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EP About this file: EP1206413

EP1206413 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WATER CIRCULATING IN OPEN-CIRCUIT COOLING SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.11.2003
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.01.2005Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AT		published on 16.03.2005  [2005/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Postfach 13 01 64
40551 Düsseldorf / DE
[2002/21]
Inventor(s)01 / SFORZA-HEINEN, Giacinto
Plattenstr. 24
41189 Mönchengladbach / DE
02 / WERNER-BUSSE, Alfred
Steubenstr. 5
40599 Düsseldorf / DE
03 / SCHMITT, Wolfgang
Oberstr. 54
42107 Wuppertal / DE
04 / WREDE, Norbert
Urdenbacher Allee 55
40593 Düsseldorf / DE
05 / HATER, Wolfgang
Schlehenweg 16
41564 Kaarst / DE
06 / VIER, Jens
Ulmenweg 14
40789 Monheim / DE
 [2002/21]
Application number, filing date00956401.405.08.2000
[2002/21]
WO2000EP07610
Priority number, dateDE199913861514.08.1999         Original published format: DE 19938615
[2002/21]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0112558
Date:22.02.2001
Language:DE
[2001/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1206413
Date:22.05.2002
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.02.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2002/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1206413
Date:15.01.2003
Language:DE
[2003/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.02.2001
ClassificationIPC:C02F1/00
[2002/21]
CPC:
C02F1/685 (EP,US); C02F1/722 (EP,US); C02F1/78 (EP,US);
C02F2103/023 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2002/21]
TitleGerman:ANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON KREISLAUFWASSER OFFENER UMLAUFKÜHLSYSTEME[2002/21]
English:SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WATER CIRCULATING IN OPEN-CIRCUIT COOLING SYSTEMS[2002/21]
French:INSTALLATION ET PROCEDE POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'EAU CIRCULANT DANS DES SYSTEMES DE REFROIDISSEMENT A CIRCULATION OUVERTS[2002/21]
Entry into regional phase05.02.2002National basic fee paid 
05.02.2002Designation fee(s) paid 
05.02.2002Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.01.2001Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
05.02.2002Examination requested  [2002/21]
23.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.11.2002Fee for grant paid
08.11.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.10.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/02]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.08.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI15.01.2003
GR15.01.2003
IE15.01.2003
DK15.04.2003
PT15.04.2003
AT05.08.2003
CY05.08.2003
LU05.08.2003
BE31.08.2003
MC31.08.2003
[2005/11]
Former [2005/02]FI15.01.2003
GR15.01.2003
IE15.01.2003
DK15.04.2003
PT15.04.2003
CY05.08.2003
LU05.08.2003
BE31.08.2003
MC31.08.2003
Former [2004/52]FI15.01.2003
GR15.01.2003
IE15.01.2003
DK15.04.2003
PT15.04.2003
CY05.08.2003
LU05.08.2003
BE31.08.2003
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IE15.01.2003
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Cited inInternational searchSU1787137  [ ];
 [X]DE3150073  (TRAUTWEIN BILL B [US]) [X] 1,6 * figures 1,3; claims 1,5,7 *;
 [A]US4981594  (JONES RANDALL J [US]) [A] 1,6 * the whole document *;
 [A]US5013415  (HUDSON WILBUR N [US]) [A] 1,2,6,7 * the whole document *;
 [XA]US5145585  (COKE ALDEN L [US]) [X] 1,6 * column 5, lines 17-64; claims 1,4-6 * [A] 4,8;
 [A]RU1787137  (MO N PROIZV KOOPERATIV EKOLOGI [SU]) [A] 6;
 [A]US5660723  (SANDERSON CHARLES H [US]) [A] 1,2,6,7 * the whole document *;
    [ ] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, (19930107), vol. 1994, no. 05, Database accession no. 1994-041734, XP002154969 & SU1787137 A 00000000 ((MOEK-R) MOSC EKOLOGIYA-2000 SCI PRODN COOP) [ ] * abstract *
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