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EP0873236 - A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A LOCAL DAMAGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 14.01.2005 Database last updated on 29.03.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	05.10.2005	Change: Appeal number
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Coöperatieve Vereniging Profile Repair U.A. Warmonderweg 1-5 2171 AH Sassenheim / NL
	[1998/44]
Inventor(s)	01 / VAN HAANDEL, Johannes, Henricus, Maria Zandhoek 3 NL-5427 PJ Boekel / NL
	[1998/44]
Representative(s)	Dohmen, Johannes Maria Gerardus, et al Algemeen Octrooi- en Merkenbureau P.O. Box 645 5600 AP Eindhoven / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2003/10]	Dohmen, Johannes Maria Gerardus, et al Algemeen Octrooibureau, P.O. Box 645 5600 AP Eindhoven / NL
Former [1998/44]	Fieret, Johannes, Ir., et al Algemeen Octrooibureau, World Trade Center, P.O. Box 645 5600 AP Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date	96902503.0	19.01.1996
	[1998/44]
	WO1996NL00036
Priority number, date	NL19950000133	25.01.1995 Original published format: NL 9500133
	[1998/44]
Filing language	NL
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9622877
	Date:	01.08.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/35]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0873236
	Date:	28.10.1998
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.08.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/44]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0873236
	Date:	04.08.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/31]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0873236
	Date:	02.03.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/09]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	01.08.1996
Classification	IPC:	B29C73/10, B29C73/12, // B29L31/30	[1998/44]
	CPC data not yet available
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1998/44]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR REPARATUR DER LOKALEN SCHÄDEN	[1998/44]
	English:	A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A LOCAL DAMAGE	[1998/44]
	French:	PROCEDE DE REPARATION D'UNE SURFACE LOCALEMENT ENDOMMAGEE	[1998/44]
Entry into regional phase	25.08.1997	Translation filed
	09.07.1997	National basic fee paid
	09.07.1997	Designation fee(s) paid
	09.07.1997	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.08.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	09.07.1997	Examination requested [1998/44]
	11.12.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	11.02.1999	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.03.1999	Fee for grant paid
	08.03.1999	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 04.05.2000 12.05.2000 ADMISSIBLE HBC International ApS Fabriksvej 4 9230 Svenstrup J / DK Opponent's representative Nielsen, Leif Patrade A/S Ceresbyen 75 8000 Aarhus C / DK
		02 07.07.2000 V.o.f. Sikkema Stevinstraat 15 1704 RN Heerhugowaard / NL Opponent's representative van Breda, Jacobus Octrooibureau Los & Stigter B.V. P.O. Box 20052 1000 HB Amsterdam / NL
		[N/P]
	Former [2001/25]
	Opponent(s)	01 04.05.2000 12.05.2000 ADMISSIBLE HBC International ApS Fabriksvej 4 9230 Svenstrup J / DK Opponent's representative Nielsen, Leif Patrade A/S Aaboulevarden 21 8000 Aarhus C / DK
		02 07.07.2000 V.o.f. Sikkema Stevinstraat 15 1704 RN Heerhugowaard / NL Opponent's representative Van Breda, Jacobus Octrooibureau Los & Stigter B.V., Weteringschans 96 1017 XS Amsterdam / NL
	Former [2000/35]
	Opponent(s)	01 04.05.2000 12.05.2000 ADMISSIBLE HBC System ApS Randersvej 80 - 84 8200 Aarhus N / DK Opponent's representative Nielsen, Leif Patrade A/S Aaboulevarden 21 8000 Aarhus C / DK
		02 07.07.2000 INTERVENTION WITHDRAWN V.o.f. Sikkema Stevinstraat 15 1704 RN Heerhugowaard / NL Opponent's representative Van Breda, Jacobus Octrooibureau Los & Stigter B.V., Weteringschans 96 1017 XS Amsterdam / NL
	Former [2000/26]
	Opponent(s)	01 04.05.2000 12.05.2000 ADMISSIBLE HBC System ApS Randersvej 80 - 84 8200 Aarhus N / DK Opponent's representative Nielsen, Leif Patrade A/S Aaboulevarden 21 8000 Aarhus C / DK
	01.08.2000	Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M04)
	18.10.2000	Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
	04.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
	18.12.2001	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	22.10.2002	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	03.02.2004	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	07.06.2004	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	16.11.2004	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	29.12.2004	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	18.12.2002	Appeal received No. T0012/03
	18.02.2003	Statement of grounds filed
	03.02.2004	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	03.02.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	18.02.2004	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.01.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.01.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	GR	04.08.1999
	MC	31.01.2000
	ES	20.01.2001
	PT	31.07.2001
	NL	01.08.2001
	[2004/38]
Former [2004/07]	GR	04.08.1999
	MC	31.01.2000
	PT	31.07.2001
	NL	01.08.2001
	ES	16.11.2002
Former [2003/31]	MC	31.01.2000
	PT	31.07.2001
	NL	01.08.2001
	ES	16.11.2002
Former [2002/42]	MC	31.01.2000
	PT	31.07.2001
	NL	01.08.2001
Former [2002/27]	PT	31.07.2001
	NL	01.08.2001
Former [2002/14]	NL	01.08.2001
Cited in	International search	[A]JPH03169623 ;
		[XAY]US4510001 (SPEER LAWRENCE L [US]) [X] 1-4,7 * column 2, line 58 - column 3, line 13 * * column 4, line 14 - column 5, line 17 * * figures 3-7; claims 1,8 * [A] 6 [Y] 5;
		AU7626387 [ ] (ANDREW A W, et al) [ ] * abstract *;
		[A]EP0315101 (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US]) [A] 6 * the whole document *;
		[Y]DE4019744 (POLY ID AG [CH]) [Y] 5 * abstract * * column 3, line 16 - line 36 * * column 4, line 9 - column 5, line 53 * * figures 2,6,8; claims 1,9,11,12,24,26 *;
		[A] - LEON D. WOFFORD JR., "BETTER SEALS FOR VACUUM BAGS", NTIS TECH NOTES, SPRINGFIELD, VA US, (198408), no. 8, XP002002858 [A] 5 * the whole document *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 88, no. 12, Database accession no. 88-078033 C12, XP002002859 [A] 1,5
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19911021), vol. 15, no. 411, Database accession no. (M - 1170), & JP03169623 A 19910723 (THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO. LTD.) [A] 1,5 * abstract *
	Opposition	- "Sätt en stämpel pa bucklorna" in Swedish magazine "Caravanbladet", 1982, pp10+13

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