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EP About this file: EP0040842

EP0040842 - Laminating process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  09.01.1990
Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.04.2015Change - lapse in a contracting state
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: CH, LI
published on 20.05.2015  [2015/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
[N/P]
Former [1981/48]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Weiner, Jerold Samuel
R.D. 2 Box 280-1
Blairstown New Jersey 07825 / US
02 / Small, Samuel
920 Val Park Avenue
Valley Stream New York 11580 / US
[1981/48]
Representative(s)dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Deichmannhaus am Dom
Bahnhofsvorplatz 1
50667 Köln / DE
[N/P]
Former [1981/48]Werner, Hans-Karsten, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Von Kreisler-Selting-Werner Postfach 10 22 41
D-50462 Köln / DE
Application number, filing date81103965.023.05.1981
[1981/48]
Priority number, dateUS1980015363727.05.1980         Original published format: US 153637
[1981/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0040842
Date:02.12.1981
Language:EN
[1981/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0040842
Date:15.08.1984
Language:EN
[1984/33]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.08.1981
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/16, G03C1/74
[1981/48]
CPC:
B32B37/226 (EP); B32B37/0038 (EP); G03F7/161 (EP);
B32B2457/08 (EP); B32B38/162 (EP); H05K3/0079 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1981/48]
TitleGerman:Laminierungsverfahren[1981/48]
English:Laminating process[1981/48]
French:Procédé de laminage[1981/48]
Examination procedure23.05.1981Examination requested  [1981/48]
25.03.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.09.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.11.1983Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
08.12.1983Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.03.1984Fee for grant paid
01.03.1984Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  11.05.1985  04.06.1985  ADMISSIBLE
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
-Patentabteilung - C6- Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38
D-67056 Ludwigshafen / DE
 02  15.05.1985  04.06.1985  ADMISSIBLE
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Werk Kalle-Albert
Zentrale Patentabteilung KA
D-65174 Wiesbaden / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1985/29]
Opponent(s)01  11.05.1985  04.06.1985  ADMISSIBLE
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen
-Patentabteilung - C6- Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38
D-67056 Ludwigshafen / DE
 02  15.05.1985  04.06.1985  ADMISSIBLE
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Werk Kalle-Albert
Zentrale Patentabteilung KA
D-65174 Wiesbaden / DE
21.06.1985Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
11.10.1985Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
22.10.1985Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02)
23.12.1985Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
17.12.1986Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M03)
20.02.1987Reply to a communication from the opposition division
11.04.1988Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
11.10.1989Legal effect of revocation of patent [1990/09]
11.10.1989Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition30.05.1988Appeal received No.  T0226/88
03.08.1988Statement of grounds filed
11.10.1989Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
11.10.1989Date of oral proceedings
13.10.1989Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.05.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
25.05.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipLU31.05.1985
AT23.05.1989
BE31.05.1989
[2015/21]
Former [1999/52]LU31.05.1985
AT23.05.1989
BE31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
Former [1990/19]AT23.05.1989
BE31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
Former [1990/18]BE31.05.1989
CH31.05.1989
LI31.05.1989
Former [1989/39]BE31.05.1989
Cited inExaminationUS3365348
 US3607544
 US4069076
 DE2752900
    - Galvanotechnik 70 (1979), Nr. 10, D7968 Sarelgau I. Rapp: "Die Mechanische Vorbehandlung von Leiterplatten", pages 965-973
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