PatLegal Monitor

Copyright © INCOM IPS GmbH 2004


The following example shows the differences that exist between the legal status in October 2003 and the status check in March 2004 for the arbitrary chosen patent EP 0780147.

In the upper part a chart summarises the patent family and important basic information on the single family members. The numbers are linked to the particular legal status within the report.

From a legend you can gather what text colors show the differences between the old information and the new information. The green color shows the new added legal status and member data.

In this example a member has been added (the second DE-filing), of which only the priority data is known. A new member is the B1-publication (granting) of the EP-filing. Due to the fact that the information about the legal status is equal for all publications they are listed in a sole paragraph.


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Legal Status for Patent Number EP 0780147 (Request date: 2004/07/22 11:36:42)

Publication No.Publication dateFiling No.PriorityLinks
DE 19547450A1 1997-06-26  DE 19547450A  DE 19547450A
1995-12-19
DE 59610775D1 2003-11-20  DE 59610775A  DE 19547450A
1995-12-19
DE 59610775A
1996-12-18
EP 0780147A2, A3, B1 1997-06-25  EP 96120440A  DE 19547450A
1995-12-19

DE 19547450A1
Priority Data
DE 19547450A1995-12-19

Date Code  Description 
1998-04-09 8130  WITHDRAWAL 

DE 59610775D1
Priority Data
DE 59610775A1996-12-18
DE 19547450A1995-12-19

EP 0780147A2, A3, B1
Priority Data
DE 19547450A1995-12-19

Date Code  Description 
1997-06-25 AK  DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Kind Code of Ref Document A2
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Designated State(s) BE CH DE FR GB LI NL
1998-01-14 AK  DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Kind Code of Ref Document A3
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Designated State(s) BE CH DE FR GB LI NL
1998-08-26 17P  REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED Effective DATE 19980619
2001-06-13 17Q  FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT Effective DATE 20010427
2003-01-08 RTI1    TITLE (CORRECTION) Free Format Text METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PARTITIONED DISTILLATION COLUMN
2003-03-05 RTI1    TITLE (CORRECTION) Free Format Text METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PARTITIONED DISTILLATION COLUMN
2003-10-15 AK  DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Kind Code of Ref Document B1
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Designated State(s) BE CH DE FR GB LI NL
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Country code EP 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: F(iling) application or P(ublication) F 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Document number 96120440 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Kind code A 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: IPR type PI 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: PRS type P 
DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES: Legal event code 1 AK 
2003-10-15 REG    REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Ref Country Code CH
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Ref Legal Event Code EP (ENTRY IN THE NATIONAL PHASE)
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Country code EP 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE F(iling) application or P(ublication) F 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Document number 96120440 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Kind code A 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE IPR type PI 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE PRS type P 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Legal event code 1 REG 
2003-10-15 REG    REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Ref Country Code GB
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Ref Legal Event Code FG4D (EUROPEAN PATENT GRANTED)
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Free Format Text NOT ENGLISH
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Country code EP 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE F(iling) application or P(ublication) F 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Document number 96120440 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Kind code A 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE IPR type PI 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE PRS type P 
REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE Legal event code 1 REG 
2003-11-20 REF    CORRESPONDS TO: Ref Document Number 59610775
CORRESPONDS TO: Country of Ref Document DE
CORRESPONDS TO: Date of Ref Document 20031120
CORRESPONDS TO: Kind Code of Ref Document P
CORRESPONDS TO: Country code EP 
CORRESPONDS TO: F(iling) application or P(ublication) F 
CORRESPONDS TO: Document number 96120440 
CORRESPONDS TO: Kind code A 
CORRESPONDS TO: IPR type PI 
CORRESPONDS TO: PRS type P 
CORRESPONDS TO: Legal event code 1 REF 
2004-02-11 GBT  GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) Effective DATE 20040115
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) Country code EP
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) F(iling) application or P(ublication) F
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) Document number 96120440
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) Kind code A
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) IPR type PI
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) PRS type P
GB: TRANSLATION OF EP PATENT FILED (GB SECTION 77(6)(A)/1977) Legal event code 1 GBT