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EP0920460 - TRANSFER OF POLYMER PARTICLES BETWEEN VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION REACTORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.05.2002
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 10.07.2002  [2002/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BP Corporation North America Inc.
200 East Randolph Drive MC 2207A
Chicago, IL 60601 / US
[N/P]
Former [2001/32]For all designated states
BP Corporation North America Inc.
200 East Randolph Drive MC 2207A
Chicago, IL 60601 / US
Former [2001/05]For all designated states
BP AMOCO CORPORATION
Law Dept., Mail Code 1907A, 200 East Randolph Drive, P.O. Box 87703
Chicago Illinois 60680-0703 / US
Former [1999/23]For all designated states
AMOCO CORPORATION
Mail Code 1907A, 200 East Randolph Drive, P.O. Box 87703
Chicago, IL 60680-0703 / US
Inventor(s)01 / HUNG, Scott, Ching-Sheng
11655 Sagemeadow Lane
Houston, TX 77089 / US
02 / LEE, Kwok-Fu
2210 Town Oaks Drive
Houston, TX 77062 / US
03 / AUBUCHON, Joseph, Michael
830 Rustic Harbor Court
Houston, TX 77062 / US
04 / WEBSTER, Daryl, Henry
1183 Cumberland Valley Road
Gainesville, GA 30501 / US
05 / LEE, James, H.
2205 Brown Court
Naperville, IL 60565 / US
[1999/23]
Representative(s)Ritter, Stephen David, et al
Mathys & Squire LLP 120 Holborn London
EC1N 2SQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/23]Ritter, Stephen David, et al
Mathys & Squire 100 Grays Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL / GB
Application number, filing date97938504.420.08.1997
[1999/23]
WO1997US14727
Priority number, dateUS19960024419P20.08.1996         Original published format: US 24419 P
US1997091468319.08.1997         Original published format: US 914683
[1999/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9807764
Date:26.02.1998
Language:EN
[1998/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0920460
Date:09.06.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0920460
Date:18.07.2001
Language:EN
[2001/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:C08F10/00, C08F2/00, C08F2/34, B01J8/00, B01J8/26
[1999/23]
CPC:
C08F10/00 (EP,US); B01J8/0005 (EP,US); B01J8/0035 (EP,US);
B01J8/26 (EP,US); B01J8/36 (EP,US); B01J8/382 (EP,US);
B01J2219/182 (EP,US); Y02P20/582 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C08F10/00, C08F2/001 (EP,US);
C08F10/00, C08F2/01 (US,EP);
C08F10/00, C08F2/34 (US,EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1999/23]
TitleGerman:TRANSPORT VON POLYMERPARTIKELN ZWISCHEN GASPHASENPOLYMERISATIONS REAKTOREN[1999/23]
English:TRANSFER OF POLYMER PARTICLES BETWEEN VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION REACTORS[1999/23]
French:TRANSFERT DE PARTICULES POLYMERES ENTRE REACTEURS DE POLYMERISATION EN PHASE VAPEUR[1999/23]
Entry into regional phase25.02.1999National basic fee paid 
25.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
25.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.03.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/23]
10.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.12.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.03.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.07.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.10.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.01.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.03.2001Fee for grant paid
13.03.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.04.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
07.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[DA]US4101289  (JEZL JAMES L, et al) [DA] 1-10 * the whole document *;
 [DX]US4535134  (DE LORENZO MARK X [US], et al) [DX] 1-10 * column 9, line 48 - line 51 * * column 1, line 1 - line 20; claim - *;
 [A]EP0192427  (BP CHEM INT LTD [GB]) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *;
 [DA]US4703094  (RAUFAST CHARLES [FR]) [DA] 1-10;
 [DA]US4902483  (RAUFAST CHARLES [FR]) [DA] 1-10;
 [A]US5169913  (STAFFIN H KENNETH [US], et al) [A] 1-10* the whole document *;
 [X]WO9324533  (AMOCO CORP [US]) [X] 1-10 * page 22, line 19 - page 23, line 4 * * the whole document * * claim 12 *;
 [DX]US5504166  (BUCHELLI ALBERTO [US], et al) [DX] 1-10
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