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EP0991798 - MELT SPUN FLUOROPOLYMERIC FIBERS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.07.2003
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.07.2003No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.08.2003  [2003/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898 / US
[N/P]
Former [2002/35]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Former [2000/15]For all designated states
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
1007 Market Street
Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US
Inventor(s)01 / HEFFNER, Glenn, William
10 Breeze Hill Road
Centerville, DE 19807 / US
02 / UY, William, Cheng
621 Parkridge Drive
Hockessin, DE 19707 / US
03 / WAGNER, Martin, Gerald
1013 Overlook Road
Wilmington, DE 19807 / US
[2000/15]
Representative(s)Matthews, Derek Peter, et al
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/15]Matthews, Derek Peter, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date98932771.316.06.1998
[2000/15]
WO1998US12606
Priority number, dateUS19970050220P19.06.1997         Original published format: US 50220 P
[2000/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9858105
Date:23.12.1998
Language:EN
[1998/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0991798
Date:12.04.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0991798
Date:28.08.2002
Language:EN
[2002/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.12.1998
ClassificationIPC:D01F6/32
[2000/15]
CPC:
D01F6/32 (EP,US); D01F6/42 (KR); Y10T428/2913 (EP,US);
Y10T428/2967 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [2000/15]
TitleGerman:SCHMELZGESPONNENE FASERN AUS FLUOROPOLYMEREN UND HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN[2000/15]
English:MELT SPUN FLUOROPOLYMERIC FIBERS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEM[2000/15]
French:FIBRES FLUOROPOLYMERES FILEES A CHAUD ET LEUR PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION[2000/15]
Entry into regional phase18.11.1999National basic fee paid 
18.11.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
18.11.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.12.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.11.1999Examination requested  [2000/15]
25.10.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.01.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.03.2002Fee for grant paid
12.03.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.05.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
13.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
12.06.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[DA]JPS63219616  ;
 [DA]US3770711  (HARTIG M, et al) [DA] 1-27 * column W *;
 [DA]EP0595147  (AUSIMONT SPA [IT]) [DA] 1-27 * the whole document *;
 [DA]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 88, no. 42, Database accession no. 88-297850, XP002080878 & JPS63219616 A 19880913 (SHOWA KOGYO KK) [DA] * abstract *
 [DA]  - KRONFEL'D A M ET AL, "SOME ASPECTS OF SPINNING FIBRES FROM FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMERS BY MELT EXTRUSION", FIBRE CHEMISTRY, (198611), vol. 18, no. 2, pages 104 - 107, XP002080875 [DA] 1-27 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00549623
 [A]  - KRONFEL'D A M ET AL, "Preparation of fluorine-containing fibers F-50 by extrusion from a melt", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19820419), vol. 96, no. 16, Database accession no. 124367b, page 81, column 2, XP002080876 [A] 1-27 * abstract *
 [D]  - KHIM. VOLOKNA, USSR, (1982), vol. 1, pages 13 - 14
 [A]  - KRONFEL'D A M ET AL, "Rheological characteristics and characteristics of the flow of a melt of fiber-forming Ftoroplast F-50", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19830307), vol. 98, no. 10, Database accession no. 73718y, page 68, column 1, XP002080877 [A] 1-27 * abstract *
    [ ] - NOV. REOL. POLIM. MATER. VSES SIMP. REOL., USSR, (1982), vol. 1, pages 266 - 269
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