| EP2877442 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITROBENZENE BY ADIABATIC NITRIDING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 25.08.2023 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.08.2023 | New entry: Despatch of communication that opposition is rejected | 25.08.2023 | Opposition rejected | published on 27.09.2023 [2023/39] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60 51373 Leverkusen / DE | [2020/38] |
| Former [2015/44] | For all designated states Covestro Deutschland AG Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60 51373 Leverkusen / DE | ||
| Former [2015/23] | For all designated states Bayer Materialscience AG 51368 Leverkusen / DE | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KNAUF, Thomas Balgheimer Str. 89 41542 Dormagen / DE | 02 /
MERKEL, Michael Sternwartstr. 46 40223 Düsseldorf / DE | [2015/23] | Representative(s) | Levpat c/o Covestro AG Gebäude 4825 51365 Leverkusen / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2016/46] | Levpat c/o Covestro AG Alfred-Nobel-Straße 10 40789 Monheim am Rhein / DE | ||
| Former [2015/23] | BIP Patents c/o Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH Creative Campus Monheim Alfred-Nobel-Straße 10 40789 Monheim / DE | Application number, filing date | 13739716.2 | 23.07.2013 | [2016/46] | WO2013EP65506 | Priority number, date | EP20120178161 | 27.07.2012 Original published format: EP 12178161 | [2015/23] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014016292 | Date: | 30.01.2014 | Language: | DE | [2014/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2877442 | Date: | 03.06.2015 | Language: | DE | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.01.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/23] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2877442 | Date: | 16.11.2016 | Language: | DE | [2016/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 30.01.2014 | Classification | IPC: | C07C201/08 | [2015/23] | CPC: |
C07C201/08 (EP,KR,US);
C07C201/16 (KR,US);
C07C205/06 (KR)
| C-Set: |
C07C201/08, C07C205/06 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2015/23] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON NITROBENZOL DURCH ADIABATE NITRIERUNG | [2015/23] | English: | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITROBENZENE BY ADIABATIC NITRIDING | [2015/23] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE PREPARATION DE NITROBENZÈNE PAR NITRIFICATION ADIABATIQUE | [2015/23] | Entry into regional phase | 27.02.2015 | National basic fee paid | 27.02.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.02.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.01.2015 | Observations by third parties | 27.02.2015 | Examination requested [2015/23] | 20.06.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.10.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 05.10.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.10.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 20.06.2016 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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15.08.2017
ADMISSIBLE KBR, Inc. 601 Jefferson Street Houston, TX 77002 / US Opponent's representative Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB, et al, et al Postfach 860 820 81635 München / DE | [2023/37] |
| Former [2017/38] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE KBR, Inc. 601 Jefferson Street Houston, TX 77002 / US Opponent's representative Böhm, Brigitte, et al, et al Weickmann & Weickmann Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Postfach 860 820 81635 München / DE | 26.09.2017 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 05.02.2018 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 17.01.2019 | Date of oral proceedings | 11.03.2019 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 11.03.2019 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 11.07.2023 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2023/39] | 23.08.2023 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | Appeal following opposition | 21.05.2019 | Appeal received No. T1501/19 | 19.07.2019 | Statement of grounds filed | 11.07.2023 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in unamended form | 23.08.2023 | Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal | 21.05.2019 | Appeal received No. T1501/19 | 18.07.2019 | Statement of grounds filed | 11.07.2023 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in unamended form | 23.08.2023 | Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal | 11.07.2023 | Date of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.07.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.07.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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