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EP About this file: EP0959176

EP0959176 - Hollow sphere organic pigment for paper or paper coatings [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.07.2013
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.08.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 11.09.2013  [2013/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399 / US
[N/P]
Former [2012/36]For all designated states
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
100 Independence Mall West Philadelphia
Pennsylvania 19106-2399 / US
Former [1999/47]For all designated states
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2399 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Blankenship, Robert Mitchell
914 St. Claire Lane
Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 / US
02 / Finch, William Christopher
82 Ramsgate Court
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422 / US
03 / Mlynar, Lubomir
582 Village Circle
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422 / US
04 / Schultz, Barbara Jean
3728 Kings Road
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 18073 / US
[1999/47]
Representative(s)Kent, Venetia Katherine, et al
Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street Bakewell
Derbyshire DE45 1DZ / GB
[2012/36]
Former [2009/51]Kent, Venetia Katherine, et al
Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street Bakewell
Derbyshire DE 45 1DZ / GB
Former [2004/17]Kent, Venetia Katherine, et al
Rohm and Haas (UK) Ltd., European Patent Department, 28th Floor, City Point, One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HS / GB
Former [1999/47]Buckley, Guy Julian, et al
ROHM AND HAAS (UK) LTD. European Operations Patent Department Lennig House 2 Mason's Avenue
Croydon CR9 3NB / GB
Application number, filing date99303542.706.05.1999
[1999/47]
Priority number, dateUS1998008584718.05.1998         Original published format: US 85847
[1999/47]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0959176
Date:24.11.1999
Language:EN
[1999/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0959176
Date:05.09.2012
Language:EN
[2012/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.09.1999
ClassificationIPC:D21H17/34
[2012/11]
CPC:
D21H19/42 (EP,US); C09B67/0004 (KR); C08F265/04 (EP,US);
C08F265/06 (EP,US); C08F285/00 (EP,US); C08F291/00 (EP,US);
C09B67/006 (KR); C09D151/003 (EP,US); D21H21/26 (KR);
D21H21/54 (EP,KR,US); D21H21/18 (EP,US); D21H21/285 (EP,US);
Y10T428/2982 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C09D151/003, C08L2666/02 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/47]D21H19/42, C08F2/22, C08F265/02, C09D151/00, D21H21/28
Designated contracting statesDE,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [2000/31]
Former [1999/47]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Pigmentäre organische Hohlkugelteilchen für Papier oder Papierbeschichtungen[1999/47]
English:Hollow sphere organic pigment for paper or paper coatings[1999/47]
French:Particules sphériques pigmentaires organiques pour papier ou pour le couchage du papier[1999/47]
Examination procedure20.05.1999Examination requested  [1999/47]
17.09.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.01.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.01.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.07.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.03.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.07.2012Fee for grant paid
26.07.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  17.09.2007
Opposition(s)06.06.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
19.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
26.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
24.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
19.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 07
30.05.2006Renewal fee patent year 08
30.05.2007Renewal fee patent year 09
28.05.2008Renewal fee patent year 10
27.05.2009Renewal fee patent year 11
25.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 12
11.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 13
29.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT05.09.2012
[2013/37]
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0022633  (ROHM & HAAS [US]) [A] 1-4 * claims 1,5,34 * * page 59, line 21 - line 35 * * page 6, line 17 - line 23 * * page 17, line 23 - page 18, line 30 *;
 [D]US4427836  (KOWALSKI ALEXANDER [US], et al);
 [A]EP0188325  (ROHM & HAAS [US]) [A] 1,2 * page 2, line 10 - line 31 * * page 12, line 21 - page 14, line 9 *;
 [DA]US4806207  (MONZON MEDARDO [US], et al) [DA] 1,2,4,5 * claims 1,8,10 * * column 2, line 6 - line 27 *;
 [D]US4880842  (KOWALSKI ALEXANDER [US], et al);
 [A]EP0342944  (ROHM & HAAS [US]) [A] 1,2 * page 2, line 37 - page 3, line 62 * * page 5, line 32 - line 47 *;
 [A]EP0364629  (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US]) [A] 1-7 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0376684  (MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS [JP]) [A] 1,5 * abstract *;
 [A]EP0404184  (NIPPON ZEON CO [JP]) [A] 1,5 * page 4, line 55 - line 56; claim -; table - *;
 [A]EP0441559  (MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS [JP]) [A] 1-7 * claim -; table - *;
 [DA]US5157084  (LEE DO I [US], et al) [DA] 1-7 * column 4, line 48 - column 6, line 35 *;
 [A]EP0565244  (ROHM & HAAS [US]) [A] 1-7 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO9404603  (DOW CHEMICAL CO [US], et al) [A] 1-7 * page 2, line 12 - page 12, line 14 *;
 [A]WO9511265  (LUCKY LTD [KR], et al) [A] 1* page 8, line 22 - line 29; claim - *
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