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EP0666872 - PROCESS FOR PREPARING EPOXY-TERMINATED POLYMERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.10.1997 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	21.06.2002	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR	published on 07.08.2002 [2002/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 100 North Eastman Road Kingsport TN 37660 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1995/33]	For all designated states EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 100 North Eastman Road Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / RIFFLE, Judy, S. 608 Floyd Street Blacksburg, VA 24060 / US
	02 / FACINELLI, John, V. 305 Fairfax Road Blacksburg, VA 24060 / US
	03 / DOMBROSKI, John, Richard 2608 Brighton Court Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
	04 / JAYARAMAN, Ramesh, Babu 1300 University Boulevard, Apt. 2312 Blacksburg, VA 24060 / US
	05 / GEORGE, Scott, Ellery 2608 Brighton Court Kingsport, TN 37660 / US
	[1995/33]
Representative(s)	Wibbelmann, Jobst, et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1995/33]	Wibbelmann, Jobst, Dr., et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 D-81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	93924342.4	19.10.1993
	[1995/33]
	WO1993US09929
Priority number, date	US19920970219	02.11.1992 Original published format: US 970219
	[1995/33]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9410209
	Date:	11.05.1994
	Language:	EN
	[1994/11]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0666872
	Date:	16.08.1995
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.05.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1995/33]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0666872
	Date:	27.12.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/52]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	11.05.1994
Classification	IPC:	C08C19/44, C08F8/08, C08F8/42	[1995/33]
	CPC:	C08C19/44 (EP,KR,US); C08F8/08 (KR)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1995/33]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON EPOXYENDGRUPPEN ENTHALTENDEN POLYMEREN	[1995/33]
	English:	PROCESS FOR PREPARING EPOXY-TERMINATED POLYMERS	[1995/33]
	French:	PROCEDE POUR LA PREPARATION DE POLYMERES A TERMINAISON EPOXY	[1995/33]
Entry into regional phase	12.04.1995	National basic fee paid
	12.04.1995	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.04.1995	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.04.1994	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	12.04.1995	Examination requested [1995/33]
	12.02.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	28.05.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.07.1996	Fee for grant paid
	29.07.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	30.09.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/51]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.10.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.10.1996	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	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
	CH	27.12.1996
	DK	27.12.1996
	FR	27.12.1996
	GR	27.12.1996
	LI	27.12.1996
	PT	27.03.1997
	[2002/32]
Former [2000/05]	AT	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
	CH	27.12.1996
	DK	27.12.1996
	GR	27.12.1996
	LI	27.12.1996
	PT	27.03.1997
Former [1998/15]	AT	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
	CH	27.12.1996
	DK	27.12.1996
	LI	27.12.1996
	PT	27.03.1997
Former [1998/04]	AT	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
	CH	27.12.1996
	LI	27.12.1996
	PT	27.03.1997
Former [1997/50]	AT	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
	PT	27.03.1997
Former [1997/42]	AT	27.12.1996
	BE	27.12.1996
Former [1997/40]	BE	27.12.1996
Cited in	International search	[A] JPS6414208
		[A] CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL Section Ch Week 8909, 26 April 1989 Derwent World Patents Index; Class A, AN 89-0638367 [A] 1 * abstract *
	Examination	CHEMICAL PATENTS INDEX, DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS JOURNAL Section Ch, Week 8909, 26 April 1989 Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; Class A, AN 89-0638367 & JP,A,1 014 208

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