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EP0970163
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| EP0970163 - DESULFURIZATION PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF REFRACTORY ORGANOSULFUR HETEROCYCLES FROM PETROLEUM STREAMS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 06.02.2009 Database last updated on 01.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.02.2009 | Revocation of patent | published on 11.03.2009 [2009/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East P.O. Box 900 Annandale, NJ 08801-0900 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/38] | For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East P.O. Box 900 Annandale NJ 08801-0900 / US | ||
| Former [2005/14] | For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East, Clinton Township Annandale, New Jersey 08801 / US | ||
| Former [2001/01] | For all designated states ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company 1545 Route 22 East, Clinton Township Annandale, New Jersey 08801 / US | ||
| Former [2000/02] | For all designated states EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY P.O.Box 390, 180 Park Avenue Florham Park, New Jersey 07932-0390 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MCVICKER, Gary, B. 65 Main Street, P.O. Box 427 Califon, NJ 07830 / US | 02 /
HO, Teh, C. 887 Jason Court Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US | 03 /
SOLED, Stuart, L. 21 Cooks Cross Road Pittstown, NJ 08867 / US | 04 /
DAAGE, Michel 530 Highland Trace Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70810 / US | 05 /
KRYCAK, Roman 5 Kent Court Annandale, NJ 08801 / US | 06 /
MISEO, Sabato 770 County Road 579 Pittstown, NJ 08867 / US | 07 /
BUCHHOLZ, Viktor 20 Alton Place Clinton, New Jersey 08809 / US | 08 /
LEWIS, William, E. 6933 North Fieldgate Court Baton Rouge, LA 70808 / US | [2000/21] |
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MCVICKER, Gary, B. 65 Main Street, P.O. Box 427 Califon, NJ 07830 / US | ||
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HO, Teh, C. 887 Jason Court Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US | |||
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SOLED, Stuart, L. 21 Cooks Cross Road Pittstown, NJ 08867 / US | |||
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DAAGE, Michel 530 Highland Trace Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70810 / US | |||
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KRYCAK, Roman 5 Kent Court Annandale, NJ 08801 / US | |||
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MISEO, Sabato 770 County Road 579 Pittstown, NJ 08867 / US | |||
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BUCHHOLZ, Viktor 185 Carol-Jean Way Branchburg, NJ 08876 / US | |||
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LEWIS, William, E. 6933 North Fieldgate Court Baton Rouge, LA 70808 / US | Representative(s) | Dew, Melvyn John, et al ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. IP Law Europe Hermeslaan 2 1831 Machelen / BE | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/04] | Dew, Melvyn John, et al ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. Law Technology P.O.Box 105 1830 Machelen / BE | ||
| Former [2000/02] | Somers, Harold Arnold, et al ESSO Engineering (Europe) Ltd., Patents & Licences, Mailpoint 70, Esso House, Ermyn Way Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8XE / GB | Application number, filing date | 98911418.6 | 26.02.1998 | [2000/02] | WO1998US03758 | Priority number, date | US19970808100 | 28.02.1997 Original published format: US 808100 | [2000/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9838265 | Date: | 03.09.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0970163 | Date: | 12.01.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0970163 | Date: | 06.04.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/14] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 03.09.1998 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.04.2000 | Classification | IPC: | C10G45/02, C10G45/04, C10G65/04 | [2000/20] | CPC: |
C10G45/04 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2000/02] | C10G45/02, C10G45/04 | Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [2000/02] | Title | German: | ENTSCHWEFELUNGSVERFAHREN ZUR BESEITIGUNG HETEROZYKLISCHER FEUERFESTER ORGANOSULFIDE IN ERDÖLSTRÖMEN | [2000/02] | English: | DESULFURIZATION PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF REFRACTORY ORGANOSULFUR HETEROCYCLES FROM PETROLEUM STREAMS | [2000/02] | French: | PROCEDE DE DESULFURATION PERMETTANT D'ELIMINER DES HETEROCYCLES D'ORGANOSULFURES REFRACTAIRES DE FLUX DE PETROLE | [2000/02] | Entry into regional phase | 27.09.1999 | National basic fee paid | 27.09.1999 | Search fee paid | 27.09.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.09.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.09.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 27.09.1999 | Examination requested [2000/02] | 10.01.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.04.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.03.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 30.06.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.09.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.01.2005 | Fee for grant paid | 05.01.2005 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Carel van Bylandtlaan 16 2596 HR The Hague / NL Opponent's representative van Hazendonk, Johanna Maria Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
06.01.2006
ADMISSIBLE Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Carel van Bylandtlaan 30 NL-2596 HR The Hague / NL Opponent's representative van Hazendonk, Johanna Maria Shell International B.V. Intellectual Property Services P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ Den Haag / NL | 15.02.2006 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 22.08.2006 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 14.10.2008 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 14.11.2008 | 14.10.2008 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 21.10.2008 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 31.10.2008 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2009/11] | 14.11.2008 | Date of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.01.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.01.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 06.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 04.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 04.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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