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EP1037706 - VINYL ACETATE CATALYST COMPRISING PALLADIUM, GOLD, COPPER AND ANY OF CERTAIN FOURTH METALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 04.06.2004 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	04.06.2004	Refusal of application	published on 21.07.2004 [2004/30]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Celanese International Corporation 1601 West LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75234 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2000/39]	For all designated states Celanese International Corporation 1601 West LBJ Freeway Dallas, Texas 75234 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / NICOLAU, Ioan Apartment nr. 2902, 6717 Everhart Road Corpus Christi, TX 78413 / US
	02 / COLLING, Philip, M. 609 Barracuda Corpus Christi, TX 78411 / US
	[2000/39]
Representative(s)	James, Anthony Christopher W.P., et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/33]	James, Anthony Christopher W.P., et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
Former [2000/39]	De Minvielle-Devaux, Ian Benedict Peter CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
Application number, filing date	98960659.5	03.12.1998
	[2000/39]
	WO1998US25599
Priority number, date	US19970989886	12.12.1997 Original published format: US 989886
	[2000/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9930818
	Date:	24.06.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/25]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1037706
	Date:	27.09.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.06.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/39]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	24.06.1999
Classification	IPC:	B01J23/89, B01J23/52, C07C67/055	[2000/39]
	CPC:	B01J23/8946 (EP,KR,US); B01J23/8926 (EP,KR,US); B01J23/52 (EP,US); B01J31/0211 (KR); B01J37/0201 (KR); B01J37/16 (KR); (+) C07C67/055 (EP,KR,US) (-)
	C-Set:	C07C67/055, C07C69/01 (EP,US); C07C67/055, C07C69/15 (US,EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE [2000/39]
Title	German:	PALLADIUM, GOLD, KUPFER UND EIN BESTIMMTES VIERTES METALL ENTHALTENDER VINYLACETATKATALYSATOR	[2000/39]
	English:	VINYL ACETATE CATALYST COMPRISING PALLADIUM, GOLD, COPPER AND ANY OF CERTAIN FOURTH METALS	[2000/39]
	French:	CATALYSEUR D'ACETATE DE VINYLE, CONTENANT DU PALLADIUM, DE L'OR, DU CUIVRE ET UN QUATRIEME METAL	[2000/39]
Entry into regional phase	29.05.2000	National basic fee paid
	29.05.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.05.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.06.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	29.05.2000	Examination requested [2000/39]
	13.03.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.09.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.11.2003	Date of oral proceedings
	23.02.2004	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2004/30]
	23.02.2004	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	04.03.2004	Application refused, date of legal effect [2004/30]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.05.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.10.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	01.10.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	01.10.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited in	International search	[A]EP0494591 (NIPPON CATALYTIC CHEM IND [JP]) [A] 1-4 * claims 1,3 *;
		[DA]US5347046 (WHITE JAMES F [US], et al) [DA] 1-4,6,7,10,11,17-20,22,23 * claims 1,5,6,9 * * column 6, line 4 - line 14 * * column 6, line 50 - line 57 * * examples 2,3,7,8,12,15 *;
		[A]EP0673878 (DEGUSSA [DE]) [A] 1-3 * claims 1,3,4,8-13 ** examples 2,3 *;
		[A]EP0685451 (STANDARD OIL CO OHIO [US]) [A] 1,4,6,10,11,17,20,22,23 * claims 1,4,7-11,13,14 *;
		[DA]US5567839 (GULLIVER DAVID J [GB], et al) [DA] 1,4,17,20,22,23 * claims 1,2,15 * * examples 6,9 *;
		[A]WO9637294 (HOECHST CELANESE CORP [US]) [A] 1,5,17,21-23 * claims 1,2,5,6,9,10 * * page 12, line 5 - line 16 * * examples 2,3 *;
		[PA]US5731457 (NICOLAU IOAN [US], et al) [PA] 1,6-17,22-24 * the whole document *;
		[A] - SCHMIDT HANS JOACHIM ET AL, "HERSTELLUNG VON ALLYLACETAT UND FOLGEPRODUKTEN", ERDÖL UND KOHLE ERDGAS PETROCHEM., (197512), vol. 28, no. 12, page 568, XP002097101 [A] 1,4,12-17,20,22,23

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