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EP About this file: EP0970482

EP0970482 - TREE RESISTANT CABLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.05.2004
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.04.2005Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IE
published on 15.06.2005  [2005/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury
Connecticut 06817-0001 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/02]For all designated states
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
39 Old Ridgebury Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06817-0001 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GROSS, Laurence, Herbert
977 Rector Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
[2000/02]
Representative(s)Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd, et al
Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/02]Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd, et al
Boult Wade Tennant, 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date98910484.918.03.1998
[2000/02]
WO1998US05322
Priority number, dateUS1997082239520.03.1997         Original published format: US 822395
[2000/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9841995
Date:24.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0970482
Date:12.01.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0970482
Date:02.07.2003
Language:EN
[2003/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.09.1998
ClassificationIPC:H01B7/28, H01B3/44
[2000/02]
CPC:
H01B7/2813 (EP,US); C08L23/06 (EP,US); H01B3/441 (EP,US);
C08L23/0815 (EP,US); C08L23/083 (EP,US); Y10T428/294 (EP,US);
Y10T428/31692 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C08L23/06, C08L2666/04 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/02]
TitleGerman:GEGEN DENDRITENBILDUNG WIDERSTANDSFÄHIGES KABEL[2000/02]
English:TREE RESISTANT CABLE[2000/02]
French:CABLE RESISTANT A LA FORMATION DE CRIQUES[2000/02]
Entry into regional phase10.09.1999National basic fee paid 
10.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
10.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.08.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/02]
23.10.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.04.2003Fee for grant paid
24.04.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.04.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/26]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
08.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
14.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
19.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.03.200003   M06   Fee paid on   04.05.2000
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGR02.10.2003
PT02.10.2003
IE18.03.2004
LU18.03.2004
MC31.03.2004
[2005/24]
Former [2005/23]GR02.10.2003
PT02.10.2003
LU18.03.2004
MC31.03.2004
Former [2005/02]GR02.10.2003
PT02.10.2003
MC31.03.2004
Former [2004/14]GR02.10.2003
PT02.10.2003
Former [2004/13]PT02.10.2003
Cited inInternational search[A]FR1581997  (UNION CARBIDE) [A] 1-7* the whole document *;
 [A]US3569610  (GARNER OSCAR G, et al) [A] 1-7 * column W *;
 [A]WO8505216  (UNIFOS KEMI AB [SE]) [A] 1-7 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0735545  (UNION CARBIDE CHEM PLASTIC [US]) [A] 1-7 * the whole document *
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