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EP0882124 - CLEANING PROCESS AND COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.02.2003
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip25.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 27.08.2008  [2008/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[N/P]
Former [1998/50]For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US
Inventor(s)01 / FLYNN, Richard, M.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
02 / MOORE, George, G., I.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
03 / GRENFELL, Mark, W.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
04 / OWENS, John, G.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
05 / MILBRATH, Dean, S.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[1998/50]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/35]Vossius & Partner
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
Former [1998/50]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date96914691.917.05.1996
[1998/50]
WO1996US07157
Priority number, dateUS1995057341615.12.1995         Original published format: US 573416
[1998/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9722683
Date:26.06.1997
Language:EN
[1997/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0882124
Date:09.12.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.06.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0882124
Date:10.04.2002
Language:EN
[2002/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.06.1997
ClassificationIPC:C11D7/50, D06L1/02
[1998/50]
CPC:
C07D265/30 (EP,US); C11D7/50 (KR); C07C43/12 (EP,US);
C07C43/126 (EP,US); C07D207/10 (EP,US); C07D211/38 (EP,US);
C11D7/5009 (EP,US); C11D7/5013 (EP,US); C11D7/5018 (EP,US);
C23G5/032 (EP,US); C07C2601/14 (EP,US); C11D7/28 (EP,US);
C11D7/3281 (EP,US); C11D7/34 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/50]
TitleGerman:REININGUNGSVERFAHREN UND-ZUSAMMENSETZUNG[1998/50]
English:CLEANING PROCESS AND COMPOSITION[1998/50]
French:PROCEDE ET COMPOSITION DE NETTOYAGE[1998/50]
Entry into regional phase10.07.1998National basic fee paid 
10.07.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
10.07.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.06.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.07.1998Examination requested  [1998/50]
16.11.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.05.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
01.10.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
16.10.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.01.2002Fee for grant paid
28.01.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.01.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
03.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
04.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
04.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE31.05.2002
[2003/48]
Cited inInternational search[E]JPH08259995  ;
 [DA]EP0450855  (ICI PLC [GB]) [DA] 1,2,23 * claim - *;
 [A]WO9309272  (ALLIED SIGNAL INC [US]) [A] 1,2,23 * page 16, line 20 - page 17, line 14; claim - *;
 [A]US3854871  (EANZEL A) [A] 1,2,23 * claim - *;
 [A]SU1427780
 [E]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 96, no. 50, Database accession no. 96-503018, XP002029482 & JPH08259995 A 19961008 (AGENCY OF IND SCI & TECHNOLOGY) [E] 1-5,23 * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 91, no. 17, Database accession no. 91-123600, XP002003769 & SU1427780 A 19900915 (NOVOS ORG CHEM INST) [A] * abstract *
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