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EP About this file: EP0953024

EP0953024 - USE OF WAX [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/44]PREPARATIONS CONTAINING WAX
[2001/03]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.09.2002
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.06.2008Change - representativepublished on 23.07.2008  [2008/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sachtleben Chemie GmbH
Dr.-Rudolf-Sachtleben-Strasse 4
47198 Duisburg / DE
[2001/12]
Former [1999/44]For all designated states
Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 73-77
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Inventor(s)01 / HOCKEN, Jörg
Gocher Weg 14
D-40670 Meerbusch / DE
02 / KARL, Wolf-Rüdiger
Ehrenstrasse 55
D-47196 Duisburg / DE
03 / SCHULTE, Klaus
Heidestrasse 17
D-46519 Alpen / DE
[1999/44]
Representative(s)Uppena, Franz, et al
Chemetall GmbH Patente, Marken & Lizenzen Trakehner Strasse 3
60487 Frankfurt/Main / DE
[2008/30]
Former [2001/12]Uppena, Franz, Dr., et al
Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft, Patente, Marken & Lizenzen
53839 Troisdorf / DE
Application number, filing date98907941.313.01.1998
[1999/44]
WO1998EP00160
Priority number, dateDE199710101215.01.1997         Original published format: DE 19701012
[1999/44]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9831758
Date:23.07.1998
Language:DE
[1998/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0953024
Date:03.11.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.07.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0953024
Date:14.11.2001
Language:DE
[2001/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.07.1998
ClassificationIPC:C09G1/08
[1999/44]
CPC:
C09G1/08 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   IT,   NL,   SE [1999/44]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VON WACHS[2001/03]
English:USE OF WAX[2001/03]
French:UTILISATION DE LA CIRE[2001/03]
Former [1999/44]WACHSHALTIGE PRÄPARATE
Former [1999/44]PREPARATIONS CONTAINING WAX
Former [1999/44]PREPARATIONS CONTENANT DE LA CIRE
Entry into regional phase16.08.1999National basic fee paid 
16.08.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.07.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
16.08.1999Examination requested  [1999/44]
28.07.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.11.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
03.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.07.2001Fee for grant paid
13.07.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.08.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
31.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI14.11.2001
BE31.01.2002
DK14.02.2002
ES30.05.2002
[2004/04]
Former [2003/48]FI14.11.2001
BE31.01.2002
DK14.02.2002
Former [2003/46]FI14.11.2001
DK14.02.2002
Former [2002/33]FI14.11.2001
Cited inInternational search[X]JPS6366273  ;
 [X]DE3824999  (BOOTS CO PLC [GB]) [X] 1,2,5* claims 1-5,10,11 *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19880812), vol. 012, no. 297, Database accession no. (C - 519), & JP63066273 A 19880324 (IDEMITSU KOSAN CO LTD) [X] 1,2 * abstract *
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