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EP0401950
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| EP0401950 - A system for automatic consecutive opening and dispensing thermoplastic grocery or retail product bags [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.02.1995 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY P.O. Box 160 Hartsville South Carolina 29550 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1990/50] | For all designated states SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY P.O. Box 160 Hartsville South Carolina 29550 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Vrooman, Carll DeWitt 1524 Newsome Circle South Hartsville South Carolina 29550 / US | 02 /
Wilfong, Harry B., Jr. 104 Carrington Lane Hartsville South Carolina 29550 / US | [1990/50] | Representative(s) | Linn, Samuel Jonathan, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/21] | Linn, Samuel Jonathan, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1991/50] | Barker, Rosemary Anne MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1990/50] | Barker, Rosemary Anne O' Briens Hollins Chambers 64a Bridge Street Manchester M3 3BA / GB | Application number, filing date | 90300197.2 | 08.01.1990 | [1990/50] | Priority number, date | US19890361130 | 05.06.1989 Original published format: US 361130 | [1990/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0401950 | Date: | 12.12.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0401950 | Date: | 30.03.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/13] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 28.09.1990 | Classification | IPC: | B65D30/10, B65B67/12, A47F13/08 | [1990/50] | CPC: |
B65D33/001 (EP,US);
A47F9/042 (EP,US);
B65B67/1266 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1990/50] | Title | German: | Einrichtung zum automatischen Öffnen und anschliessenden Abgeben von Verkaufsbeuteln | [1994/13] | English: | A system for automatic consecutive opening and dispensing thermoplastic grocery or retail product bags | [1990/50] | French: | Dispositif pour automatiquement et successivement ouvrir et distribuer des sacs de commerce de détail | [1990/50] |
| Former [1990/50] | Enrichtung zum automatischen Öffnen und anschliessenden Abgaben von Verkaufsbeuteln | Examination procedure | 28.12.1990 | Examination requested [1991/10] | 02.07.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 01.09.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.11.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 25.11.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 31.12.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1995/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.01.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.01.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.01.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | 30.03.1994 | CH | 30.03.1994 | ES | 30.03.1994 | GR | 30.03.1994 | IT | 30.03.1994 | LI | 30.03.1994 | SE | 30.03.1994 | [2002/24] |
| Former [2002/23] | AT | 30.03.1994 | |
| CH | 30.03.1994 | ||
| GR | 30.03.1994 | ||
| IT | 30.03.1994 | ||
| LI | 30.03.1994 | ||
| SE | 30.03.1994 | ||
| Former [2000/04] | AT | 30.03.1994 | |
| CH | 30.03.1994 | ||
| GR | 30.03.1994 | ||
| IT | 30.03.1994 | ||
| LI | 30.03.1994 | ||
| Former [1999/42] | AT | 30.03.1994 | |
| CH | 30.03.1994 | ||
| IT | 30.03.1994 | ||
| LI | 30.03.1994 | ||
| Former [1995/02] | AT | 30.03.1994 | |
| CH | 30.03.1994 | ||
| LI | 30.03.1994 | ||
| Former [1994/48] | CH | 30.03.1994 | |
| LI | 30.03.1994 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4796759 (SCHISLER JACQUES [FR]); | [A]US4821985 (DEMATTEIS ROBERT B [US], et al) |