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EP About this file: EP2719682

EP2719682 - Method for continuous production of nitrobenzene [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.11.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.09.2017
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Covestro Deutschland AG
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60
51373 Leverkusen / DE
[2015/44]
Former [2014/16]For all designated states
Bayer MaterialScience AG
51368 Leverkusen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Knauf, Thomas
Balgheimer Str. 89
41542 Dormagen / DE
02 / Münnig, Jürgen
Dortmunder Str. 27
41564 Kaarst / DE
03 / Schmiedler, Jörg
Nikolaistr. 28
47055 Duisburg / DE
 [2014/17]
Representative(s)Levpat
c/o Covestro AG
Gebäude 4825
51365 Leverkusen / DE
[2017/52]
Former [2014/16]BIP Patents
c/o Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
Creative Campus Monheim
Alfred-Nobel-Straße 10
40789 Monheim / DE
Application number, filing date13187473.707.10.2013
[2014/16]
Priority number, dateEP2012018802710.10.2012         Original published format: EP 12188027
[2014/16]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2719682
Date:16.04.2014
Language:DE
[2014/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2719682
Date:27.12.2017
Language:DE
[2017/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.01.2014
ClassificationIPC:C07C201/08, C07C201/16, C07C205/06
[2014/16]
CPC:
C07C201/08 (EP,US); C07C201/16 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C07C201/08, C07C205/06 (EP,US);
C07C201/16, C07C205/06 (US,EP)
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 [2017/52]
Former [2014/16]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 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Nitrobenzol[2014/16]
English:Method for continuous production of nitrobenzene[2014/16]
French:Procédé de fabrication continue de nitrobenzène[2014/16]
Examination procedure14.10.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.10.2014Examination requested  [2014/48]
28.07.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.01.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.09.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.11.2017Fee for grant paid
15.11.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
15.11.2017Receipt 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  28.07.2016
Opposition(s)28.09.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.10.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
11.10.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU07.10.2013
AL27.12.2017
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 [Y]  - HOBBS F D ET AL, Report 1 - Nitrobenzene, DOCUMENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, US, PAGE(S) 1 - 60, (19801201), XP002693091 [Y] 1-11 * Abschnitte III. "Process Descriptions", IV. "Emissions", V. "Applicable Control Systems", und Appendix D "Cost Estimate Details and Calculations" *
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    - REINHARD BILLET, Verdampfung und ihre technischen Anwendungen, VERLAG CHEMIE WEINHEIM, (1981), pages 208 - 230
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