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EP0294177 - Method for manufacturing a food product [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1988/49]Food product
[1992/34]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.06.1993
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip04.07.2008Change - applicantpublished on 06.08.2008  [2008/32]
Applicant(s)For:GB 
Unilever PLC
Unilever House
Blackfriars
London
Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
Unilever N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
[N/P]
Former [2008/32]For:GB 
Unilever PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars London
EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
Unilever N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1993/09]For:GB 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1988/49]For:GB 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars P.O. Box 68
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)01 / Mai, Jimbin
5 Foxburn Street
New city New York 10956 / US
02 / Gobbo, Steven A.
278 Grace Avenue
Secaucus New Jersey 07094 / US
03 / Breitbart, Dennis Jay
0012 Quincy Circle
Dayton New Jersey 08810 / US
04 / Fischer, Craig Daniel
19 Apache Drive
Manalapan New Jersey 07726 / US
[1988/49]
Representative(s)Roscoe, Brian Corrie, et al
UNILEVER PLC Patents Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/26]Roscoe, Brian Corrie, et al
UNILEVER PLC Patents Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [1988/49]Hartong, Richard Leroy
Unilever N.V. Patent Division P.O. Box 137
NL-3130 AC Vlaardingen / NL
Application number, filing date88305000.701.06.1988
[1988/49]
Priority number, dateUS1987005728302.06.1987         Original published format: US 57283
[1988/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0294177
Date:07.12.1988
Language:EN
[1988/49]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0294177
Date:07.02.1990
Language:EN
[1990/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0294177
Date:19.08.1992
Language:EN
[1992/34]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.12.1989
ClassificationIPC:A23F3/42, A23L1/221, A23F5/48
[1988/49]
CPC:
A23F5/486 (EP); A23F3/426 (EP); A23L27/115 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1988/49]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Nahrungsmittels[1992/34]
English:Method for manufacturing a food product[1992/34]
French:Procédé pour fabriquer un produit alimentaire[1992/34]
Former [1988/49]Nahrungsmittel
Former [1988/49]Food product
Former [1988/49]Produit alimentaire
Examination procedure30.01.1990Examination requested  [1990/13]
26.04.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.07.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.07.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
31.08.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.11.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.02.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.03.1992Fee for grant paid
06.03.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.05.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.06.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
20.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
13.06.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
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