EP2369961 - FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.07.2014 Database last updated on 26.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.09.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT | published on 07.10.2015 [2015/41] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Nestec S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH | [2011/40] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
PLANET, Janet, T. 639 S. Spring St. 2B Los Angeles, CA 90014 / US | 02 /
BARWICK, Darryl, Richard 270 Stocksdale Dr 3C Marysville, OH 43040-1579 / US | [2011/40] | Representative(s) | Gundel, Isabelle Nestec S.A. CT-IAM Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH | [N/P] |
Former [2013/36] | Gundel, Isabelle Nestec S.A. CT-PAT Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH | ||
Former [2011/40] | Rossand, Isabelle Nestec S.A. CT-PAT Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH | Application number, filing date | 09778809.5 | 02.10.2009 | WO2009EP07083 | Priority number, date | GB20080018884 | 15.10.2008 Original published format: GB 0818884 | US20080141922P | 31.12.2008 Original published format: US 141922 P | [2011/40] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2010043313 | Date: | 22.04.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/16] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2369961 | Date: | 05.10.2011 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.04.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2011/40] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2369961 | Date: | 04.09.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/36] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 22.04.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A47J31/40 | [2011/40] | CPC: |
A47J47/01 (EP,US);
A23P30/20 (EP,US);
B29C48/395 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/36] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | RS | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERARBEITUNG VON NAHRUNGSMITTELN | [2011/40] | English: | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | [2011/40] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRANSFORMATION DES ALIMENTS | [2011/40] | Entry into regional phase | 16.05.2011 | National basic fee paid | 16.05.2011 | Designation fee(s) paid | 16.05.2011 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 16.05.2011 | Examination requested [2011/40] | 22.02.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.05.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.11.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.03.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.07.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 22.07.2013 | Fee 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 14.05.2012 | Opposition(s) | 05.06.2014 | No opposition filed within time limit [2014/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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