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EP0958747
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0958747 - Chocolate formulation process [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 08.10.2010 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.10.2010 | Revocation of patent | published on 10.11.2010 [2010/45] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Doveurope S.A. Zone Industrielle, Route de Saverne/B.P. 3 67790 Steinbourg / FR | [1999/47] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hoenen, Eric Joseph, c/o Doveurope S.A. Zone Industrielle, Route de Saverne/B.P. 3 67790 Steinbourg / FR | [1999/47] | Representative(s) | Cornish, Kristina Victoria Joy, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP Lacon London 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NL / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/37] | Cornish, Kristina Victoria Joy, et al Kilburn & Strode, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | ||
| Former [1999/47] | Kédinger, Jean-Paul, et al Cabinet Malemont 42, avenue du Président Wilson 75116 Paris / FR | Application number, filing date | 98401124.7 | 11.05.1998 | [1999/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0958747 | Date: | 24.11.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0958747 | Date: | 03.11.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/45] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.11.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A23G1/00 | [1999/47] | CPC: |
A23G1/40 (EP);
A23G1/305 (EP);
A23G1/325 (EP);
A23G1/56 (EP);
A23G2200/06 (EP);
A23G2210/00 (EP)
| C-Set: |
A23G1/305, A23G2200/06 (EP);
A23G1/305, A23G2210/00 (EP);
A23G1/56, A23G2200/06 (EP);
A23G1/56, A23G2210/00 (EP) | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL [2000/36] |
| Former [2000/34] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, FR, GB, LI, NL | ||
| Former [2000/31] | DE, FR, GB, NL | ||
| Former [1999/47] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Formulierungsverfahren für Schokolade | [1999/47] | English: | Chocolate formulation process | [1999/47] | French: | Procédé de formulation de chocolat | [1999/47] | Examination procedure | 23.05.2000 | Examination requested [2000/29] | 25.05.2000 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 25.09.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, PT, SE | 01.10.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 28.05.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.09.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 11.11.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.01.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.07.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 19.07.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Wright, Robert Gordon McRae, et al, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2010/33] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Wright, Robert Gordon McRae, et al, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB | ||
| Former [2010/29] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Oldroyd, Richard Duncan, et al, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | ||
| Former [2005/39] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Marchant, James Ian, et al, et al Elkington and Fife LLP, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB | deleted | Deletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ] | 07.09.2005 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 07.03.2006 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 13.03.2006 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M06) | 22.09.2006 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 08.10.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 16.11.2007 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 16.11.2007 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 22.06.2010 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 02.07.2010 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2010/45] | Appeal following opposition | 18.01.2008 | Appeal received No. T0124/08 | 26.03.2008 | Statement of grounds filed | 22.06.2010 | Result of appeal procedure: REVOCATION OF PATENT AT PROPRIETOR'S REQUEST | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 15.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 14.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 13.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 13.05.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 27.06.2000 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | ES M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | IE M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | IT M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 27.06.2000 | SE M01 Not yet paid |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 03.11.2004 | [2006/14] | Documents cited: | Search | [X] EP0189469 (FINKEL, GILBERT) [X] 1-11 * column 2, line 30 - column 4, line 65 * * example - * | [X] EP0393327 (LOTTE CO LTD et al.) [X] 1-6,8,9 * column 2, line 23 - column 3, line 32 * * examples 1,2 * * claim - * | [X] JPS59156246 | [A] US5527556 (FRIPPIAT ANNE et al.) [A] 1-11 * abstract * * column 3, line 25 - column 4, line 52 * * examples 2-4,6,16 * * claim - * | [A] EP0401427 (LOTTE CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-11 * abstract * * column 2, line 11 - column 3, line 57 * | [A] US5185175 (LOH JIMBAY et al.) [A] 1 * column 1, line 7 - line 15 * * column 2, line 34 - column 3, line 6 * | [A] US5425957 (GAIM-MARSONER GUNTHER et al.) [A] 1 * column 1, line 36 - column 3, line 66 * | [A] JPH04281744 | [X] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8442, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D13, AN 84-259182, XP002081944 [X] 1-3,6,8,9 * abstract * | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 017, no. 086 (C - 1028) 19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) [A] * abstract * |