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EP0980267 - MOISTURE SENSITIVE ITEM CONDITIONING APPLIANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/08]	MOISTURE SENSITIVE ITEM DRYING APPLIANCE
	[2003/07]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.02.2005 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Schumaier, Daniel R. Route 2 Elizabethon, TN 37643 / US
	[2000/08]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2000/08]
Representative(s)	Watts, Peter Graham, et al Anthony Cundy & Co. 39/41 South Drive Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 7TE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/08]	Watts, Peter Graham, et al Anthony Cundy & Co., 1 Olton Bridge, 245 Warwick Road Solihull, West Midlands B92 7AH / GB
Application number, filing date	97924587.5	08.05.1997
	[2000/08]
	WO1997US07633
Priority number, date	US19970848502	28.04.1997 Original published format: US 848502
	[2000/08]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9848855
	Date:	05.11.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/44]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0980267
	Date:	23.02.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/08]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0980267
	Date:	31.03.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/14]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	05.11.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.10.2000
Classification	IPC:	A61L2/06, A61L2/10, A61L2/20, F27D7/04, F26B21/08	[2000/46]
	CPC:	A61L2/20 (EP,US); A61L2/07 (EP,US); A61L2/10 (EP,US); F26B21/083 (EP,US); F26B9/003 (EP,US); H04R2460/17 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2000/08]	A61L2/06, A61L2/10, A61L2/20, F27D7/04
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [2000/08]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR PFLEGE FEUCHTIGKEITSEMPFINDLICHER ARTIKEL	[2003/07]
	English:	MOISTURE SENSITIVE ITEM CONDITIONING APPLIANCE	[2003/07]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE CONDITIONNEMENT POUR ARTICLE SENSIBLE A L'HUMIDITE	[2003/07]
	Former [2000/08]	VORRICHTUNG ZUR TROCKNUNG FEUCHTIGKEITSEMPFINDLICHER ARTIKEL
	Former [2000/08]	MOISTURE SENSITIVE ITEM DRYING APPLIANCE
	Former [2000/08]	DISPOSITIF DE SECHAGE POUR ARTICLE SENSIBLE A L'HUMIDITE
Entry into regional phase	11.11.1999	National basic fee paid
	11.11.1999	Search fee paid
	11.11.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.11.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.11.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	11.11.1999	Examination requested [2000/08]
	16.08.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.12.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.02.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.06.2003	Fee for grant paid
	04.06.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	04.01.2005	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/12]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.11.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.04.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.04.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
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	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	AT	31.03.2004
	BE	31.03.2004
	CH	31.03.2004
	IT	31.03.2004
	LI	31.03.2004
	NL	31.03.2004
	DK	30.06.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
	[2008/07]
Former [2006/13]	AT	31.03.2004
	BE	31.03.2004
	CH	31.03.2004
	LI	31.03.2004
	NL	31.03.2004
	DK	30.06.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
Former [2005/18]	AT	31.03.2004
	BE	31.03.2004
	CH	31.03.2004
	LI	31.03.2004
	DK	30.06.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
Former [2005/01]	AT	31.03.2004
	BE	31.03.2004
	CH	31.03.2004
	LI	31.03.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
Former [2004/51]	AT	31.03.2004
	CH	31.03.2004
	LI	31.03.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
Former [2004/43]	AT	31.03.2004
	SE	30.06.2004
Former [2004/40]	SE	30.06.2004
Documents cited:	Search	[A]DE287737 (BRUHN) [A] 1,16,17,19 * the whole document *;
		[PA]JPH09108025 ;
		[YA]GB944988 (A E W LTD) [Y] 1-3,7,10,11 * the whole document * [A] 19;
		[A]GB978827 (HALL & KAY LTD) [A] 1,19 * the whole document *;
		[Y]US3820251 (ABERNATHY H) [Y] 1-3,7,10,11 * column W *;
		[A]US4922626 (FIDDLER R CHARLES [US]) [A] 1,19 * column W *;
		[A]US5546678 (DHAEMERS GREGORY L [US]) [A] 1* column W *;
		[E]US5640783 (SCHUMAIER DANIEL R [US]) [E] 1,2,4-12,14 * column W *
		[PA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970829), vol. 1997, no. 08, & JP09108025 A 19970428 (RION CO LTD) [PA] 1,19 * abstract *
	International search	[X]US3571939 (PAUL BEVERLY);
		[X]US3855451 (LEE R);
		[A]US3915180 (JACOBS JAMES W);
		[A]US4824644 (COX M KEITH [US], et al);
		[A]US4829158 (BURNHAM LOWELL C [US]);
		[X]US4894207 (ARCHER VIRGIL L [US], et al);
		[A]US5017790 (KOJIMA NORIO [JP]);
		[X]US5048201 (LAYTON HOWARD M [US]);
		[A]US5061448 (MAHE STANLEY R [US], et al);
		[Y]US5525295 (PFLUG IRVING J [US], et al)
	by applicant	US5129546
		US5210804

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