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EP1066106 - REINFORCED, THREE ZONE MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.10.2017 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	02.03.2018	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB, IE	published on 04.04.2018 [2018/14]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states 3M Innovative Properties Company 3M Center P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2016/48]	For all designated states 3M Innovative Properties Company 3M Center P.O.Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
Former [2008/31]	For all designated states 3M Innovative Properties Company 3M Center P.O.Box 33427 St. Paul MN 55133-3427 / US
Former [2006/34]	For all designated states 3M Innovative Properties Company P.O.Box 33427 St. Paul Minnesota 55133-3427 / US
Former [2001/02]	For all designated states Cuno Incorporated 400 Research Parkway Meriden Connecticut 06450 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / MEYERING, Mark, T. 119 Hubbard Street Middlefield, CT 06455 / US
	02 / VINING, Jack, H., Jr. 18 Anthony Road Bolton, Connecticut 06043 / US
	03 / BADENHOP, C., Thomas 55 Cross Highway Westport, CT 06880 / US
	[2001/02]
Representative(s)	Potter Clarkson Chapel Quarter Mount Street Nottingham NG1 6HQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2016/48]	Potter Clarkson LLP The Belgrave Centre Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB
Former [2013/37]	Potter Clarkson LLP The Belgrave Centre Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB
Former [2006/03]	Charig, Raymond Julian, et al Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
Former [2001/02]	Bassett, Richard Simon, et al Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
Application number, filing date	99912536.2	17.03.1999
	[2001/02]
	WO1999US05626
Priority number, date	US19980040979	18.03.1998 Original published format: US 40979
	[2001/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9947246
	Date:	23.09.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/38]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1066106
	Date:	10.01.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1066106
	Date:	30.11.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/48]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	23.09.1999
Classification	IPC:	B01D67/00, B01D71/56, B32B5/22, B32B37/08, B32B37/15, B01D69/02, B01D69/10, B01D69/12, D06N3/04, D06N3/12, B32B37/00	[2015/48]
	CPC:	B32B37/153 (EP,US); B01D67/00111 (EP,US); B01D67/0013 (EP,US); B01D69/02 (EP,US); B01D69/107 (EP,US); B01D69/1071 (EP,US); (+) B01D69/12 (EP,US); B01D71/56 (EP,US); B32B5/22 (EP,US); D06N3/04 (EP,US); D06N3/12 (EP,US); B01D2325/022 (EP,US); B32B2307/72 (EP,US); B32B37/085 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2001/02]	B01D69/10, B01D69/12, B29C47/02, B29C47/06, B29C47/14
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LU, NL, SE [2016/48]
Former [2001/02]	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LU, NL, SE
Title	German:	VERSTÄRKTE MIKROPORÖSE MEMBRAN MIT DREI SCHICHTZONEN	[2015/48]
	English:	REINFORCED, THREE ZONE MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE	[2001/02]
	French:	MEMBRANE MICROPOREUSE RENFORCEE A TROIS ZONES	[2001/02]
	Former [2001/02]	VERSTÄRKTE MIRKOPORÖSE MEMBRAN MIT DREI SCHICHTZONEN
Entry into regional phase	18.10.2000	National basic fee paid
	18.10.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.10.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.09.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	17.10.2000	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	18.10.2000	Examination requested [2001/02]
	04.05.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.11.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.01.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.07.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.08.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.02.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.04.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.07.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.01.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.05.2016	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	24.06.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.10.2016	Fee for grant paid
	20.10.2016	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	20.10.2016	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 04.05.2005
Opposition(s)	31.08.2017	No opposition filed within time limit [2017/45]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	16.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
	09.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 08
	28.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 10
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	25.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 12
	15.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 13
	14.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 14
	11.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 15
	12.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 16
	10.03.2015	Renewal fee patent year 17
	10.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 18
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.03.2004	06 M06 Fee paid on 14.05.2004
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	30.11.2016
	ES	30.11.2016
	IT	30.11.2016
	NL	30.11.2016
	SE	30.11.2016
	GB	17.03.2017
	IE	17.03.2017
	LU	17.03.2017
	FR	31.03.2017
	[2018/13]
Former [2018/10]	BE	30.11.2016
	ES	30.11.2016
	IT	30.11.2016
	NL	30.11.2016
	SE	30.11.2016
	LU	17.03.2017
	FR	31.03.2017
Former [2018/07]	BE	30.11.2016
	ES	30.11.2016
	IT	30.11.2016
	NL	30.11.2016
	SE	30.11.2016
	FR	31.03.2017
Former [2017/38]	BE	30.11.2016
	ES	30.11.2016
	IT	30.11.2016
	NL	30.11.2016
	SE	30.11.2016
Former [2017/31]	ES	30.11.2016
	NL	30.11.2016
	SE	30.11.2016
Cited in	International search	[A]JPS6076323 ;
		[A]US3969548 (HUNTER JACK A, et al);
		[XD]US4645602 (BARNES JR ROBERT G [US], et al);
		[A]US4844805 (SOLOMON DONALD F [US]);
		[A]EP0599791 (ELECTROLUX AB [SE]);
		[A]US5500167 (DEGEN PETER J [US]);

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