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EP1011342 - METHODS FOR PRESERVING FRESH FRUIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/26]	METHODS FOR PRESERVING FRESH FRUIT AND PRODUCT THEREOF
	[2011/14]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.06.2012 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.06.2012	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 18.07.2012 [2012/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc. 113 Olive Street Attleboro, MA 02073 / US
	For all designated states THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as represented by THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Washington, DC 20250-1400 / US
	[2011/32]
Former [2000/26]	For all designated states Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc. 113 Olive Street Attleboro, MA 02073 / US
	For all designated states THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as represented by THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Washington, DC 20250-1400 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CHEN, Chao 83 Holden Street Shrewbury, MA 01545 / US
	02 / TREZZA, Thomas, A. 5478 Preston View Blvd. 1003 Dallas, TX 75240 / US
	03 / WONG, Dominic, W., S. 941 Liberty Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 / US
	04 / CAMIRAND, Wayne, M. 844 Madison Albany, CA 94706 / US
	05 / PAVLATH, Attila, E. 409 Tampico Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 / US
	[2007/32]
Former [2000/34]	01 / CHEN, Chao 83 Holden Street Shrewbury, MA 01545 / US
	02 / TREZZA, Thomas, A. 5478 Preston View Blvd. #1003 Dallas, TX 75240 / US
	03 / WONG, Dominic, W., S. 941 Liberty Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 / US
	04 / CAMIRAND, Wayne, M. 844 Madison Albany, CA 94706 / US
	05 / PAVLATH, Attila, E. 409 Tampico Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 / US
Former [2000/26]	01 / CHEN, Chao 83 Holden Street Shrewbury, MA 01545 / US
	02 / TREZZA, Thomas, A. Apartment K, 3320 Northwood Drive Concord, CA 94520 / US
	03 / WONG, Dominic, W., S. 941 Liberty Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 / US
	04 / CAMIRAND, Wayne, M. 844 Madison Albany, CA 94706 / US
	05 / PAVLATH, Attila, E. 409 Tampico Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 / US
Representative(s)	Stuart, Ian Alexander, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/35]	Stuart, Ian Alexander, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Former [2000/26]	Stuart, Ian Alexander, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date	98939325.1	10.08.1998
	[2000/26]
	WO1998US16616
Priority number, date	US19970909196	11.08.1997 Original published format: US 909196
	[2000/26]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9907230
	Date:	18.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/07]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1011342
	Date:	28.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.02.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1011342
	Date:	10.08.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	18.02.1999
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.03.2002
Classification	IPC:	A23B7/153, A23L3/3454, A23B7/157, A23B7/158, A23B7/154, A23B7/10, A23B9/26, A23B9/30	[2002/17]
	CPC:	A23B7/154 (EP,US); A23B7/153 (KR); A23B7/157 (EP,US); A23L3/3481 (EP,US); Y02A40/90 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2000/26]	A23B7/10
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [2000/26]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HALTBARMACHUNG FRISCHER FRUECHTE	[2011/14]
	English:	METHODS FOR PRESERVING FRESH FRUIT	[2011/14]
	French:	PROCEDES DE CONSERVATION DE FRUITS FRAIS	[2011/14]
	Former [2000/26]	VERFAHREN ZUR HALTBARMACHUNG FRISCHER FRUECHTE SOWIE DESSEN PRODUKTE
	Former [2000/26]	METHODS FOR PRESERVING FRESH FRUIT AND PRODUCT THEREOF
	Former [2000/26]	PROCEDES DE CONSERVATION DE FRUITS FRAIS ET LEUR PRODUIT
Entry into regional phase	08.03.2000	National basic fee paid
	08.03.2000	Search fee paid
	08.03.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.03.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.02.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	08.03.2000	Examination requested [2000/26]
	21.11.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	25.05.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.10.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.03.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.09.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	25.05.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.08.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	06.02.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.10.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.11.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.04.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.10.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.11.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.12.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.04.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.06.2011	Fee for grant paid
	24.06.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP10011434.7 / EP2279675
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.11.2003
Opposition(s)	11.05.2012	No opposition filed within time limit [2012/29]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.08.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	09.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.08.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	19.08.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	29.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	29.08.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
	25.08.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	25.08.2009	Renewal fee patent year 12
	25.08.2010	Renewal fee patent year 13
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.08.2001	04 M06 Fee paid on 09.11.2001
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH07322862 ;
		[A]ES2092446 ;
		[X]US3764348 (HUXSOLL C, et al) [X] 1-10,14-16,22,23 * the whole document *;
		[X]GB1455986 (GEN FOODS CORP) [X] 21* page 1, line 43 - line 73; example . *;
		[A]GB2100575 (STOKES BOMFORD [GB]) [A] 21 * the whole document *;
		[X]DE3624035 (ORGANOGEN MEDIZINISCH MOLEKULA [DE]) [X] 1-8,22,23 * example - *;
		[X]WO9412041 (LIDDEN ALEXANDER STUART [AU]) [X] 1-8,10-23 * page 7, line 3 - line 13 * * page 6, paragraph 3 - page 7, paragraph 1; examples 3,4,16; claims 1,4,6-8,12 * * page 5, paragraph 2 *;
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960430), vol. 1996, no. 04, & JP07322862 A 19951212 (YAMAKI KK) [A] 1-23 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1997, no. 02, Database accession no. 1997-014144, XP002191824 & ES2092446 A 19961116 (PAPANOVA SL) [A] 1-23 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]US3754938 (PONTONG J);
		[Y]US4011348 (FARRIER RAY W, et al);
		[X]US4988522 (WARREN BETH Z [US])

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