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EP0906343 - MIXED TRANSITION METAL CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 23.12.2011 Database last updated on 23.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	10.07.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES	published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2001/22]	For all designated states ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520-5200 / US
Former [1999/14]	For all designated states EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520-5200 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CANICH, Jo, Ann, Marie 900 Henderson Avenue 808 Webster, TX 77058 / US
	02 / VAUGHAN, George, Alan 3606 Durhill Street Houston, TX 77025 / US
	03 / MATSUNAGA, Phillip, T. 16403 Heatherdale Drive Houston, TX 77059 / US
	04 / GINDELBERGER, David 15410 Tutbury Circ. Houston, Texas 77044 / US
	05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, Daniel 16415 Brookford Drive Houston, TX 77059 / US
	06 / SQUIRE, Kevin, Richard 2111 Seven Maples Drive Kingwood, TX 77345 / US
	[1999/22]
Former [1999/15]	01 / CANICH, Jo, Ann, Marie 900 Henderson Avenue 808 Webster, TX 77058 / US
	02 / VAUGHAN, George, Alan 3606 Durhill Street Houston, TX 77025 / US
	03 / MATSUNAGA, Phillip, T. 501 Davis Road No. G303 League City, TX 77573 / US
	04 / GINDELBERGER, David 15410 Tutbury Circ. Houston, Texas 77044 / US
	05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, Daniel 16415 Brookford Drive Houston, TX 77059 / US
	06 / SQUIRE, Kevin, Richard 2111 Seven Maples Drive Kingwood, TX 77345 / US
Former [1999/14]	01 / CANICH, Jo, Ann, Marie 900 Henderson Avenue 808 Webster, TX 77058 / US
	02 / VAUGHAN, George, Alan 3606 Durhill Street Houston, TX 77025 / US
	03 / MATSUNAGA, Phillip, T. 501 Davis Road No. G303 League City, TX 77573 / US
	04 / GINDELBERGER, David, Edward 2 Morgan Court Bedminster, NJ 07921 / US
	05 / SHAFFER, Timothy, Daniel 16415 Brookford Drive Houston, TX 77059 / US
	06 / SQUIRE, Kevin, Richard 2111 Seven Maples Drive Kingwood, TX 77345 / US
Representative(s)	Franck, Peter, et al Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB Beselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/29]	Franck, Peter, et al Uexküll & Stolberg, Patentanwälte, Beselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg / DE
Former [1999/14]	Frohwitter, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Possartstrasse 20 81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97928992.3	17.06.1997
	[1999/14]
	WO1997US10457
Priority number, date	US19960019626P	17.06.1996 Original published format: US 19626 P
	[1999/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9748735
	Date:	24.12.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/55]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0906343
	Date:	07.04.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0906343
	Date:	18.04.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/16]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	29.01.1998
Classification	IPC:	C08F4/70, C08F10/00	[1999/14]
	CPC:	C08F10/00 (EP,US); C08F10/02 (EP,US); C08F110/02 (EP,US); C08F110/06 (EP,US); C08F210/16 (EP,US); C08F2410/04 (EP,US); (+) C08F4/65908 (EP,US); C08F4/65912 (EP,US); C08F4/65916 (EP,US); C08F4/65925 (EP,US); Y10S526/943 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	C08F10/00, C08F4/61904 (EP,US); C08F10/00, C08F4/7006 (EP,US); C08F110/02, C08F2500/03 (US,EP); C08F110/06, C08F2500/03, C08F2500/10 (US,EP); (+) C08F210/16, C08F210/14, C08F2500/03, C08F2500/10 (US,EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1999/14]
Title	German:	OLEFINPOLYMERISATIONKATALYSATORSYSTEME VON GEMISCHTEN ÜBERGANGSMETALEN	[1999/14]
	English:	MIXED TRANSITION METAL CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION	[1999/14]
	French:	SYSTEMES DE CATALYSEURS A METAL DE TRANSITION MIXTE, POUR LA POLYMERISATION D'OLEFINES	[1999/14]
Entry into regional phase	16.12.1998	National basic fee paid
	16.12.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.12.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.01.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	16.12.1998	Examination requested [1999/14]
	23.04.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.10.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.06.2000	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	16.10.2000	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.01.2001	Fee for grant paid
	09.01.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP00120235.7 / EP1059311
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 16.01.2002 11.02.2002 ADMISSIBLE E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1007 Market Street Wilmington DE 19898 / US Opponent's representative Kirsch, Susan Edith, et al, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2009/51]
	Opponent(s)	01 16.01.2002 11.02.2002 ADMISSIBLE E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1007 Market Street Wilmington DE 19898 / US Opponent's representative Kirsch, Susan Edith, et al, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
	Former [2008/30]
	Opponent(s)	01 16.01.2002 11.02.2002 ADMISSIBLE E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1007 Market Street Wilmington DE 19898 / US Opponent's representative Kirsch, Susan Edith, et al, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
	Former [2005/24]
	Opponent(s)	01 16.01.2002 11.02.2002 ADMISSIBLE E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. 1007 Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19898 / US Opponent's representative KIRSCH, Susan Edith, et al, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43 Bloomsbury Square LONDON WC1A 2RA / GB
	Former [2002/11]
	Opponent(s)	01 16.01.2002 11.02.2002 ADMISSIBLE E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. 1007 Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19898 / US Opponent's representative Jones, Alan John, et al, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB
	21.02.2002	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	22.10.2002	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	22.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
	02.02.2004	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	18.06.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	08.07.2008	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	08.07.2008	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	28.09.2011	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2012/04]
Appeal following opposition	16.09.2008	Appeal received No. T1808/08
	17.11.2008	Statement of grounds filed
	28.09.2011	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	28.09.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	07.10.2011	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
	18.09.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	08.07.2008	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.05.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.05.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	SE	18.06.2006
	IT	17.06.2011
	ES	18.06.2011
	[2020/33]
Former [2012/11]	SE	18.06.2006
	IT	17.06.2011
Former [2007/17]	SE	18.06.2006
Cited in	International search	[X]RU1455650 ;
		[XA]EP0114434 (STAMICARBON [NL]) [X] 1,15-17,20-22,30,31 * examples 1-4 * * page 11; table 1 * * page 3, line 17 - line 38 * * page 4, line 19 - line 34 * [A] 33,34;
		[PX]EP0768319 (NIPPON OIL CO LTD [JP]) [PX] 1,9-12,20,26,27 * claim 1 * * page 16; example 1 * * page 15, line 32 - line 38 *;
		[X] - DENGER C ET AL, "SIMULTANEOUS OLIGOMERIZATION AND POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE", MAKROMOLEKULARE CHEMIE, RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, (19911201), vol. 12, no. 12, pages 697 - 701, XP000244213 [X] 1,9-12,20 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.1991.030121208
		[X] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 94, no. 13, Database accession no. 94-107675, XP002041261 & SU1455650 A 19930215 (KRENTSEL B A) [X] 1,15-20 * abstract *
		[X] - KAZUO SOGA ET AL, "POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS WITH NOBLE METAL (RU, RH, PD) COMPOUNDS ACTIVATED BY ALKYLALUMINIUM OR ALKYLTITANIUM COMPOUNDS", MAKROMOLEKULARE CHEMIE, RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, (19900601), vol. 11, no. 6, pages 285 - 291, XP000141771 [X] 1,9,10,20 * the whole document * * examples 4,9,16,20 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.1990.030110607

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