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EP About this file: EP1373391

EP1373391 - POLYESTER BOTTLE HAVING A REDUCED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AND IMPROVED CLARITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2004/01]POLYESTERS AND POLYESTER CONTAINERS HAVING A REDUCED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AND IMPROVED CLARITY
[2011/31]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.11.2012
Database last updated on 22.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.05.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 02.07.2014  [2014/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V.
Ricardo Margain No. 444
Torre sur, Piso 16
Col. Valle del Campestre
66265 San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon / MX
[2011/36]
Former [2004/01]For all designated states
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
100 North Eastman Road
Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
Inventor(s)01 / STAFFORD, Steven, Lee
161 Stafford Road
Gray, TN 37615 / US
02 / LIGHT, Ronald, Richard
309 Whitehaven Drive
Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
03 / GERMINARIO, Louis, Thomas
2012 Buckingham Court
Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
04 / SHARPE, Emerson, Eston, Jr.
1208 Mourning Dove Drive
Kingsport, TN 37663 / US
 [2004/01]
Representative(s)Wibbelmann, Jobst, et al
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/01]Wibbelmann, Jobst, Dr., Dipl.-Chem., et al
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date02715217.227.03.2002
[2004/01]
WO2002US09507
Priority number, dateUS20010280295P30.03.2001         Original published format: US 280295 P
US2002010548825.03.2002         Original published format: US 105488
[2004/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO02079309
Date:10.10.2002
Language:EN
[2002/41]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1373391
Date:02.01.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.10.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1373391
Date:04.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.10.2002
ClassificationIPC:C08L67/02
[2011/31]
CPC:
C08K3/34 (EP,US); Y10T428/1352 (EP,US); Y10T428/1372 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C08K3/34, C08L67/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2004/01]C08K3/34
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2004/01]
TitleGerman:POLYESTER-FLASCHE MIT NIEDRIGEM REIBUNGSKOEFFIZIENTEN UND VERBESSERTER KLARHEIT[2011/31]
English:POLYESTER BOTTLE HAVING A REDUCED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AND IMPROVED CLARITY[2011/31]
French:BOUTEILLE EN POLYESTER POSSEDANT UN COEFFICIENT REDUIT DE FRICTION ET UNE TRANSPARENCE AMELIOREE[2011/31]
Former [2004/01]POLYESTER UND POLYESTER-BEHÄLTER MIT NIEDRIGEM REIBUNGSKOEFFIZIENTEN UND VERBESSERTER KLARHEIT
Former [2004/01]POLYESTERS AND POLYESTER CONTAINERS HAVING A REDUCED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AND IMPROVED CLARITY
Former [2004/01]POLYESTERS ET RECIPIENTS EN POLYESTER POSSEDANT UN COEFFICIENT REDUIT DE FRICTION ET UNE TRANSPARENCE AMELIOREE
Entry into regional phase21.10.2003National basic fee paid 
21.10.2003Designation fee(s) paid 
21.10.2003Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure09.10.2002Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
21.10.2003Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.10.2003Examination requested  [2004/04]
28.04.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.10.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.02.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.06.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.10.2011Fee for grant paid
25.10.2011Fee 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  28.04.2009
Opposition(s)05.10.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
04.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
06.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
28.03.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
19.03.2009Renewal fee patent year 08
08.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
10.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT04.01.2012
BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
IT04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
TR04.01.2012
IE27.03.2012
LU27.03.2012
CH31.03.2012
LI31.03.2012
MC31.03.2012
FR02.04.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
[2014/27]
Former [2014/21]AT04.01.2012
BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
IT04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
TR04.01.2012
IE27.03.2012
CH31.03.2012
LI31.03.2012
MC31.03.2012
FR02.04.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2013/08]AT04.01.2012
BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
IT04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
IE27.03.2012
CH31.03.2012
LI31.03.2012
MC31.03.2012
FR02.04.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2013/07]AT04.01.2012
BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
IT04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
CH31.03.2012
LI31.03.2012
MC31.03.2012
FR02.04.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/50]BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
IT04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
MC31.03.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/49]BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
DK04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
MC31.03.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/48]BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
SE04.01.2012
MC31.03.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/47]BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
MC31.03.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/41]BE04.01.2012
CY04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/37]BE04.01.2012
FI04.01.2012
GR05.04.2012
PT04.05.2012
Former [2012/36]BE04.01.2012
GR05.04.2012
Former [2012/33]BE04.01.2012
Cited inInternational search[X]JPH02147657  ;
 [A]JPS6131429  ;
 [XA]GB1100175  (GEN ELECTRIC) [X] 19-23,26-30 * examples 12-19 * * page 4, line 1 - line 3 * * claims 1,2,7 * [A] 1-18,24,25,31-40;
 [X]US3968183  (HAYASHI IKUYA, et al) [X] 1-18,33,34,37-40 * column 3, line 63 - line 16 * * column 3, line 52 - lines 55,67 * * example 5 * * claims 1,3-5,7,8 *;
 [A]US5316714  (YONEDA TADAHIRO [JP], et al) [A] 1,10,19,26,33,37 * tables 2-C ** claims 1-4 *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1990, no. 29, Database accession no. 1990-219860, XP002204996 & JPH02147657 A 19900606 (NIPPON PETROCHEMICALS CO LTD) [X] 33,34,37,39 * example 4; table 1 * * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1986, no. 13, Database accession no. 1986-084972, XP002204997 & JPS6131429 A 19860213 (TORAY IND INC) [A] 1,37 * abstract *
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