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EP1088018 - ETHER/ESTER DISPERSANTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 01.05.2009 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	01.05.2009	Revocation of patent	published on 03.06.2009 [2009/23]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states The Lubrizol Corporation 29400 Lakeland Boulevard Wickliffe, Ohio 44092 / US
	[2004/49]
Former [2001/14]	For all designated states Avecia Limited Hexagon House Blackley, Manchester M9 8ZS / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / THETFORD, Dean PO Box 42, Hexagon House Blackley, Manchester M9 8ZS / GB
	[2001/14]
Representative(s)	Mallalieu, Catherine Louise, et al D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2004/49]	Mallalieu, Catherine Louise, et al D Young & Co 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
Former [2004/28]	Mayall, John, et al Intellectual Property Group, Avecia Limited, PO Box 42, Hexagon House, Blackley Manchester M9 8ZS / GB
Former [2001/14]	Fawkes, David Melville, et al Avecia Limited Intellectual Property Group, P.O. Box 42, Hexagon House Blackley, Manchester M9 8ZS / GB
Application number, filing date	99947040.4	03.03.1999
	[2001/14]
	WO1999GB00642
Priority number, date	GB19980009116	29.04.1998 Original published format: GB 9809116
	[2001/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9955762
	Date:	04.11.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/44]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1088018
	Date:	04.04.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.11.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1088018
	Date:	17.12.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	04.11.1999
Classification	IPC:	C08G63/692, C08G63/664, C08G63/91	[2001/14]
	CPC:	C08G63/664 (EP,US); C08G63/6922 (EP,US); C08G63/912 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [2001/14]
Title	German:	ETHER-ESTERDISPERGIERMITTEL	[2001/14]
	English:	ETHER/ESTER DISPERSANTS	[2001/14]
	French:	AGENTS DE DISPERSION D'ETHER/ESTER	[2001/14]
Entry into regional phase	29.11.2000	National basic fee paid
	29.11.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.11.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.10.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	29.11.2000	Examination requested [2001/14]
	31.05.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.09.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.06.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.10.2003	Fee for grant paid
	09.10.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 16.09.2004 ADMISSIBLE BYK-Chemie GmbH Abelstrasse 14 D-46483 Wesel / DE Opponent's representative Steffan, Gerhard Leifert & Steffan Patentanwälte Postfach 10 40 09 40031 Düsseldorf / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2004/48]
	Opponent(s)	01 16.09.2004 ADMISSIBLE BYK-Chemie GmbH Abelstrasse 14 D-46483 Wesel / DE Opponent's representative Steffan, Gerhard Leifert & Steffan Patentanwälte Burgplatz 21/22 40213 Düsseldorf / DE
	04.11.2004	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	13.06.2005	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	06.01.2009	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 27.01.2009
	06.01.2009	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	14.01.2009	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	24.01.2009	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2009/23]
	27.01.2009	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	16.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
	04.12.2000	AT M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	BE M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	CH M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	DK M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	ES M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	FI M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	FR M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	GR M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	IE M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	IT M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	PT M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
	04.12.2000	SE M01 Fee paid on 15.01.2001
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FI	17.12.2003
	IE	03.03.2004
	DK	17.03.2004
	PT	17.05.2004
	AT	03.03.2006
	GR	02.10.2006
	[2008/48]
Former [2008/18]	FI	17.12.2003
	IE	03.03.2004
	DK	17.03.2004
	PT	17.05.2004
	AT	03.03.2006
Former [2007/02]	FI	17.12.2003
	IE	03.03.2004
	DK	17.03.2004
	AT	03.03.2006
Former [2005/24]	FI	17.12.2003
	IE	03.03.2004
	DK	17.03.2004
Former [2005/02]	FI	17.12.2003
	DK	17.03.2004
Former [2004/26]	FI	17.12.2003
Cited in	International search	JPS49109104 [ ];
		[XD]US5130463 (HAUBENNESTEL KARL-HEINZ [DE], et al) [XD] 1-23 * examples 8-16; table 1 * * column 6, line 34 - line 37 *;
		[X]EP0558965 (AMERICAN CYANAMID CO [US]) [X] 22 * claim 2 *;
		[X]WO9534593 (ZENECA LTD [GB], et al) [X] 1,17-22 * claims 1,4,11-15 * * page 2, line 29 - line 30 * * example 1 *;
		[A]WO9636656 (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US], et al) [A] 1-23 * claim 7 * * page 4, line 31 *;
		[X]EP0759440 (BASF AG [DE]) [X] 1-5,11-14,17-23 * claim 1 * * tables 1A-C * * page 5, line 54 - line 57 *;
		[AD]WO9719948 (ZENECA LTD [GB], et al) [AD] 1,14* claim 1 *;
		[X] - "Photopolymers for flexographic printing plates", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19750616), vol. 82, no. 24, Database accession no. 163055, XP002104476 [X] 22 * abstract *

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