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EP About this file: EP0907478

EP0907478 - PROCESS FOR FOAM PRODUCTION USING DISSOLVED UNDER PRESSURE CARBON DIOXIDE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.08.2002
Database last updated on 05.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.11.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR		published on 05.01.2005  [2005/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BAYER AG
51368 Leverkusen / DE
For all designated states
Hennecke GmbH
51379 Leverkusen / DE
[1999/15]
Inventor(s)01 / SULZBACH, Hans-Michael
Hermann-Löns-Strasse 12
D-53639 Königswinter / DE
02 / STEILEN, Herbert
Stieldorferhohn 57
D-53639 Königswinter / DE
03 / RAFFEL, Reiner
Müschbungert 2
D-53721 Siegburg / DE
04 / EIBEN, Robert
Wolfskaul 12
D-51061 Köln / DE
05 / EBELING, Wilfried
Odenthaler Strasse 52
D-51069 Köln / DE
[1999/15]
Application number, filing date97927040.226.05.1997
[1999/15]
WO1997EP02688
Priority number, dateDE199612274207.06.1996         Original published format: DE 19622742
[1999/15]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9747453
Date:18.12.1997
Language:DE
[1997/54]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0907478
Date:14.04.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0907478
Date:04.10.2001
Language:DE
[2001/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.12.1997
ClassificationIPC:B29C44/34, B29C44/46, C08J9/30, C08J9/12
[1999/15]
CPC:
C08J9/30 (EP,US); B29C44/3446 (EP,US); B29C44/461 (EP,US);
C08J9/122 (EP,US); C08J2375/04 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/15]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR SCHAUMHERSTELLUNG MITTELS UNTER DRUCK GELÖSTEM KOHLENDIOXID[1999/15]
English:PROCESS FOR FOAM PRODUCTION USING DISSOLVED UNDER PRESSURE CARBON DIOXIDE[1999/15]
French:PROCEDE POUR LA PRODUCTION DE MOUSSE A L'AIDE DE DIOXYDE DE CARBONE DISSOUS SOUS PRESSION[1999/15]
Entry into regional phase07.01.1999National basic fee paid 
07.01.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
07.01.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.12.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.01.1999Examination requested  [1999/15]
26.01.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.03.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.06.2001Fee for grant paid
26.06.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.07.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
31.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
31.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI04.10.2001
IE04.10.2001
DK04.01.2002
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
GR05.01.2002
ES30.04.2002
LU26.05.2002
MC26.05.2002
[2005/01]
Former [2004/43]FI04.10.2001
IE04.10.2001
DK04.01.2002
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
ES30.04.2002
LU26.05.2002
MC26.05.2002
Former [2004/39]FI04.10.2001
DK04.01.2002
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
ES30.04.2002
LU26.05.2002
MC26.05.2002
Former [2004/04]FI04.10.2001
DK04.01.2002
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
ES30.04.2002
MC26.05.2002
Former [2003/46]FI04.10.2001
DK04.01.2002
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
MC26.05.2002
Former [2003/25]FI04.10.2001
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
MC26.05.2002
Former [2002/48]FI04.10.2001
PT04.01.2002
SE04.01.2002
Former [2002/33]FI04.10.2001
SE04.01.2002
Former [2002/27]SE04.01.2002
Cited inInternational search[Y]EP0378243  (SEALED AIR CORP [US]) [Y] 1-5 * column 7, line 21 - column 8, line 33 *;
 [DA]DE4422568  (BAYER AG [DE]);
 [Y]NO954810L  (BAYER AG [DE], et al) [Y] 1-5;
 [PY]EP0722975  (BAYER AG [DE], et al) [PY] 1-5 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - BLACKWELL J B ET AL, "COMPARISON OF THE VPF AND LIQUID CO2 FOAMING PROCESSES", CELLULAR POLYMERS, (19960101), vol. 15, no. 2, pages 105 - 116, XP000589911 [A] 1-5
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