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EP0998388 - POUCHES FOR PACKAGING FLOWABLE MATERIALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 08.02.2008 Database last updated on 25.04.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	15.08.2008	Change - representative	published on 17.09.2008 [2008/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Washington Street - 1790 Building Midland MI 48674 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2004/40]	For all designated states DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. Washington Street, 1790 Building Midland, Michigan 48674 / US
Former [2000/19]	For all designated states THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 2030 Dow Center Midland, Michigan 48674 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / FALLA, Daniel, James 2105 Blackwell Road Sarnia, Ontario N7T 7K7 / CA
	[2000/19]
Representative(s)	Dey, Michael , et al Weickmann & Weickmann Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Richard-Strauss-Strasse 80 81679 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/38]	Dey, Michael , et al Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20 81635 München / DE
Former [2007/24]	Dey, Michael , et al Weickmann & Weickmann Postfach 860 820 81635 München / DE
Former [2001/41]	Huber, Bernhard, Dipl.-Chem. , et al Weickmann & Weickmann, Patentanwälte, Postfach 86 08 20 81635 München / DE
Former [2000/19]	Weickmann, Heinrich , et al Weickmann-Fincke-Huber-Liska-Prechtel, Postfach 860820, Kopernikusstr. 9 81635 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97905720.5	11.02.1997
	[2000/19]
	WO1997US01671
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9834844
	Date:	13.08.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/32]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0998388
	Date:	10.05.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application has been published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.08.1998
	[2000/19]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0998388
	Date:	04.04.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/14]
	Type:	B9 Corrected patent specification
	No.:	EP0998388
	Date:	03.10.2007
	[2007/40]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	13.08.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.03.2000
Classification	International:	B32B27/32, C08J5/18, C08L23/08, C08L23/04, C08L23/06	[2000/19]
Designated contracting states	BE, CH, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [2000/19]
Title	German:	BEUTEL ZUM VERPACKEN FLIESSFÄHIGER MATERIALIEN	[2000/19]
	English:	POUCHES FOR PACKAGING FLOWABLE MATERIALS	[2000/19]
	French:	SACHETS DESTINES A EMBALLER DES MATIERES FLUIDES	[2000/19]
Entry into regional phase	13.09.1999	National basic fee paid
	13.09.1999	Search fee paid
	13.09.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.09.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.08.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	13.09.1999	Examination requested [2000/19]
	10.05.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.08.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.10.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.02.2007	Fee for grant paid
	12.02.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.01.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	17.01.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	09.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	05.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 08
	19.11.2004	Renewal fee patent year 09
	30.11.2005	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.02.2007	Renewal fee patent year 11
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CH	04.04.2007
	FI	04.04.2007
	LI	04.04.2007
	SE	04.07.2007
	[2008/07]
Documents cited:	Search	[A]WO9500587 (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US]) [A] 1-27 * abstract * * page 8, lines 9-27 * * page 9, lines 5-10,24 * * page 10, lines 14,15,17-25 * * page 11, lines 19-28 * * page 12, lines 13-15 * * page 20, line 15 *;
		[A]US5344884 (BENHAM ELIZABETH A [US], et al) [A] 1,20 * abstract * * column 1, lines 42-65 * * column 3, lines 47-68 * * column 4, lines 15-68 * * column 5, lines 44-48 *
	International search	[X]US4521437 (STORMS WILLIAM J [CA]);
		[X]US5288531 (FALLA DANIEL J [CA], et al)
	by applicant	US4503102
		US4521437
		US5288531
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