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EP4038154 - REVERSE PHOTOCHROMIC INKS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND WRITING INSTRUMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.07.2022 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 03.04.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	17.04.2024	Amendment by applicant
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sanford, L.P. 6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30328 / US
	[2022/32]
Inventor(s)	01 / CZAPLEWSKI, Kenneth 519 Hamilton Avenue Westmont, Illinois 60559 / US
	[2022/32]
Representative(s)	Page White Farrer Bedford House 21a John Street London WC1N 2BF / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2022/32]	Roberts, David Page White & Farrer Bedford House John Street London WC1N 2BF / GB
Application number, filing date	20869275.6	23.09.2020
	[2022/32]
	WO2020US52196
Priority number, date	US201962904889P	24.09.2019 Original published format: US 201962904889 P
	US201962904900P	24.09.2019 Original published format: US 201962904900 P
	[2022/32]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021061757
	Date:	01.04.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4038154
	Date:	10.08.2022
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.04.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	01.04.2021
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	20.09.2023
Classification	IPC:	C09D11/17, C09D11/32, C09D11/50, C09D11/18	[2023/42]
	CPC:	C09D11/18 (EP,US); C09D11/50 (EP,US); C09D11/17 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2022/32]	C09D11/17, C09D11/32, C09D11/50
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 [2022/32]
Title	German:	UMGEKEHRTE PHOTOCHROME TINTEN SOWIE ZUGEHÖRIGE VERFAHREN UND SCHREIBGERÄTE	[2022/32]
	English:	REVERSE PHOTOCHROMIC INKS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND WRITING INSTRUMENTS	[2022/32]
	French:	ENCRES PHOTOCHROMIQUES INVERSES, PROCÉDÉS ET INSTRUMENTS D'ÉCRITURE ASSOCIÉS	[2022/32]
Entry into regional phase	13.04.2022	National basic fee paid
	13.04.2022	Search fee paid
	13.04.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.04.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.07.2021	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	13.04.2022	Examination requested [2022/32]
	16.04.2024	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	16.04.2024	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.09.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.09.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
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		[XI]US5593486 (OLIVER JOHN F [CA], et al) [X] 1-5,7-9 * column 45, line 33 - line 39 * * column 49, line 35 - line 39 * * examples * [I] 6,10-12;
		[XI]US2008162162 (REICHELSHEIMER JAY [US]) [X] 1,3,7-9,12 * claims; examples; figures; paragraphs [0016] , [0017] * [I] 2,4-6,10,11;
		[XI]US2009322070 (REICHELSHEIMER JAY [US], et al) [X] 1,3,5,7-9,12 * claims; paragraphs [0023] , [0 30]; figure 3 * [I] 2,4,6,10,11;
		[XI]JP2010270163 (PILOT INK CO LTD) [X] 1-9 * the whole document * [I] 10,13-15;
		[A] - AIKEN STUART ET AL, "Negatively photochromic organic compounds: Exploring the dark side", DYES AND PIGMENTS, ELSEVIER APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BARKING, GB, (20170927), vol. 149, doi:10.1016/J.DYEPIG.2017.09.057, ISSN 0143-7208, pages 92 - 121, XP085306287 [A] 1-15 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.09.057
	International search	[A]US2006053975 (SHIBAHASHI YUTAKA [JP], et al) [A] 17-24 * ; entire document, but especially: para [0007], para [0009], para [0012], para [0072], para [0074], para [0113] *;
		[A]US2008085384 (YLITALO CAROLINE M [US], et al) [A] 17-24 * ; para [0006], para [0029], para [0033], para [0093], para [0094] *;
		[Y]US2012038718 (KAZMAIER PETER M [CA], et al) [Y] 26-29 * ; entire document, but especially: para [0003], para [0016], para [0017] *;
		[XYA]US2016024321 (WANG YONG [CN], et al) [X] 1-15, 25, 30 * ; entire document, but especially: para [0011]. para [0018], para [0033], para [0035], para [0065], para [0066] * [Y] 26-29 [A] 16-24;
		[A]US2017058139 (CLAYTON TERRILL SCOTT [US], et al) [A] 1-30* ; entire document, but especially: para [0016], para [0052], para [0125]- para [0128] *;
		[A]US2019284406 (LEVINE ANDREW SETH [US], et al) [A] 16 * ; entire document, but especially: para [0003], para [0016], para [0017] *;
		[A] - Anonymous, "Tinuvin 477-DW Technical Data Sheet", Tinuvin 477-DW Technical Data Sheet, (20101201), pages 1 - 3, XP055243922 [A] 19 * ; page 1 *

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