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EP1109881 - GAS ODORIZATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.01.2004 Database last updated on 29.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	26.11.2004	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MC	published on 12.01.2005 [2005/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Symrise GmbH & Co. KG Mühlenfeldstraße 1 37603 Holzminden / DE
	For all designated states RUHRGAS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Huttropstrasse 60 45138 Essen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2003/38]	For all designated states Symrise GmbH & Co. KG Mühlenfeldstrasse 1 37603 Holzminden / DE
	For all designated states RUHRGAS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Huttropstrasse 60 45138 Essen / DE
Former [2001/26]	For all designated states HAARMANN & REIMER GMBH Postfach 12 53 D-37601 Holzminden / DE
	For all designated states RUHRGAS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Huttropstrasse 60 45138 Essen / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / MANSFELD, Gerd Am Büe 1 D-37632 Eschershausen / DE
	02 / ROHDE, Ute Kleiner Bruch 9 D-37671 Höxter/Stahle / DE
	03 / HENKE, Fritz Försterstieg 7 D-37603 Holzminden / DE
	04 / KAESLER, Heribert Fla kuhlstrasse 5a D-44797 Bochum / DE
	[2001/26]
Representative(s)	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Postfach 10 60 78 28060 Bremen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2003/21]	Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner Martinistrasse 24 28195 Bremen / DE
Former [2002/44]	Zobel, Manfred, Dr. Bayer AG Bayer Chemicals Legal & Patents Patents and Licensing 51368 Leverkusen / DE
Former [2001/26]	Mann, Volker, Dr. Bayer AG Konzernverwaltung RP Lizenzen und Technische Kooperationen 51368 Leverkusen / DE
Application number, filing date	99944331.0	04.08.1999
	[2001/26]
	WO1999EP05639
Priority number, date	DE1998137066	17.08.1998 Original published format: DE 19837066
	[2001/26]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0011120
	Date:	02.03.2000
	Language:	DE
	[2000/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1109881
	Date:	27.06.2001
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.03.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1109881
	Date:	05.03.2003
	Language:	DE
	[2003/10]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	02.03.2000
Classification	IPC:	C10L3/00	[2001/26]
	CPC:	C10L3/006 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/26]
Extension states	LT	19.03.2001
	SI	19.03.2001
Title	German:	ODORIERUNG VON GAS	[2001/26]
	English:	GAS ODORIZATION METHOD	[2001/26]
	French:	PROCEDE DESTINE A CONFERER UNE ODEUR A UN GAZ	[2001/26]
Entry into regional phase	19.03.2001	National basic fee paid
	19.03.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.03.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.12.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	19.03.2001	Examination requested [2001/26]
	12.03.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.06.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.08.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	16.12.2002	Fee for grant paid
	16.12.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP03004711.2 / EP1329495
Opposition(s)	08.12.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/09]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.08.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FI	05.03.2003
	GR	05.03.2003
	CY	04.08.2003
	MC	31.08.2003
	[2005/02]
Former [2004/36]	FI	05.03.2003
	GR	05.03.2003
	CY	04.08.2003
Former [2003/46]	FI	05.03.2003
	GR	05.03.2003
Former [2003/41]	FI	05.03.2003
Cited in	International search	[DX]JPS5134841B ;
		[A]JPS55104393 ;
		[DX] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1976, no. 43, Database accession no. 1974-27718V, XP002125846 & JPS5134841B B2 19760929 (TOKYO GAS CO LTD) [DX] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1980, no. 39, Database accession no. 1980-68432C, XP002125847 & JPS55104393 A 19800809 (NIPPON ZEON KK) [A] 1-3 * abstract *

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