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EP0640008 - THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.10.1997 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES	published on 30.01.2008 [2008/05]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FLUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION 10054 Old Grove Road San Diego California 92131 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1995/09]	For all designated states FLUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION 10054 Old Grove Road San Diego, California 92131 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / TRAN, Chinh, Ngoc 13752 Magnolia Street Garden Grove, CA 92644 / US
	02 / MALDONADO, Adrian, Cernas 169 Date Street Chula Vista, CA 91911 / US
	03 / SOMANATHAN, Ratnasamy 8310 Yolo Court San Diego, CA 92129 / US
	[1995/30]
Former [1995/09]	01 / TRAN, Chinh, Ngoc 13752 Magnolia Street Garden Grove, CA 92644 / US
	02 / MALDONADO, Adrian, Cernas 169 Date Street Chula Vista, CA 91911 / US
	03 / SOMANATHAN, Ratnasamy 1084 Marjorie Drive San Diego, CA 92114 / US
Representative(s)	Lawrence, Malcolm Graham Avidity IP Broers Building Hauser Forum 21 JJ Thomson Ave Cambridge CB3 0FA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1995/28]	Lawrence, Malcolm Graham Hepworth, Lawrence, Bryer & Bizley Merlin House Falconry Court Bakers Lane Epping Essex CM16 5DQ / GB
Former [1995/09]	Lawrence, Malcolm Graham Hepworth, Lawrence, Bryer & Bizley Merlin House Falconry Court Bakers Lane Epping Essex CM16 5DQ / GB
Application number, filing date	93912142.2	08.04.1993
	[1995/09]
	WO1993US03280
Priority number, date	US19920882396	13.05.1992 Original published format: US 882396
	[1995/09]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9323155
	Date:	25.11.1993
	Language:	EN
	[1993/28]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0640008
	Date:	01.03.1995
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.11.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1995/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0640008
	Date:	11.12.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	25.11.1993
Classification	IPC:	B01D71/56, // B01D69/12	[1995/09]
	CPC:	B01D69/125 (EP,US); B01D71/56 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE [1995/09]
Title	German:	DÜNNFILMVERBUNDMEMBRAN	[1995/09]
	English:	THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE	[1995/09]
	French:	MEMBRANE COMPOSITE A FILM MINCE	[1995/09]
Entry into regional phase	28.11.1994	National basic fee paid
	28.11.1994	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.11.1994	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.11.1993	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	29.11.1994	Examination requested [1995/09]
	29.03.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.10.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.11.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	06.03.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.06.1996	Fee for grant paid
	26.06.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	12.09.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.04.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.04.1996	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	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	ES	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	SE	11.03.1997
	DE	12.03.1997
	IE	08.04.1997
	[2002/26]
Former [2001/01]	AT	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	SE	11.03.1997
	DE	12.03.1997
	IE	08.04.1997
Former [1999/42]	AT	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	SE	11.03.1997
	DE	12.03.1997
Former [1998/15]	AT	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	SE	11.03.1997
	DE	12.03.1997
Former [1998/11]	AT	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	SE	11.03.1997
	DE	12.03.1997
Former [1998/04]	AT	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	DE	12.03.1997
Former [1997/42]	AT	11.12.1996
	DE	12.03.1997
Former [1997/29]	DE	12.03.1997
Cited in	International search	[A]DE2602493 (RAMOT PLASTICS [IL]);
		[A]EP0014054 (MIDWEST RESEARCH INST [US]);
		[A]EP0361092 (HYDRANAUTICS [US]);
		[A]WO9010494 (ALLIED SIGNAL INC [US])
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 324 (C-320)(2047) 19 December 1985

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