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EP About this file: EP1985187

EP1985187 - Method for controlling sprout growth in a crop [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.10.2010
Database last updated on 22.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.10.2012Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.11.2012  [2012/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Restrain Company Limited
Floods Ferry Road Doddington March
Cambridgeshire PE15 0UW / GB
[2009/46]
Former [2008/44]For all designated states
Greenvale AP Limited
23 Upper third Street Grafton Gate East, Central Milton Keynes
MK9 1DZ / GB
For all designated states
International Controlled Atmosphere Limited
12 Lonsdale Gardens Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1PA / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Coleman, Paul, Michael
Bramley House, Black Dike, Tydd St Giles, Wisbech
Cambridgeshire PE 13 5LW / GB
02 / Bishop, David, James
Oakbrook House, Crowborough Hill, Crowborough
East Sussex TN6 2RS / GB
 [2009/49]
Former [2008/50]01 / Coleman, Paul, Michael
Bramley House, Black Dike, Tydd St Giles, Wisbech
Cambridgeshire PE 13 5LW / GB
02 / Bishop, David, James
Oakbrook House, Crowborough hill, Crowborough
East Sussex TN6 2RS / GB
Representative(s)Unwin, Stephen Geoffrey
Fry Heath & Spence LLP The Gables
Massetts Road
Horley
Surrey RH6 7DQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/44]Unwin, Stephen Geoffrey
Fry Heath & Spence LLP The Gables Massetts Road Horley
Surrey RH6 7DQ / GB
Application number, filing date08012757.405.04.2004
[2008/44]
Priority number, dateGB2003000789705.04.2003         Original published format: GB 0307897
[2008/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1985187
Date:29.10.2008
Language:EN
[2008/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1985187
Date:12.11.2008
[2008/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1985187
Date:02.12.2009
Language:EN
[2009/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.10.2008
ClassificationIPC:A23B7/152, A01F25/00
[2008/44]
CPC:
A23L3/3445 (EP); A23B7/152 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2008/44]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Steuerung des Keimwachstums in einer Pflanze[2008/44]
English:Method for controlling sprout growth in a crop[2008/44]
French:Procédé de contrôle de la croissance de germe dans une récolte[2008/44]
Examination procedure15.07.2008Examination requested  [2008/44]
17.12.2008Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.02.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.02.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.04.2009Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.09.2009Fee for grant paid
04.09.2009Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP04725729.0  / EP1613166
Opposition(s)03.09.2010No opposition filed within time limit [2010/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
15.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
15.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
26.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT02.12.2009
BE02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
CZ02.12.2009
DK02.12.2009
EE02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
IT02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
RO02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
SK02.12.2009
TR02.12.2009
BG02.03.2010
GR03.03.2010
ES13.03.2010
PT02.04.2010
IE05.04.2010
LU05.04.2010
CH30.04.2010
LI30.04.2010
MC30.04.2010
HU03.06.2010
[2012/47]
Former [2012/43]AT02.12.2009
BE02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
CZ02.12.2009
DK02.12.2009
EE02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
IT02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
RO02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
SK02.12.2009
BG02.03.2010
GR03.03.2010
ES13.03.2010
PT02.04.2010
IE05.04.2010
LU05.04.2010
CH30.04.2010
LI30.04.2010
MC30.04.2010
HU03.06.2010
Former [2012/42]AT02.12.2009
BE02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
CZ02.12.2009
DK02.12.2009
EE02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
IT02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
RO02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
SK02.12.2009
BG02.03.2010
GR03.03.2010
ES13.03.2010
PT02.04.2010
IE05.04.2010
CH30.04.2010
LI30.04.2010
MC30.04.2010
HU03.06.2010
Former [2011/25]AT02.12.2009
BE02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
CZ02.12.2009
DK02.12.2009
EE02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
IT02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
RO02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
SK02.12.2009
BG02.03.2010
GR03.03.2010
ES13.03.2010
PT02.04.2010
IE05.04.2010
CH30.04.2010
LI30.04.2010
MC30.04.2010
Former [2010/44]AT02.12.2009
BE02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
CZ02.12.2009
EE02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
RO02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
SK02.12.2009
BG02.03.2010
ES13.03.2010
PT02.04.2010
Former [2010/33]AT02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
ES13.03.2010
Former [2010/30]AT02.12.2009
CY02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
Former [2010/28]CY02.12.2009
FI02.12.2009
PL02.12.2009
SE02.12.2009
SI02.12.2009
Documents cited:Search[DXA]JPH0923740  ;
 [A]JPH06305902  ;
 [DXA]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970530), vol. 1997, no. 05, & JP09023740 A 19970128 (NORIN SUISANSYO HOKKAIDO NOGYO SHIKENJO) [DX] 15 * abstract * [A] 1-14
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1995, no. 03, Database accession no. 1995-019137, XP002496600 & JPH06305902 A 19941101 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 1-15 * abstract *
 [A]  - PRANGE, R. K, ET AL, "Using Ethylene as a Sprout Control Agent in Stored 'Russet Burbank' Potatoes", JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH, (1998), vol. 123, no. 3, pages 463 - 469, XP001202645 [A] 1-15 * abstract *
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