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EP0020482 - APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CHEMICALS TO WEEDS AND PLANTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1981/01]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CHEMICALS TO WEEDS AND PLANTS
[1984/09]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.01.1985
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR
published on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HARDY, James H.
P.O. Box 259
Rt. 2, Batesville, MS 38606 / US
For all designated states
ROBERSON, James E.
220 Bates Street
Batesville, MS 38606 / US
[1981/01]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1981/01]
Representative(s)Warren, Keith Stanley, et al
Baron Warren Redfern
Cambridge House
100 Cambridge Grove
Hammersmith, London
W6 0LE / GB
[N/P]
Former [1981/01]Warren, Keith Stanley, et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU / GB
Application number, filing date79901312.326.09.1979
[1981/01]
WO1979US00786
Priority number, dateUS1978094587526.09.1978         Original published format: US 945875
[1981/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8000666
Date:17.04.1980
[1980/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0020482
Date:07.01.1981
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.04.1980 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1981/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0020482
Date:29.02.1984
Language:EN
[1984/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.01.1981
ClassificationIPC:B05C1/00, A01M21/04
[1981/01]
CPC:
A01M21/043 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LU,   NL,   SE [1981/01]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR ANWENDUNG VON CHEMIKALIEN BEI UNKRAUT UND PFLANZEN[1984/09]
English:APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CHEMICALS TO WEEDS AND PLANTS[1984/09]
French:APPAREILLAGE POUR L'APPLICATION DE PRODUITS CHIMIQUES A DES MAUVAISES HERBES ET A DES PLANTES[1984/09]
Former [1981/01]VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ANWENDUNG VON CHEMIKALIEN BEI UNKRAUT UND PFLANZEN
Former [1981/01]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CHEMICALS TO WEEDS AND PLANTS
Former [1981/01]PROCEDE ET APPAREILLAGE POUR L'APPLICATION DE PRODUITS CHIMIQUES A DES MAUVAISES HERBES ET A DES PLANTES
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase06.06.1980National basic fee paid 
06.06.1980Search fee paid 
06.06.1980Designation fee(s) paid 
13.10.1980Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.10.1980Examination requested  [1981/01]
13.10.1981Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.02.1982Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.05.1982Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.09.1982Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.05.1983Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
08.08.1983Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.11.1983Fee for grant paid
09.11.1983Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.11.1984No opposition filed within time limit [1985/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.09.1981Renewal fee patent year 03
28.09.1982Renewal fee patent year 04
26.09.1983Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH29.02.1984
FR29.02.1984
NL29.02.1984
LU30.09.1984
[2002/24]
Former [1999/52]CH29.02.1984
NL29.02.1984
LU30.09.1984
Former [1985/23]CH29.02.1984
NL29.02.1984
Former [1984/30]CH29.02.1984
Cited inInternational search[A]US910933  (MAHANAY ANDREW J [US]);
 [A]US1507595  (GOODE WILLIAM W);
 [A]US1527669  (THOMAS CAMP);
 [A]US1764952  (HAY CLARENCE B);
 [A]US2123988  (CORLEY ALEX M);
 [A]US2311782  (SEGARS EDWARD H);
 [A]US2769668  (RICHARDS LORENZO A);
 [A]US3021642  (EWING BERNARD E);
 [A]US3320694  (BIRON RAPHAEL A);
 [A]US3651600  (EWING BERNARD E);
 [A]US4019278  (MCKIRDY JAMES A)
ExaminationUS3021641
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