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EP0876335 - PRODUCTION OF ISOCYANATE USING CHLORINE RECYCLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  13.02.2004
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.03.2004New entry: Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
University of South Carolina Research Foundation
901 Sumter Street, Suite 501, Byrnes Building Columbia
South Carolina 29208 / US
[N/P]
Former [2003/27]For all designated states
University of South Carolina Research Foundation
901 Sumter Street, Suite 501, Byrnes Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29208 / US
Former [1998/46]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Inventor(s)01 / FREIRE, Francisco, Jose
205 Glenwood Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19803-3938 / US
02 / KAISER, Bruce, Arthur
4010 Valley Green Road
Wilmington, DE 19807-2200 / US
03 / FELIX, Vinci, Martinez
437 E. Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348-1831 / US
04 / MAH, Dennie, Turin
2609 Majestic Drive
Wilmington, DE 19810-2430 / US
05 / TRAINHAM, James, Arthur, III
7 Whitehaven Court
Newark, DE 19711-3444 / US
06 / LAW, Clarence, Garlan, Jr.
19 Pardee Place
West Trenton, NJ 08628-2022 / US
07 / NEWMAN, John, Scott
114 York Avenue
Kensington, CA 94708 / US
08 / EAMES, Douglas, John
1881 Hickory Road
Chamblee, GA 30341 / US
[1998/46]
Representative(s)Held, Stephan, et al
Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte
Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Postfach 86 06 24
81633 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2003/27]Held, Stephan, Dr.rer.nat., Dipl.-Chem., et al
Meissner, Bolte & Partner Postfach 86 03 29
81630 München / DE
Former [2000/11]Beacham, Annabel Rose, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Former [1998/46]Matthews, Derek Peter, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date96944989.117.12.1996
[1998/46]
WO1996US20533
Priority number, dateUS1995060934028.12.1995         Original published format: US 609340
[1998/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9724320
Date:10.07.1997
Language:EN
[1997/30]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0876335
Date:11.11.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0876335
Date:10.05.2000
Language:EN
[2000/19]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0876335
Date:31.03.2004
Language:EN
[2004/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.07.1997
ClassificationIPC:C07C263/10, C25B1/26
[1998/46]
CPC:
C25B1/26 (EP); C07C263/10 (EP); Y02P20/582 (EP)
C-Set:
C07C263/10, C07C265/14 (EP)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL [1998/46]
TitleGerman:DIE HERSTELLUNG VON ISOCYANATEN UNTER WIEDERGEWINNUNG VON CHLOR[1998/46]
English:PRODUCTION OF ISOCYANATE USING CHLORINE RECYCLE[1998/46]
French:PRODUCTION D'ISOCYANATE A L'AIDE DE CHLORE RECYCLE[1998/46]
Entry into regional phase04.06.1998National basic fee paid 
04.06.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
04.06.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.06.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
04.06.1998Examination requested  [1998/46]
30.09.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
08.11.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.01.2000Fee for grant paid
07.01.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  29.01.2001    ADMISSIBLE
Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen
D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
 [N/P]
Former [2001/12]
Opponent(s)01  29.01.2001    ADMISSIBLE
Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen
D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
16.03.2001Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
24.01.2002Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
13.05.2003Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
13.05.2003Date of oral proceedings
02.07.2003Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
02.07.2003Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
03.11.2003Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
03.02.2004Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
24.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[Y]WO9514796  (DU PONT) [Y] 1,5,11 * page 7, line 6 - line 12; figures 3,4; claims 1,9 *;
 [A]JPS541281
 [Y]  - Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5th edition, vol A 14, WEINHEIM (DE), VCH VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT, (1989), XP002028897 [Y] 1,5,11 * page 620, column R, line 5 - line 8 * * page 616, column R, line 42 - line 46 *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 79, no. 07, Database accession no. 79-12716B, XP002028898 & JPS541281 A 19790108 (OVAL KIKI KOGYO KK) [A] * abstract *
OppositionUS5411641
    - A.K, Twitchet, Chem. Soc. Rev. 3, 1974, pp. 209-230
    - Becker et al (Ed.) Kunststoff Handbuch, vol. 7, Polyurethane, Carl Hanser Verlag, 3rd ed., 1993, pp. 79-80
    - K. Weissermel et al, Ind. org. Chem., VCH-Verlag, 3rd ed., 1988, pp. 26-30
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