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EP About this file: EP0178365

EP0178365 - Agent for combatting the dying off of woodland [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  26.10.1994
Database last updated on 29.03.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dorfmann, Bernhard
Breitenfurterstrasse 511
A-1237 Wien / AT
[1986/17]
Inventor(s)01 / Wenger, Franz Xaver
Zenostrasse 5
D-8230 Bad Reichenhall / DE
[1986/17]
Representative(s)(deleted)
[1991/26]
Former [1986/17]Haft, von Puttkamer, Berngruber, Czybulka
Patentanwälte Franziskanerstrasse 38
D-81669 München / DE
Application number, filing date84890160.928.08.1984
[1986/17]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0178365
Date:23.04.1986
Language:DE
[1986/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0178365
Date:25.01.1989
Language:DE
[1989/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.1985
ClassificationIPC:A01N59/06, A01N59/02, // (A01N59/06, 59:02)
[1986/17]
CPC:
A01N59/06 (EP); A01N59/02 (EP)
C-Set:
A01N59/06, A01N2300/00 (EP);
A01N59/06, A01N59/02 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1986/17]
TitleGerman:Mittel zur Bekämpfung des Waldsterbens[1986/17]
English:Agent for combatting the dying off of woodland[1986/17]
French:Agent pour la lutte contre la mort des forêts[1989/04]
Former [1986/17]Agent pour la lutte contre la mort des-forêts
Examination procedure19.12.1986Examination requested  [1987/10]
25.08.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
22.03.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.06.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.07.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.10.1988Fee for grant paid
05.10.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  04.10.1989  24.10.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Kali und Salz AG
Postfach 10 20 29
D-34111 Kassel / DE
 02  09.10.1989  08.11.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Radex Austria Aktiengesellschaft für feuerfeste Erzeugnisse
A-9545 Radenthein / AT
Opponent's representative
Becker, Thomas, et al, et al
Patentanwälte
Becker & Müller
Turmstrasse 22
40878 Ratingen / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1989/49]
Opponent(s)01  04.10.1989  24.10.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Kali und Salz AG
Postfach 10 20 29
D-34111 Kassel / DE
 02  09.10.1989  08.11.1989  ADMISSIBLE
Radex Austria Aktiengesellschaft für feuerfeste Erzeugnisse
A-9545 Radenthein / AT
Opponent's representative
Becker, Thomas, Dr., Dipl.-Ing., et al, et al
Patentanwälte Becker & Müller Eisenhüttenstrasse 2
D-40882 Ratingen / DE
01.12.1989Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
31.05.1990Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
13.08.1990Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M04)
24.09.1990Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
20.03.1991Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M07)
29.10.1991Reply to a communication from the opposition division
12.11.1991Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
06.03.1992Reply to a communication from the opposition division
04.10.1994Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
14.10.1994Legal effect of revocation of patent [1994/50]
Appeal following opposition04.08.1992Appeal received No.  T0715/92
26.10.1992Statement of grounds filed
10.02.1994Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
18.05.1992Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.08.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
17.09.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
24.07.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
23.10.1986M02   Fee paid on   19.12.1986
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.09.198704   M06   Fee paid on   17.09.1987
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL01.03.1992
AT28.08.1992
GB28.08.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
FR30.04.1993
[2002/42]
Former [2002/16]CH25.01.1989
LI25.01.1989
NL01.03.1992
AT28.08.1992
GB28.08.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
FR30.04.1993
Former [1994/23]NL01.03.1992
AT28.08.1992
GB28.08.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
FR30.04.1993
Former [1994/18]NL01.03.1992
AT28.08.1992
GB28.08.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
Former [1993/47]NL01.03.1992
GB28.08.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
Former [1993/46]NL01.03.1992
SE29.08.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
Former [1993/33]NL01.03.1992
BE31.08.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
Former [1993/27]NL01.03.1992
CH31.08.1992
LI31.08.1992
Former [1992/33]NL01.03.1992
Documents cited:Search[A]AT309140B  (DEUBLER JOSEF);
 [A]DE2646406  (RICHTER GEDEON VEGYESZET);
 [E]DE3308183  (WENGER FRANZ XAVER)
 [L]  - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, Band 102, Nr. 3, 21. Januar 1985, Seite 195, Nr. 18940r, Columbus, Ohio, US; U. KRONE u.a.: "Pyrotechnically generated calcium and magnesium aerosols (method of generation and application in forest ecosystems damaged by air pollution") & PROC. INT. PYROTECH. SEMIN. 1984, 9th, 315-321
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