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EP0016138 - HYDROPHILIC, SOFT AND OXYGEN PERMEABLE COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.09.1984
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.04.1985Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AT
published on 19.06.1985 [1985/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CHANG, Sing-Hsiung
26 Huntington Drive
Danbury, CT 06811 / US
[1980/20]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1980/20]
Representative(s)Baillie, Iain Cameron, et al
Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2
D-80331 München / DE
[1980/20]
Application number, filing date79900856.014.06.1979
[1980/20]
WO1979US00441
Priority number, dateUS1978092564017.07.1978         Original published format: US 925640
[1980/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8000253
Date:21.02.1980
[1980/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0016138
Date:01.10.1980
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.02.1980 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1980/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0016138
Date:09.11.1983
Language:EN
[1983/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.11.1980
ClassificationIPC:C08F26/08, C08F20/06, C08F30/08, C08F230/08
[1980/20]
CPC:
G02B1/04 (EP,US); C08F230/08 (EP,US); C08F283/124 (EP,US);
G02B1/043 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C08F230/08, C08F226/06 (US);
C08F230/08, C08F226/10 (EP,US);
G02B1/043, C08L39/00 (US,EP);
G02B1/043, C08L43/04 (US,EP);
G02B1/043, C08L51/085 (US,EP);
G02B1/04, C08L43/04 (US,EP)
(-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   SE [1980/20]
TitleGerman:HYDROPHILE, WEICHE UND SAUERSTOFF DURCHLÄSSIGE COPOLYMER-ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN[1980/20]
English:HYDROPHILIC, SOFT AND OXYGEN PERMEABLE COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS[1980/20]
French:COMPOSITIONS DE COPOLYMERS HYDROPHILE, DOUCES ET PERMEABLES A L'OXYGENE[1980/20]
Entry into regional phase05.03.1980National basic fee paid 
05.03.1980Search fee paid 
05.03.1980Designation fee(s) paid 
02.08.1980Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.08.1980Examination requested  [1980/24]
12.05.1981Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.09.1981Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.11.1981Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.03.1982Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.04.1982Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
25.05.1982Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.08.1982Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
22.02.1983Fee for grant paid
22.02.1983Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.03.1983Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)10.08.1984No opposition filed within time limit [1984/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.06.1981Renewal fee patent year 03
14.04.1982Renewal fee patent year 04
29.06.1983Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.11.1983
SE09.11.1983
[1985/25]
Former [1984/31]SE09.11.1983
Documents cited:SearchGB868188  [ ] (MIDLAND SILICONES LTD)
International search[X]US3808178  (GAYLORD N);
 [A]US3849238  (GOULD F, et al);
 [A]US3948871  (BUTTERFIELD JR GEORGE H, et al);
 [A]GB1480880  (BAUSCH & LOMB);
 [X]US4099859  (MERRILL EDWARD W);
 [XP]US4120570  (GAYLORD NORMAN G);
 [AP]US4138382  (POLMANTEER KEITH E);
 [XP]US4139513  (TANAKA KYOICHI, et al);
 [XP]US4153641  (DEICHERT WILLIAM G, et al)
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