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EP About this file: EP1276701

EP1276701 - ETCHING PASTES FOR INORGANIC SURFACES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.10.2013
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
[2012/49]
Former [2003/04]For all designated states
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KLEIN, Sylke
Auf dem Wingert 8
64380 Rossdorf / DE
02 / HEIDER, Lilia
Lagerstrasse 37A
64560 Riedstadt / DE
03 / WIEGAND, Claudia
Altheimweg 14
64291 Darmstadt / DE
04 / KÜBELBECK, Armin
Augartenstrasse 45
64625 Bensheim / DE
05 / STOCKUM, Werner
Waldstrasse 59
64354 Reinheim / DE
 [2012/49]
Former [2003/04]01 / KLEIN, Sylke
Auf dem Wingert 8
64380 Rossdorf / DE
02 / HEIDER, Lilia
Lagerstrasse 37A
64560 Riedstadt / DE
03 / ZIELINSKI, Claudia
Stormstrasse 15
64291 Darmstadt / DE
04 / KÜBELBECK, Armin
Augartenstrasse 45
64625 Bensheim / DE
05 / STOCKUM, Werner
Waldstrasse 59
64354 Reinheim / DE
Representative(s)(deleted)
[2012/49]
Application number, filing date01915409.523.03.2001
[2003/04]
WO2001EP03317
Priority number, dateDE200012081728.04.2000         Original published format: DE 10020817
DE200110192616.01.2001         Original published format: DE 10101926
[2003/04]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0183391
Date:08.11.2001
Language:DE
[2001/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1276701
Date:22.01.2003
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.11.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2003/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1276701
Date:05.12.2012
Language:DE
[2012/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.11.2001
ClassificationIPC:C03C15/00, C09K13/08
[2003/04]
CPC:
C03C15/00 (EP,KR,US); C09K13/08 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2003/04]
Extension statesLT07.09.2002
LV07.09.2002
RO07.09.2002
SI07.09.2002
TitleGerman:ÄTZPASTEN FÜR ANORGANISCHE OBERFLÄCHEN[2003/04]
English:ETCHING PASTES FOR INORGANIC SURFACES[2003/04]
French:PATES D'ATTAQUE CHIMIQUE POUR SURFACES INORGANIQUES[2003/04]
Entry into regional phase07.09.2002National basic fee paid 
07.09.2002Designation fee(s) paid 
07.09.2002Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.11.2001Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.09.2002Examination requested  [2003/04]
11.11.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.03.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.08.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.02.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.04.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.10.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.11.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.05.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.04.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
11.05.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.07.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.10.2012Fee for grant paid
24.10.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  11.11.2004
Opposition(s)06.09.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
15.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
14.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
09.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 06
14.03.2007Renewal fee patent year 07
14.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 08
13.03.2009Renewal fee patent year 09
15.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 10
15.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 11
14.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
TR05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
AT23.03.2013
IE23.03.2013
LU23.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
[2015/34]
Former [2015/32]CY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
TR05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
AT23.03.2013
IE23.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2014/37]CY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
AT23.03.2013
IE23.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2014/08]CY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
IE23.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2014/07]CY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
IE23.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2013/48]CY05.12.2012
DK05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2013/47]CY05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2013/40]CY05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
PT05.04.2013
Former [2013/24]CY05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
GR06.03.2013
Former [2013/23]CY05.12.2012
FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
Former [2013/22]FI05.12.2012
SE05.12.2012
Former [2013/21]SE05.12.2012
Cited inInternational search[A]JPH0665544  ;
 [A]DD153360  (SCHICHT HEINZ, et al) [A] 1-24 * abstract * * page 4; example - *;
 [A]US4578407  (AMABILE ROBERT N [US], et al) [A] 1-24 * abstract * * column 2, line 20 - line 59 * * examples I,III *;
 [X]EP0229915  (SCHERING AG [DE]) [X] 1,4,5,9-14,19-21,23,24 * abstract * * column 2, line 8 - line 45 * * example - *;
 [X]US4921626  (RHODENBAUGH THOMAS A [US]) [X] 1-7,9,10,12-14,17-21,23,24 * abstract * * column 1, line 27 - line 55 * * column 2, line 9 - line 12 *;
 [X]WO9830652  (HENKEL CORP [US], et al) [X] 1,4-7,9,10,12,13,15,23,24 * abstract * * page 3, line 7 - line 31 * * table 1 *;
 [PX]WO0040518  (ALLIED SIGNAL INC [US]) [PX] 1-6,9-15,17-21,23,24 * abstract * * page 1, line 1 - line 14 * * page 2, line 8 - page 4, line 13 * * page 5, line 11 - line 14 *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19940615), vol. 018, no. 313, Database accession no. (C - 1212), & JP06065544 A 19940308 (HITACHI CHEM CO LTD) [A] 1,4,5,9,10,12,13,23,24 * abstract *
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    - BÜHLER J. ET AL., J. MICROMECH. MICROENG., (1997), vol. 7, no. R1
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