 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1999/10]
TitleGerman:ANORDNUNG ZUM VERSCHLIESSEN EINES GESCHLOSSENEN PRODUKTIONSSYTEM[2000/37]
English:ARRANGEMENT FOR SEALING A CLOSED PRODUCTION SYSTEM[1999/10]
French:AGENCEMENT D'ETANCHEITE D'UN SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION FERME[1999/10]
Former [1999/10]ANORDNUNG ZUM VERSCHLIESSEN EINES GESCHLOSSENES PRODUKTIONSSYTEM
Entry into regional phase09.10.1998National basic fee paid 
09.10.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
09.10.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.11.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.10.1998Examination requested  [1999/10]
20.04.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.08.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.11.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.02.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.05.2000Fee for grant paid
02.05.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.07.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
27.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]JPS62210037  ;
 [A]JPS52155216  ;
 [A]FR683489  (OSCAR KOHORN & CIE SOC);
 [DA]US3851023  (BRETHAUER D, et al)
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19880304), vol. 012, no. 070, Database accession no. (C - 479), & JP62210037 A 19870916 (KAWASAKI STEEL CORP;OTHERS: 01) [A] 1-11 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19780328), vol. 002, no. 046, Database accession no. (C - 009), & JP52155216 A 19771223 (MITSUBISHI RAYON CO LTD) [A] * abstract *
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