EP2709111 - Methods of fabricating metallic fuel from surplus plutonium [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 08.02.2019 Database last updated on 17.07.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 02.03.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.12.2017 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 21.07.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 / US | [2014/12] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Loewen, Eric P. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 / US | 02 /
Kosslow, Zachary W. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 / US | 03 /
Berger, John F. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, SC 28401 / US | [2017/34] |
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Loewen, Eric P. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC North Carolina 28401 / US | ||
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Kosslow, Zachary W. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC North Carolina 28401 / US | |||
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Berger, John F. 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, SC South Carolina 28401 / US | Representative(s) | Williams, Andrew Richard GE International Inc. GPO-Europe The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith London W6 8BJ / GB | [2018/14] |
Former [2014/12] | Williams, Andrew Richard GPO Europe GE International Inc. The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith London W6 8BJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 13184181.9 | 12.09.2013 | [2014/12] | Priority number, date | US201213613782 | 13.09.2012 Original published format: US201213613782 | [2014/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2709111 | Date: | 19.03.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/12] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2709111 | Date: | 18.01.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2709111 | Date: | 04.04.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/14] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 15.12.2016 | Classification | IPC: | G21C3/60, G21C21/00, C25C3/36, // G21C19/44 | [2017/03] | CPC: |
C25C3/36 (EP,US);
G21C3/42 (KR);
G21C21/00 (EP,US);
G21C3/02 (US);
G21C3/60 (EP,US);
G21C19/44 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2014/12] | G21C3/60, // G21C19/44 | Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2017/34] |
Former [2014/12] | AL, 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 | Title | German: | Verfahren zur Herstellung von metallischem Brennstoff aus überschüssigem Plutonium | [2014/12] | English: | Methods of fabricating metallic fuel from surplus plutonium | [2014/12] | French: | Procédés de fabrication de combustible métallique à partir d'un surplus de plutonium | [2014/12] | Examination procedure | 12.09.2013 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 18.07.2017 | Examination requested [2017/34] | 04.12.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.02.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 21.02.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 21.02.2018 | 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 04.12.2017 | Opposition(s) | 07.01.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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