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EP About this file: EP2512984

EP2512984 - THREE PHASE SULFUR SEPARATION SYSTEM WITH INTERFACE CONTROL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.2016
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.06.2023Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 12.07.2023  [2023/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MERICHEM COMPANY
5455 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX 77023 / US
[2012/43]
Inventor(s)01 / NAGL, Gary, J.
200 Hidden Pines Drive
Deer Park IL 60010 / US
02 / BARNETTE, Anthony, A.
5304 Memory Trail
McHenry IL 60051 / US
03 / REICHER, Myron
3116 N. Straford Road
Arlington Heights IL 60004 / US
 [2012/43]
Representative(s)Keil & Schaafhausen Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Bockenheimer Landstraße 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/16]Keil & Schaafhausen Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Friedrichstrasse 2-6
60323 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Former [2012/43]KEIL & SCHAAFHAUSEN Patentanwälte
Cronstettenstraße 66
60322 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Application number, filing date10795544.513.12.2010
[2015/38]
WO2010US60079
Priority number, dateUS2009063730114.12.2009         Original published format: US 637301
[2012/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011081880
Date:07.07.2011
Language:EN
[2011/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2512984
Date:24.10.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.07.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2512984
Date:16.09.2015
Language:EN
[2015/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.07.2011
ClassificationIPC:C01B17/02, B01D17/02
[2012/43]
CPC:
B01D17/0208 (EP,US); B01D17/0214 (US); B01D19/0063 (EP,US);
C01B17/0205 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/43]
Extension statesBA28.06.2012
ME28.06.2012
TitleGerman:DREIPHASEN-SCHWEFELABSCHEIDUNGSSYSTEM MIT SCHNITTSTELLENSTEUERUNG[2012/43]
English:THREE PHASE SULFUR SEPARATION SYSTEM WITH INTERFACE CONTROL[2012/43]
French:SYSTÈME DE SÉPARATION À TROIS PHASES AVEC CONTRÔLE D'INTERFACE[2012/43]
Entry into regional phase28.06.2012National basic fee paid 
28.06.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
28.06.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.06.2012Examination requested  [2012/43]
14.02.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.02.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.11.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.01.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.08.2015Fee for grant paid
04.08.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.08.2015Receipt 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  10.02.2014
Opposition(s)17.06.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.12.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
27.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
29.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.12.2010
AL16.09.2015
AT16.09.2015
BG16.09.2015
CY16.09.2015
DK16.09.2015
EE16.09.2015
FI16.09.2015
HR16.09.2015
LT16.09.2015
LV16.09.2015
MC16.09.2015
MK16.09.2015
MT16.09.2015
PL16.09.2015
RO16.09.2015
RS16.09.2015
SE16.09.2015
SI16.09.2015
SK16.09.2015
SM16.09.2015
IE13.12.2015
LU13.12.2015
NO16.12.2015
IS16.01.2016
PT18.01.2016
[2023/28]
Former [2018/47]HU13.12.2010
AL16.09.2015
AT16.09.2015
BG16.09.2015
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EE16.09.2015
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LT16.09.2015
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MT16.09.2015
PL16.09.2015
RO16.09.2015
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IS16.01.2016
PT18.01.2016
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IE13.12.2015
LU13.12.2015
NO16.12.2015
IS16.01.2016
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NO16.12.2015
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PT18.01.2016
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DK16.09.2015
EE16.09.2015
FI16.09.2015
HR16.09.2015
LT16.09.2015
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IE13.12.2015
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PT18.01.2016
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IS16.01.2016
PT18.01.2016
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FI16.09.2015
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LV16.09.2015
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Cited inInternational search[YD]US5651896  (NAGL GARY J [US]) [YD] 1-10 * figures 2,3; claim - *;
 [XY]US4876079  (KLIEM ERHARD [DE], et al) [X] 12-14 * column 5, line 48 - line 57; figures 1,3; claim - * [Y] 1-10;
 [XY]US4206181  (ULLRICH HANSJURGEN [DE]) [X] 12-14 * column 3, line 35 - column 4, line 30; figure .; claim - * [Y] 1-10;
 [XY]US4304570  (KLEEBERG ULRICH, et al) [X] 12-14 * column 4, line 29 - line 38; figure -; claim - * [Y] 1-10;
 [A]US2826306  (BURNS WILLIAM E) [A] 1-14 * the whole document *;
 [A]US5154835  (DEMICHAEL JOHN [US]) [A] 1-14 * the whole document *
by applicantUS4730369
 US5651896
 US20090637301
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