EP2660608 - PRETREATMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2013/45] | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION DEVICE, PRETREATMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM | ||
[2018/47] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.02.2020 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.03.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.11.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation 24-14, Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP | [2019/16] |
Former [2013/45] | For all designated states Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation 24-14, Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8717 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YAGI, Kenichi c/o Naka Division HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 882 Oaza Ichige Hitachinaka-shi Ibaraki 312-8504 / JP | 02 /
NODA, Takayuki c/o Naka Division HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 882 Oaza Ichige Hitachinaka-shi Ibaraki 312-8504 / JP | 03 /
AKUTSU, Masashi c/o Naka Division HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 882 Oaza Ichige Hitachinaka-shi Ibaraki 312-8504 / JP | [2013/45] | Representative(s) | Beetz & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Prinzregentenstraße 54 80538 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2019/16] | Beetz & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstraße 10 80538 München / DE | ||
Former [2013/45] | Beetz & Partner Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstrasse 10 80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 11853226.6 | 20.12.2011 | [2019/16] | WO2011JP79560 | Priority number, date | JP20100291532 | 28.12.2010 Original published format: JP 2010291532 | [2013/45] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012090795 | Date: | 05.07.2012 | Language: | JA | [2012/27] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2660608 | Date: | 06.11.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2660608 | Date: | 17.04.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/16] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 05.07.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.01.2018 | Classification | IPC: | B04B11/04, B04B13/00, B04B9/14, G01N35/04 | [2017/46] | CPC: |
G01N35/04 (EP,US);
B04B13/00 (EP,US);
B04B9/14 (EP,US);
B04B9/146 (US);
B04B2011/046 (EP,US)
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Former [2013/45] | ZENTRIFUGALTRENNUNGSVORRICHTUNG, VORBEHANDLUNGSSYSTEM MIT DER ZENTRIFUGALTRENNUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND STEUERVERFAHREN FÜR DIESES SYSTEM | ||
Former [2013/45] | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION DEVICE, PRETREATMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM | ||
Former [2013/45] | DISPOSITIF DE SÉPARATION CENTRIFUGE, SYSTÈME DE PRÉTRAITEMENT COMPORTANT UN DISPOSITIF DE SÉPARATION CENTRIFUGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE POUR LE SYSTÈME | Entry into regional phase | 27.06.2013 | Translation filed | 29.07.2013 | National basic fee paid | 29.07.2013 | Search fee paid | 29.07.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 29.07.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.07.2013 | Examination requested [2013/45] | 26.07.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 19.11.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.03.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 04.03.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.03.2019 | 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 19.11.2018 | Opposition(s) | 20.01.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/13] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 02.01.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.01.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.01.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 02.01.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 02.01.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 02.01.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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