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EP0493018
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| EP0493018 - System and method for densifying expanded plastic foam materials [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.07.1996 Database last updated on 04.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.12.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 09.01.2008 [2008/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. 1093 Charter Street Redwood City California 94063 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/27] | For all designated states Free-Flow Packaging Corporation 1093 Charter Street Redwood City California 94063 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Fuss, Gunter G. 932 Peninsula Avenue 408 San Mateo, California 94401 / US | [1992/27] | Representative(s) | Flegg, Christopher Frederick, et al Boult, Wade & Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/27] | Flegg, Christopher Frederick, et al Boult, Wade & Tennant 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 91311866.7 | 20.12.1991 | [1992/27] | Priority number, date | US19900632951 | 21.12.1990 Original published format: US 632951 | [1992/27] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0493018 | Date: | 01.07.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/27] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0493018 | Date: | 13.09.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/37] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.04.1992 | Classification | IPC: | B29B17/00 | [1992/27] | CPC: |
B29B17/0026 (EP);
Y02W30/62 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1992/27] | Title | German: | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Verdichten von expandierten Kunststoffschaummaterialien | [1992/27] | English: | System and method for densifying expanded plastic foam materials | [1992/27] | French: | Installation et méthode pour la densification des matériaux à base de mousse de plastique expansée | [1992/27] | Examination procedure | 03.12.1992 | Examination requested [1993/04] | 04.03.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.08.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.12.1994 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 20.03.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.05.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 16.05.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 14.06.1996 | No opposition filed within time limit [1996/36] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.11.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.11.1994 | 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 | 13.09.1995 | BE | 13.09.1995 | ES | 13.09.1995 | IT | 13.09.1995 | NL | 13.09.1995 | [2008/02] |
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| Former [1996/22] | BE | 13.09.1995 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]JP59159313 ; | [A]FR2233161 (STEGMEIER WILLIAM [US]); | [A]AT342958B (MATTH SALZER S SOHNE AKTIENGES [AT]); | [A]US4254068 (OTSUKA KAZUO); | [XP]WO9107264 (EXOTHERM PRODUCTS LTD [GB]) | [X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 11 (M-351)(1734) 18 January 1985 & JP-A-59 159 313 ( MORUTON HANBAI K.K. ), & JP59159313 A 19850118 |