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EP0921915 - SYNTHETIC FOAM SURFACE CONTOURING MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 01.12.2006 Database last updated on 08.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	18.04.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GR	published on 21.05.2008 [2008/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FOAMEX L.P. 1000 Columbia Avenue Linwood, PA 19061-3997 / US
	[2006/03]
Former [1999/24]	For all designated states Foamex L.P. 1000 Columbia Avenue Linwood, PA 19061-3997 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / DENNEY, Denys 116 Bell Court, Providence Woods Bear, DE 19701 / US
	[1999/24]
Representative(s)	Campbell, Arlene, et al Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2006/41]	Campbell, Arlene, et al Murgitroyd & Company 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB
Former [1999/24]	Ede, Eric Fitzpatricks, 4 West Regent Street Glasgow G2 1RS, Scotland / GB
Application number, filing date	97935063.4	01.08.1997
	[1999/24]
	WO1997US12837
Priority number, date	US19960691399	02.08.1996 Original published format: US 691399
	[1999/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9805480
	Date:	12.02.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/06]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0921915
	Date:	16.06.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0921915
	Date:	18.01.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	12.02.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.11.2002
Classification	IPC:	B26D7/14, B26D3/28, B26D5/00, B29C44/56	[2003/01]
	CPC:	B26D3/281 (EP,US); B29C44/5654 (EP,US); Y10T83/0296 (EP,US); Y10T83/04 (EP,US); Y10T83/0429 (EP,US); Y10T83/343 (EP,US); (+) Y10T83/364 (EP,US); Y10T83/9292 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1999/24]	B26D7/14
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, NL, SE [1999/24]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUM PROFILIEREN DER OBERFLÄCHE VON GEGENSTÄNDEN AUS KUNSTSTOFFSCHAUM	[1999/24]
	English:	SYNTHETIC FOAM SURFACE CONTOURING MACHINE	[1999/24]
	French:	MACHINE A DECOUPER DES SURFACES DE PRODUITS SYNTHETIQUES EXPANSEES	[1999/24]
Entry into regional phase	21.01.1999	National basic fee paid
	21.01.1999	Search fee paid
	21.01.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.01.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.02.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	21.01.1999	Examination requested [1999/24]
	10.03.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.07.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.05.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.12.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.08.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.11.2005	Fee for grant paid
	19.11.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	19.10.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2007/01]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.08.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	23.08.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	19.08.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	18.01.2006
	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	IT	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
	DK	18.04.2006
	SE	18.04.2006
	GR	19.04.2006
	AT	01.08.2006
	ES	02.08.2006
	[2008/21]
Former [2008/08]	BE	18.01.2006
	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	IT	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
	DK	18.04.2006
	SE	18.04.2006
	AT	01.08.2006
	ES	02.08.2006
Former [2007/17]	BE	18.01.2006
	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
	DK	18.04.2006
	SE	18.04.2006
Former [2007/01]	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
	DK	18.04.2006
	SE	18.04.2006
Former [2006/46]	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
	SE	18.04.2006
Former [2006/42]	CH	18.01.2006
	FI	18.01.2006
	LI	18.01.2006
Former [2006/36]	FI	18.01.2006
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US3730031 (HUTTEMANN W) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]US3899945 (GARRETT CLYDE BARNER, et al) [A] 1-18* the whole document *
	International search	[A]US2749982 (RUDOLF HARDT);
		[Y]US2902091 (DAHLE DONALD E);
		[Y]US2931242 (JOSEPH PICKLES);
		[Y]US3213709 (BENGT BJORK);
		[Y]US3690203 (HUTTEMANN HELMUT);
		[Y]US3730031 (HUTTEMANN W);
		[Y]US3888138 (HIERSIG HEINZ M);
		[A]US4258580 (LOWE LYNNWOOD);
		[Y]US4314388 (HARTMANNSGRUBER MAX, et al);
		[Y]US4472983 (BREMS JOHN H [US]);
		[Y]US4669333 (MATSUDA KIYOSHI [JP], et al);
		[A]US4679461 (MIZUGUCHI HIDEKI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4683791 (DEMONT ALLAN S [US]);
		[Y]US4700447 (SPANN DONALD C [US]);
		[Y]US4796487 (DE BERNARDI STEFANO [IT]);
		[A]US4831461 (OHTA YASUNORI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4915284 (GODA BEN T [US]);
		[Y]US4932280 (BECKER THOMAS [US], et al);
		[Y]US5042315 (FAHY ARTHUR J [AU], et al);
		[A]US5043617 (ROSTRON JOSEPH A [GB]);
		[Y]US5095920 (MATTEI RICCARDO [IT]);
		[A]US5103689 (DOLLHOPF RUEDIGER [DE]);
		[Y]US5213010 (HAYAFUSA NOBUYUKI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5413265 (STAHL WERNER [DE], et al);
		[Y]US5534208 (BARR ARTHUR [US], et al);
		[Y]US5588328 (NIHEI RYO [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5688538 (BARR ARTHUR [US], et al)

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