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EP About this file: EP0557089

EP0557089 - Sunscreen agents containing layered double hydroxides [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.04.1997
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): NL		published on 19.02.2003  [2003/08]
Applicant(s)For:GB  IE 
Unilever PLC
Unilever House
Blackfriars
London
Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  PT  SE 
Unilever N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
[N/P]
Former [1995/32]For:GB  IE 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  PT  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1993/34]For:GB  IE 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:AT  BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  PT  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)01 / Carr, Stuart William
31 Mornington Terrace, Upper Duke Street
Liverpool L1 9DY / GB
02 / Franklin, Kevin Ronald
2A Downham Road North, Heswall
Wirral, Merseyside L61 6UR / GB
03 / Nunn, Charles Craig
185 Orient Way, rutherford
Bergen, New Jersey / US
04 / Pasternak, Jeffrey John
25 Hickory Place, Apartment E24, Chatham
Morris, New Jersey 07928 / US
05 / Scott, Ian Richard
69 Arcadia Road
Allendale, New Jersey 07401 / US
[1993/34]
Representative(s)Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria, et al
Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/46]Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria, et al
Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [1993/34]Ford, Michael Frederick
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date93301188.418.02.1993
[1993/34]
Priority number, dateGB1992000380621.02.1992         Original published format: GB 9203806
[1993/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0557089
Date:25.08.1993
Language:EN
[1993/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0557089
Date:29.05.1996
Language:EN
[1996/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.06.1993
ClassificationIPC:A61K7/42
[1993/34]
CPC:
A61Q17/04 (EP,KR); A61K8/0258 (KR); A61K8/19 (EP,KR);
A61K8/35 (KR); A61K2800/56 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [1993/34]
TitleGerman:Schichtenförmige Doppel-Hydroxyde enthaltende Sonnenschutzmittel[1993/34]
English:Sunscreen agents containing layered double hydroxides[1993/34]
French:Protecteurs solaires contenant des hydroxydes doubles en couche[1993/34]
Examination procedure18.10.1993Examination requested  [1993/50]
18.11.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.04.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.11.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.12.1995Fee for grant paid
12.12.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)01.03.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.02.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
16.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
CH29.05.1996
DK29.05.1996
GR29.05.1996
LI29.05.1996
NL29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
IE18.02.1997
[2003/08]
Former [2001/01]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
CH29.05.1996
DK29.05.1996
GR29.05.1996
LI29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
IE18.02.1997
Former [2000/05]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
CH29.05.1996
DK29.05.1996
GR29.05.1996
LI29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1998/15]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
CH29.05.1996
DK29.05.1996
LI29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1997/29]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
CH29.05.1996
LI29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1997/22]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
PT29.08.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1997/21]AT29.05.1996
BE29.05.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1997/03]AT29.05.1996
SE29.08.1996
Former [1996/51]SE29.08.1996
Documents cited:Search[Y]JP1066110  ;
 [A]FR2322584  (RUBINSTEIN INC H [US]);
 [AD]EP0207810  (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US]);
 [A]EP0369275  (HENKEL KGAA [DE]);
 [YD]EP0431755  (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al);
 [A]WO9119679  (HENKEL KGAA [DE]);
 [Y]WO9200355  (HENKEL KGAA [DE])
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 13, no. 262 (C-608)(3610) 16 June 1989 & JP-A-10 66 110 ( KANEBO ) 13 March 1989, & JP1066110 A 19890313
Examination   - Mol. Chryst. Liq. 1992, Vol. 211 pp 271-281 J.Valim et al"Photoactivity of Cinnamate-Intercalates of layered double hydroxides"
    - Inorg. Chem. 1990 29, 5201-5207 M. Meyn et al."Anion-Exchange Reactions of Layered Double Hydroxides"
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