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EP About this file: EP1698672

EP1698672 - BIOCIDE MICROCAPSULES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2006/36]Coating material with biocide microcapsules
[2019/12]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.07.2019
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  04.03.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.06.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 06.07.2022  [2022/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THOR GmbH
Landwehrstrasse 1
67346 Speyer / DE
[2006/36]
Inventor(s)01 / Baum, Rüdiger
Goethestraße 29
68753, Waghäusel / DE
02 / Zimmermann, Dagmar, Antoni
Christian-Eberle-Straße 2a
67346, Speyer / DE
03 / Wunder, Thomas
Langenschemelstraße 76
67345, Neustadt / DE
04 / Schmidt, Hans-Jürgen
Draisstraße 35b
67346, Speyer / DE
 [2006/36]
Representative(s)(deleted)
[2011/24]
Former [2010/05]Jacobi, Markus Alexander, et al
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler Wichmann LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4
68163 Mannheim / DE
Former [2006/36]Huhn, Michael, et al
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler Wichmann Huhn Patentanwälte Theodor-Heuss-Anlage 12
68165 Mannheim / DE
Application number, filing date06012608.319.06.2002
[2006/36]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1698672
Date:06.09.2006
Language:DE
[2006/36]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1698672
Date:20.09.2006
[2006/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1698672
Date:07.08.2019
Language:DE
[2019/32]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.08.2006
ClassificationIPC:C09D5/14, A01N25/28, C04B20/10, C09D5/16, C04B111/00, C04B111/20
[2019/12]
CPC:
C09D5/1606 (EP,US); A01N25/28 (EP,US); C04B20/1018 (EP,US);
C09D5/14 (EP,US); C04B2111/00112 (EP,US); C04B2111/00482 (EP,US);
C04B2111/2092 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C04B20/1018, C04B14/047, C04B2103/67 (US,EP);
C04B20/1018, C04B14/12, C04B2103/67 (US,EP);
C04B20/1018, C04B14/301, C04B2103/67 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2006/37]C09D5/14, A01N25/28
Former IPC [2006/36]C09D5/14
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2019/32]
Former [2006/36]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:BIOZIDMIKROKAPSELN[2019/14]
English:BIOCIDE MICROCAPSULES[2019/14]
French:MICROCAPSULES DE BIOCIDE[2019/14]
Former [2006/36]Beschichtungsmasse mit Biozidmikrokapseln
Former [2006/36]Coating material with biocide microcapsules
Former [2006/36]Matériau d'enduction contenant des microcapsules de biocide
Examination procedure06.12.2006Examination requested  [2007/03]
19.01.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.05.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.06.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.11.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.08.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.03.2010Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
25.05.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.03.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.06.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
07.06.2019Fee for grant paid
07.06.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP02762295.0  / EP1519995
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 (EP20020762295) is  25.06.2007
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  13.03.2020  05.10.2020  WITHDRAWN
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
Kennedyplatz 1
50569 Köln / DE
 [2020/46]
Former [2020/17]
Opponent(s)01  13.03.2020  19.03.2020  ADMISSIBLE
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
Kennedyplatz 1
50569 Köln / DE
17.06.2020Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
16.10.2020Despatch of communication that the opposition procedure will be closed
26.10.2020Legal effect of closure of opposition procedure [2021/11]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
25.05.2010Request for further processing filed
25.05.2010Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
20.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 04
29.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 05
28.06.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
26.06.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
30.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 08
31.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
30.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
28.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 11
27.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 12
26.06.2014Renewal fee patent year 13
29.06.2015Renewal fee patent year 14
29.06.2016Renewal fee patent year 15
29.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 16
28.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 17
25.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 18
Penalty fee
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30.06.200605   M06   Fee paid on   29.12.2006
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY07.08.2019
DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
MC07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
IE19.06.2020
LU19.06.2020
BE30.06.2020
[2022/27]
Former [2021/24]DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
MC07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
IE19.06.2020
LU19.06.2020
BE30.06.2020
Former [2021/20]DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
MC07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
IE19.06.2020
LU19.06.2020
Former [2021/15]DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
MC07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
LU19.06.2020
Former [2021/12]DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
MC07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
Former [2020/22]DK07.08.2019
FI07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
Former [2020/17]FI07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
TR07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
Former [2020/12]FI07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
GR08.11.2019
PT09.12.2019
Former [2020/10]FI07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
SE07.08.2019
PT09.12.2019
Former [2020/09]FI07.08.2019
NL07.08.2019
Documents cited:Search[XA]JP2002053412  ;
 [X]WO0124631  (BAYER AG [DE], et al) [X] 1-4 * page 2, line 19 - line 29 * * page 4, line 18 - line 23 * * page 7, line 24 * * page 11, line 12 * * page 18, line 4 - line 10 *;
 [X]US6280759  (PRICE RONALD R [US], et al) [X] 1-4,6,7 * column 1, line 13 - line 38 * * column 4, line 63 - column 5, line 7 * * column 7, line 48 - line 54 * * column 8, line 54 - line 59 * * column 9, line 26 * * claim 13 *;
 [E]WO03089561  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [E] 1-5 * page 4, paragraph 4 * * page 21, paragraph 3 * * claims 3,4,6,9 *;
 [XA]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2002, no. 41, Database accession no. 2002-377074, XP002392832 & JP2002053412 A 20020219 (DAIWA KAGAKU KOGYO KK) [X] 1-4,6,7 * abstract * [A] 5
 [DA]  - C.A. FINCH, "Microencapsulation", ULLMAN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY, (20000615), URL: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/ueic/articles/a16_575/abstract-fs.html, (20030214), XP002231333 [DA] 1 * paragraph [0004] *
ExaminationWO9956542
by applicantDE4324315
 DE4337844
 EP0758633
 EP1108824
    - "Micro-encapsulation", D. ANTONI-ZIMMERMANNP. HAHN, Wässrige Siliconharz-Beschichtungssysteme für Fassaden, Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, (20010000), vol. 522, pages 379 - 406
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