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EP0989967 - METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPOSTING BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.07.2002 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	17.02.2006	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state State(s) deleted from list of lapses: FR	published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ostbo, Bertil Byvägen 84 151 52 Södertälje / SE
	[2000/14]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2000/14]
Representative(s)	Axelsson, Rolf, et al Kransell & Wennborg KB Box 27834 115 93 Stockholm / SE
	[N/P]
Former [2000/14]	Axelsson, Rolf, et al Kransell & Wennborg AB Box 27834 115 93 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date	98928812.1	18.06.1998
	[2000/14]
	WO1998SE01193
Priority number, date	SE19970002332	18.06.1997 Original published format: SE 9702332
	[2000/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9857908
	Date:	23.12.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/51]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0989967
	Date:	05.04.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0989967
	Date:	29.08.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/35]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	SE	23.12.1998
Classification	IPC:	C05F3/06, A47K11/04	[2000/14]
	CPC:	C05F3/04 (EP,US); Y02A40/20 (EP,US); Y02P20/145 (EP,US); Y10S4/12 (US)
	C-Set:	C05F3/04, C05F3/06 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/14]
Extension states	AL	13.12.1999
	LT	13.12.1999
	LV	13.12.1999
	RO	13.12.1999
	SI	13.12.1999
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR KOMPOSTIERUNG VON ABBAUBAREN MATERIALIEN	[2000/14]
	English:	METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPOSTING BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL	[2000/14]
	French:	PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF SERVANT A COMPOSTER DU MATERIAU BIODEGRADABLE	[2000/14]
Entry into regional phase	13.12.1999	National basic fee paid
	13.12.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.12.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	06.11.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: SE
	13.12.1999	Examination requested [2000/14]
	30.04.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	11.06.2001	Fee for grant paid
	11.06.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	21.06.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)	30.05.2002	No opposition filed within time limit [2002/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.06.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	DK	29.11.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
	GR	30.11.2001
	ES	28.02.2002
	[2006/14]
Former [2005/01]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	DK	29.11.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
	GR	30.11.2001
	FR	25.01.2002
	ES	28.02.2002
Former [2004/04]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	DK	29.11.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
	FR	25.01.2002
	ES	28.02.2002
Former [2003/46]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	DK	29.11.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
	FR	25.01.2002
Former [2003/21]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
	FR	25.01.2002
Former [2003/09]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	NL	29.08.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
Former [2002/29]	BE	29.08.2001
	FI	29.08.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
Former [2002/27]	FI	29.08.2001
	PT	29.11.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
Former [2002/20]	FI	29.08.2001
	SE	29.11.2001
Former [2002/15]	FI	29.08.2001

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