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EP0996696 - GRINDING MEDIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SINTERED TiO 2 PARTICLES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/18]GRINDING MEDIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SINTERED TiO 2? PARTICLES
[2002/19]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.10.2003
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 16.04.2008  [2008/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
[N/P]
Former [2002/49]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Former [2000/18]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ZHAO, Qian, Qiu
101 Cambridge Road
Landenberg, PA 19350 / US
02 / ZIMMERMAN, David, Allen
15 Pheasant's Ridge North
Wilmington, DE 19807 / US
[2000/19]
Former [2000/18]01 / ZHAO, Qian, Qiu
121 Cambridge Road
Landenberg, PA 19350 / US
02 / ZIMMERMAN, David, Allen
15 Pheasant's Ridge North
Wilmington, DE 19807 / US
Representative(s)Matthews, Derek Peter, et al
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/18]Matthews, Derek Peter, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date98931740.930.06.1998
[2000/18]
WO1998US13604
Priority number, dateUS1997088755203.07.1997         Original published format: US 887552
[2000/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9901521
Date:14.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0996696
Date:03.05.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.01.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0996696
Date:04.12.2002
Language:EN
[2002/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.01.1999
ClassificationIPC:C09K3/14, C09C1/36, C04B35/46, C04B35/628, C01G23/08
[2000/18]
CPC:
C04B35/46 (EP,US); C01G23/08 (EP,US); C09C1/3692 (EP,US);
C09K3/1409 (EP,US); C01P2004/50 (EP,US); C01P2004/51 (EP,US);
C01P2004/61 (EP,US); C01P2006/10 (EP,US); C01P2006/12 (EP,US);
C01P2006/34 (EP,US); C01P2006/62 (EP,US); C01P2006/90 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2000/18]
TitleGerman:SCHLEIFMITTEL IM WESENTLICHEN AUS GESINTERTEM TITANOXID[2002/19]
English:GRINDING MEDIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SINTERED TiO 2 PARTICLES[2002/19]
French:AGENTS DE BROYAGE CONSTITUES PRINCIPALEMENT DE PARTICULES DE TiO 2 FRITTEES[2002/19]
Former [2000/18]SCHLEIFMITTEL IM WESENTLICHEN AUS GESINTERTE TITANOXID
Former [2000/18]GRINDING MEDIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SINTERED TiO 2? PARTICLES
Former [2000/18]AGENTS DE BROYAGE CONSTITUES PRINCIPALEMENT DE PARTICULES DE TiO 2? FRITTEES
Entry into regional phase08.12.1999National basic fee paid 
08.12.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
08.12.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.01.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.12.1999Examination requested  [2000/18]
06.12.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.04.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.05.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
03.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.09.2002Fee for grant paid
09.09.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.09.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
13.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
12.06.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI04.12.2002
IT04.12.2002
NL04.12.2002
ES27.06.2003
[2008/16]
Former [2004/04]FI04.12.2002
NL04.12.2002
ES27.06.2003
Former [2003/43]FI04.12.2002
NL04.12.2002
Former [2003/30]NL04.12.2002
Cited inInternational search[DA]WO9507237  (DU PONT [US]) [DA] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0469730  (TIOXIDE GROUP SERVICES LTD [GB]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [DA]US2721626  (RICK CHRISTIAN E) [DA] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4784841  (HARTMANN ACHIM [DE], et al) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]GB1024053  (BRITISH TITAN PRODUCTS) [A] 1-15 * page 3, column 2, line 80 - line 90 *
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