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POLYCARBONATE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF

Publication No. EP2581413

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App No. EP11792447

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Filed by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

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Filed on 2011-06-07

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Issued/Published on 2019-02-27

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP2581413 A1

Application No. EP11792447 Filed: 2011-06-07

Grant Date 2011-06-07 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Provided are a polycarbonate-based resin composition that brings together an excellent impact strength and excellent flame retardancy and a molded article thereof. The polycarbonate-based resin composition is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of (A) a resin mixture formed of 30 to 100 mass% of (A-1) apolycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer which has a constituent unit represented by a general formula (I) and a constituent unit represented by a general formula (II), and in which an average number of repetitions of the constituent unit represented by the general formula (II) is 30 to 500, and 70 to 0 mass% of (A-2) an aromatic polycarbonate resin except the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer, 0.01 to 0.15 part by mass of (B) an alkali metal salt and/or alkaline earth metal salt of an organosulfonic acid, and 0.1 to 1 part by mass of (C) a mixed powder formed of polytetrafluoroethylene particles and organic polymer particles, in which: a content of a polyorganosiloxane block moiety formed of the constituent unit represented by the general formula (II) in the resin mixture (A) is 2 to 30 mass%; and the composition is free of an organohalogen-based flame retardant and an organophosphate-based flame retardant.

IPC Classifications

C08L69/00, C08G77/448, C08L83/10, // C08L27/12, C08K5/42 C08L69/00, // C08L27/12, C08L83/10, C08K5/42 C08L69/00, C08K5/42, C08L27/18

Priority Claims

JP 20100132484 Date: 2010-06-09

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Albania (AL)

Austria (AT)

Belgium (BE)

Bulgaria (BG)

Switzerland (CH)

Cyprus (CY)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Germany (DE)

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Norway (NO)

Poland (PL)

Portugal (PT)

Romania (RO)

Serbia (RS)

Sweden (SE)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

San Marino (SM)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

1-1 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku

Inventors (1)

AOKI, Yusuke

1-1 Anesakikaigan, Ichihara-shi Chiba 299-0193

Representatives / Agents

Gille Hrabal Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Patentanwälte

Brucknerstraße 20, 40593 Düsseldorf

Gille Hrabal

Brucknerstrasse 20, 40593 Düsseldorf

Levpat

c/o Covestro AG, Gebäude 4825

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2012-12-03

Mention Of Grant Published 2011-06-07

Patent-Maintained-As-Amended 2019-02-27

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2015-10-16

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP2581413 under EPC Article 99.

1 ACTIVE OPPONENT

Opponent Company

Covestro Deutschland AG

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60, DE

Representative

Levpat

Filing Date

2016-12-22

Opposition in Progress

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2014-12-17	RIC1	INFORMATION PROVIDED ON IPC CODE ASSIGNED BEFORE GRANT	EP
2014-12-17	A4	SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT DRAWN UP AND DESPATCHED	EP
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2016-12-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2017-01-25	26	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
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2019-02-27	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
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2016-01-26	GRAS	GRANT FEE PAID	EP
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2019-01-25	PUAH	PATENT MAINTAINED IN AMENDED FORM	EP
2013-03-15	PUAI	PUBLIC REFERENCE MADE UNDER ARTICLE 153(3) EPC TO A PUBLISHED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION THAT HAS ENTERED THE EUROPEAN PHASE	EP
2019-01-25	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2017-06-15	PLBB	REPLY OF PATENT PROPRIETOR TO NOTICE(S) OF OPPOSITION RECEIVED	EP
2017-01-30	PLAX	NOTICE OF OPPOSITION AND REQUEST TO FILE OBSERVATION + TIME LIMIT SENT	EP
2016-12-23	PLBI	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
2023-06-28	P01	OPT-OUT OF THE COMPETENCE OF THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) REGISTERED	EP
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POLYCARBONATE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Parties & Representation

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Inventors (1)

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Covestro Deutschland AG

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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