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EP0837911 - PLATE-LIKE TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.08.2002
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/18]For all designated states
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / ANDES, Stephanie
Klosterhofstrasse 25
D-63477 Maintal 3 / DE
02 / BAUER, Gerd
Barbarastrasse 12b
D-63801 Kleinostheim / DE
03 / BRENNER, Günter
Jahnstrasse 37a
D-64347 Griesheim / DE
04 / BRÜCKNER, Dieter
Siemensstrasse 10
D-64289 Darmstadt / DE
05 / HEYLAND, Andrea
Talstrasse 25
D-64385 Ober-Kainsbach / DE
06 / KUNTZ, Matthias
Im Berggarten 16
D-64342 Seeheim / DE
07 / OSTERRIED, Karl
Messeler Weg 20 B
D-64807 Dieburg / DE
08 / PFAFF, Gerhard
Trautenauer Strasse 41
D-64839 Münster / DE
09 / SCHMELZ, Michael
Königsberger Strasse 51
D-65830 Kriftel / DE
[1998/18]
Application number, filing date97921766.825.04.1997
[1998/18]
WO1997EP02132
Priority number, dateDE199611856409.05.1996         Original published format: DE 19618564
[1998/18]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9743346
Date:20.11.1997
Language:DE
[1997/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0837911
Date:29.04.1998
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0837911
Date:17.10.2001
Language:DE
[2001/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:C09C1/00, C09C1/36, C09D7/12, C09D11/00, C08K3/00, A61K7/00, C04B33/14, A61K7/42, A23L1/275
[1998/18]
CPC:
C09C1/0021 (EP,KR,US); C09C1/0018 (EP,KR,US); A23L5/42 (EP,KR,US);
A61K8/29 (EP,KR,US); A61Q17/04 (EP,KR,US); C09D11/037 (EP,US);
C09D5/36 (EP,KR,US); C23C16/405 (EP,KR,US); A61K2800/43 (EP,KR,US);
C01P2004/20 (KR,US); C09C2200/1004 (EP,KR,US); C09C2200/301 (EP,US);
C09C2210/20 (EP,US); C09C2220/10 (EP,US); C09C2220/20 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/18]
TitleGerman:PLÄTTCHENFÖRMIGES TITANDIOXIDPIGMENT[1998/18]
English:PLATE-LIKE TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENT[1998/18]
French:PIGMENT DE DIOXYDE DE TITANE SOUS FORME DE PLAQUETTES[1998/18]
Entry into regional phase18.11.1997National basic fee paid 
18.11.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
18.04.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.04.1998Examination requested  [1998/25]
08.07.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.01.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.12.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
03.02.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
02.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.05.2001Fee for grant paid
31.05.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.07.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.04.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
13.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
12.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI17.10.2001
FR17.10.2001
GB17.10.2001
IT17.10.2001
ES30.04.2002
[2008/07]
Former [2006/14]FI17.10.2001
FR17.10.2001
GB17.10.2001
ES30.04.2002
Former [2004/04]FI17.10.2001
GB17.10.2001
ES30.04.2002
Former [2002/37]FI17.10.2001
GB17.10.2001
Former [2002/33]FI17.10.2001
Cited inInternational search[A]JPH01264932  ;
 [A]US3340006  (MOCHEL JOHN M) [A] 1,3 * claim 1 *;
 [A]US3395203  (YOSHIO MORITA) [A] 1-4 * the whole document *;
 [A]US3582382  (WATANABE AKIRA, et al) [A] 5 * claim 1 *;
 [A]EP0649816  (ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA [JP]) [A] 1,3,6-8 * claims 6,9,12,20,22 *;
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 89, no. 48, Database accession no. 89-353145, XP002035808 & JPH01264932 A 19891023 (ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA) [A] 1 * abstract *
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