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EP0614617 - Canned product sterilizing process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  11.09.1998
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.09.1998Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 28.10.1998 [1998/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
Campbell Place
Camden, NJ 08103-1799 / US
[1994/37]
Inventor(s)01 / Mignogna, Michael S.
18 Hawthorne Drive
Medford, NJ 08055 / US
02 / Santana, Stephen
117 Wilson Road
Maple Shade, NJ 08052 / US
[1994/37]
Representative(s)Richards, Michèle E., et al
Withers & Rogers LLP
4 More London Riverside
London
SE1 2AU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/37]Badcock, Michèle, et al
Withers & Rogers 4 Dyer's Buildings Holborn
London EC1N 2JT / GB
Application number, filing date94108678.713.12.1990
[1994/37]
Priority number, dateUS1990047060126.01.1990         Original published format: US 470601
[1994/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0614617
Date:14.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0614617
Date:12.10.1994
Language:EN
[1994/41]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.08.1994
ClassificationIPC:A23L3/04, A23L3/02, A23L1/39
[1994/39]
CPC:
A23L3/00 (EP,US); A23L3/02 (EP,US); A23L3/045 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1994/37]A23L3/04, A23L3/02
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1994/37]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Sterilisierung von Dosenprodukten[1994/37]
English:Canned product sterilizing process[1994/37]
French:Procédé de stérilisation de conserves en boîte[1994/37]
Examination procedure01.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/37]
31.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.09.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
31.03.1998Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1998/44]
04.05.1998Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [1998/44]
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP90313578.8  / EP0438885
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
01.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
30.12.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
21.12.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
09.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 07
05.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[X]JPS5995875  ;
 [A]JPS5894356  ;
 [X]GB1173333  (INTERNAT MACHINERY CORP [BE]) [X] 1,4,5 * page 5, line 82 - line 95 *;
 [A]DE2007972  (INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CORPORATION) [A] 4 * claim 17 *;
 [X]DE2144778  (ALFA-LAVAL A.B.) [X] 1 * claim 1 *;
 [A]US3959514  (EASTMAN JAMES E) [A] 7 * abstract *;
 [X]EP0292045  (STORK AMSTERDAM [NL]) [X] 1 * abstract *
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 84, no. 28, Database accession no. 84-173916, & JPS5995875 A 19840602 (S. HAYAKAWA ET AL.) [X] 1 * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 83, no. 28, Database accession no. 83-708556, & JPS5894356 A 19830604 (TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA) [A] 7 * abstract *
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