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EP0912479 - PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ALPHA-HYDROXYCARBONYL COMPOUNDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/18]PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF OXYGENATES
[2000/25]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.05.2002
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.05.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 17.07.2002  [2002/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
1900 East Linden Avenue
P.O. Box 710
Linden, NJ 07036-0710 / US
[N/P]
Former [2001/22]For all designated states
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
1900 East Linden Avenue P.O. Box 710
Linden, NJ 07036-0710 / US
Former [1999/18]For all designated states
EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
1900 East Linden Avenue
Linden New Jersey 07036 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DAKKA, Jihad, Mohammed
K Schurmansstraat 120
B-3010 Kessel-Lo / BE
02 / MATHYS, Georges, Marie, Karel
Eikenboomlaan 66
B-3360 Bierbeek / BE
03 / GORIS, Hans, Karel, Theresia
Makelstraat 12
B-2431 Laakdal / BE
[1999/18]
Representative(s)White, Nicholas John, et al
Rouse Patents
1st Floor
228-240 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7BY / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/15]White, Nicholas John, Dr., et al
White & Associates, Windsor House, Cornwall Road
Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2PW / GB
Former [1999/18]White, Nicholas John, Dr.
Harrison Goddard Foote Belmont House 20 Wood lane
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2AE / GB
Application number, filing date97921761.923.04.1997
[1999/18]
WO1997EP02124
Priority number, dateEP1996030298126.04.1996         Original published format: EP 96302981
EP1996030298026.04.1996         Original published format: EP 96302980
[1999/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9741086
Date:06.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0912479
Date:06.05.1999
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.
[1999/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0912479
Date:25.07.2001
Language:EN
[2001/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:C07C41/54, C07C41/50, C07C43/315, C07C41/56, C07C41/28, C07C45/51, C07C51/235, C07C47/19, C07C49/17, C07C59/08
[1999/18]
CPC:
C07C41/28 (EP); C07C41/54 (EP); C07C41/56 (EP);
C07C43/315 (EP); C07C45/515 (EP); C07C51/235 (EP)
C-Set:
C07C41/28, C07C43/15 (EP);
C07C41/54, C07C43/303 (EP);
C07C41/54, C07C43/315 (EP);
C07C41/56, C07C43/303 (EP);
C07C45/515, C07C47/19 (EP);
C07C51/235, C07C59/08 (EP)
(-)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1999/18]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ALPHA-HYDROXYCARBONYLVERBINDUNGEN[2000/25]
English:PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ALPHA-HYDROXYCARBONYL COMPOUNDS[2000/25]
French:PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE COMPOSES ALPHA-HYDROXYCARBONYLE[2000/25]
Former [1999/18]VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON OXYGENATEN
Former [1999/18]PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF OXYGENATES
Former [1999/18]PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE COMPOSES OXYGENES
Entry into regional phase09.10.1998National basic fee paid 
09.10.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
09.10.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.11.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.10.1998Examination requested  [1999/18]
19.10.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.04.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.10.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
29.01.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.04.2001Fee for grant paid
28.04.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)26.04.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
19.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE25.10.2001
[2002/05]
Cited inInternational search[X]EP0150280  (DEGUSSA) [X] 1,3 * claim - *;
 [X]DE2929827  (BASF AG) [X] 1,3 * example 1 *;
 [DX]EP0217089  (DEGUSSA) [DX] 1 * claim - *;
 [A]BE1003840  (ENICHEM SYNTHESIS S.P.A.) [A] 1 * claim - *;
 [A]EP0100118  (ANIC SPA) [A] 1 * page 5; claim - *;
 [A]GB573334  (THE DISTILLERS COMPANY LIMITED) [A] 10 * claim 1 *
 [DA]  - A.A. FRIMER, "Synthesis of alpha-Hydroxyacetals", SYNTHESIS, STUTTGART DE, vol. 1977, pages 578 - 579, XP002015325 [DA] 1 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-1977-24486
 [DA]  - A. WOHL, "Zur Kenntnis der Dreikohlenstoffreihe", CHEMISCHE BERICHTE, WEINHEIM DE, (1908), vol. 41, pages 3599 - 3612, XP002015324 [DA] 8,12,16,17 * page 3608 - page 3609 *
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