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EP0539191
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0539191
| EP0539191 - Lightweight cigarette filter and cigarettes incorporating such filters [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 17.04.1998 Database last updated on 29.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ROTHMANS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 15 Hill Street London W1X 7FB / GB | [1994/04] |
| Former [1993/17] | For all designated states ROTHMANS INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO LIMITED Denham Place, Village Road Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex. UB9 5BL / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Sampson, John Roger 74, Walnut Grove, Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL7 4UE / GB | 02 /
Duke, Martin Graham 90, Essex Road Maldon, Essex CM9 6JH / GB | 03 /
Parker, Michael Patrick 7, Chiltern Gardens Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 8BL / GB | 04 /
Stewart-Cox, Adrian Roy 144, Moreton Road Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 1PW / GB | [1993/17] | Representative(s) | Harrison, David Christopher, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/04] | Harrison, David Christopher, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [1993/17] | Bridge-Butler, Alan James G.F. Redfern & Co. Redfern House 149/151 Tarring Road Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4HE / GB | Application number, filing date | 92309637.4 | 21.10.1992 | [1993/17] | Priority number, date | GB19910022447 | 23.10.1991 Original published format: GB 9122447 | [1993/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0539191 | Date: | 28.04.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0539191 | Date: | 19.07.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/29] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.02.1993 | Classification | IPC: | A24D3/06, A24D3/08, A24D3/04, A24D3/14, A24D3/16, A24D1/04 | [1993/17] | CPC: |
A24D3/08 (EP,US);
A24D3/06 (EP,US);
A24D3/16 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1993/17] | Title | German: | Leichtgewichtiges Zigarettenfilter und Zigaretten mit solchen Filtern | [1993/17] | English: | Lightweight cigarette filter and cigarettes incorporating such filters | [1993/17] | French: | Filtre de cigarette à poids léger et cigarettes ayant ces filtres | [1993/17] | Examination procedure | 08.04.1993 | Examination requested [1993/23] | 28.10.1994 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 13.01.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 24.01.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.04.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 20.04.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
19.04.1996
30.04.1996
ADMISSIBLE H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma GmbH & Co Parkstr. 51 D-22605 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Huber, Arnulf, et al, et al Uexküll & Stolberg Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/24] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
19.04.1996
30.04.1996
ADMISSIBLE H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma GmbH & Co Parkstr. 51 D-22605 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Huber, Arnulf, et al, et al Uexküll & Stolberg, Patentanwälte, Beselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg / DE | 22.05.1996 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 02.07.1996 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 12.12.1996 | Date of oral proceedings | 14.01.1997 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 14.01.1997 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 23.02.1998 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [1998/23] | Appeal following opposition | 06.02.1997 | Appeal received No. T0170/97 | 12.05.1997 | Statement of grounds filed | 23.02.1998 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent was rejected | 23.02.1998 | Date of oral proceedings | 03.03.1998 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.10.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 15.12.1992 | AT M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | BE M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | CH M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | DE M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | DK M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | ES M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | FR M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | GB M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | GR M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | IE M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | IT M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | LU M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | MC M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | NL M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | PT M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 | 15.12.1992 | SE M01 Fee paid on 23.12.1992 |
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