| EP0038127 - Multi-layer coating process involving use of aqueous basecoat composition containing crosslinked polymer microparticles and having a pseudoplastic or thixotropic character [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 30.09.1992 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC Imperial Chemical House, Millbank London SW1P 3JF / GB | [1981/42] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Backhouse, Alan James Monks Wood Monks Close St. Mary's Hill South Ascot Berkshire / GB | [1981/42] | Representative(s) | Johnston, Walter Paul, et al Patents and Trade Marks Section Legal Affairs Department ICI Paints Wexham Road Slough SL2 5DS / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1986/18] | Johnston, Walter Paul, et al Patents and Trade Marks Section Legal Affairs Department ICI Paints Wexham Road Slough SL2 5DS / GB | ||
| Former [1981/42] | Wood, Dennis John Cecil Imperial Chemical Industries PLC Legal Department: Patents PO Box 6 Welwyn Garden City Herts, AL7 1HD / GB | Application number, filing date | 81301261.4 | 24.03.1981 | [1981/42] | Priority number, date | GB19800012199 | 14.04.1980 Original published format: GB 8012199 | [1981/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0038127 | Date: | 21.10.1981 | Language: | EN | [1981/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0038127 | Date: | 17.10.1984 | Language: | EN | [1984/42] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.07.1981 | Classification | IPC: | B05D7/26, B05D5/06 | [1981/42] | CPC: |
B05D7/532 (EP,US);
C09D5/02 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1981/42] | Title | German: | Mehrschichtiges Überzugsverfahren unter Verwendung eines wässerigen thixotropen Grundschichtgemisches, das vernetzte Polymerpartikeln aufweist | [1981/42] | English: | Multi-layer coating process involving use of aqueous basecoat composition containing crosslinked polymer microparticles and having a pseudoplastic or thixotropic character | [1981/42] | French: | Procédé pour enduire en plusieurs couches, comprenant l'utilisation d'une composition aqueuse à caractère thixotropique d'enduit de fond contenant des particules d'un polymère réticulé | [1981/42] | Examination procedure | 20.03.1982 | Examination requested [1982/21] | 17.05.1983 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.09.1983 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.10.1983 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 04.11.1983 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.01.1984 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: ) | 10.04.1984 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.06.1984 | Fee for grant paid | 07.06.1984 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
17.07.1985
21.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE Herberts GmbH & Co. KG Christbusch 25 D-42285 Wuppertal / DE Opponent's representative Gille Hrabal Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Patentanwälte, et al, et al Brucknerstraße 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | 02
17.07.1985
16.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE Akzo Nobel N.V. Velperweg 76 NL-6824 BM Arnhem / NL Opponent's representative Schenkman, Herbert Jan c/o R. Sieders c.s., P.O. Box 314 6800 AH Arnhem / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [1987/42] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
17.07.1985
21.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE Herberts GmbH Christbusch 25 D-42285 Wuppertal / DE Opponent's representative Türk, Gille, Hrabal, Leifert, et al, et al Brucknerstrasse 20 D-40593 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
| 02
17.07.1985
16.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE Akzo N.V. Velperweg 76 NL-6824 BM Arnhem / NL Opponent's representative Schenkman, Herbert Jan c/o R. Sieders c.s., P.O. Box 314 NL-6800 AH Arnhem / NL | |||
| Former [1985/41] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
17.07.1985
Herberts GmbH Christbusch 25 D-42285 Wuppertal / DE Opponent's representative Türk, Dietmar, Dr. rer. nat., et al, et al Türk, Gille + Hrabal Patentanwälte Bruckner Strasse 20 D-40593 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
| 02
17.07.1985
ADMISSIBLE Akzo N.V. Velperweg 76 NL-6824 BM Arnhem / NL Opponent's representative Schenkman, Herbert Jan c/o R. Sieders c.s., P.O. Box 314 NL-6800 AH Arnhem / NL | |||
| Former [1985/39] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
17.07.1985
Herberts GmbH Christbusch 25 D-42285 Wuppertal / DE Opponent's representative Türk, Dietmar, Dr. rer. nat., et al, et al Türk, Gille + Hrabal Patentanwälte Bruckner Strasse 20 D-40593 Düsseldorf / DE | 05.11.1985 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 12.03.1986 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 19.03.1986 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02) | 29.05.1986 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 03.03.1987 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M08) | 13.11.1987 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 26.03.1990 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 14.07.1992 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [1992/47] | Appeal following opposition | 22.05.1990 | Appeal received No. T0429/90 | 26.07.1990 | Statement of grounds filed | 14.07.1992 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected | 14.07.1992 | Date of oral proceedings | 20.07.1992 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.02.1983 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 04.02.1984 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 24.03.1990 | CH | 31.03.1990 | LI | 31.03.1990 | [1991/32] |
| Former [1991/29] | AT | 24.03.1990 | Documents cited: | Search | DE2613099 (DAINIPPON TORYO KK et al.) | GB1052241 | GB1419199 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB2039497 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1403794 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1122397 (ICI LTD et al.) | FR2410028 (KANSAI PAINT CO LTD et al.) | EP0005428 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1588976 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB941305 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1373531 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1517834 (DAINIPPON TORYO KK et al.) | EP0001489 (ICI LTD et al.) | GB1231614 | FR2388865 (ICI LTD et al.) | US4226901 (SUGIURA SHINJI et al.) | GB2006229 (ICI LTD et al.) |