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EP About this file: EP2740714

EP2740714 - USE OF A FLUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2014/24]Fluid purification system
[2016/26]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.09.2017
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
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
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2014/24]
Inventor(s)01 / Aoki, Kimio
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
02 / Suzuki, Shogo
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
03 / Mutoh, Toshiyuki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
04 / Miyazawa, Hideyuki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
05 / Nakashima, Makito
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
06 / Utsuki, Aya
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
07 / Hayakawa, Kenichi
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
08 / Zama, Yu
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
09 / Yamada, Shigeru
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
 [2016/47]
Former [2014/24]01 / Aoki, Kimio
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
02 / Suzuki, Shogo
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
03 / Mutoh, Toshiyuki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
04 / Miyazawa, Hideyuki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
05 / Nakashima, Makito
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
06 / Utsuki, Aya
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
07 / Hayakawa, Kenichi
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
08 / Zama, Yu
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
09 / Yamada, Shigeru
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
Representative(s)SSM Sandmair
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2016/47]Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
Former [2014/24]Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx
Patentanwälte
Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date13195458.803.12.2013
[2014/24]
Priority number, dateJP2012026557904.12.2012         Original published format: JP 2012265579
JP2013017915930.08.2013         Original published format: JP 2013179159
[2014/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2740714
Date:11.06.2014
Language:EN
[2014/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2740714
Date:23.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/47]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.04.2014
ClassificationIPC:C02F11/08, B09B3/00, B01J3/00, C02F1/02, D21C11/14, // C02F1/72, C02F1/74, C02F1/78, C02F1/20, C02F1/44, C02F101/16, C02F101/30, C02F103/28, C02F103/36
[2014/24]
CPC:
B01J3/008 (EP,US); C02F1/72 (US); B01J19/2485 (EP,US);
C02F1/025 (EP,US); C02F11/08 (EP,US); B01J2219/00006 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00159 (EP,US); B09B3/40 (EP,US); C02F1/20 (EP,US);
C02F1/444 (EP,US); C02F1/725 (EP,US); C02F1/727 (EP,US);
C02F1/74 (EP,US); C02F1/78 (EP,US); C02F11/086 (EP,US);
C02F2101/16 (EP,US); C02F2101/30 (EP,US); C02F2103/28 (EP,US);
C02F2103/36 (EP,US); C02F2201/003 (EP,US); C02F2209/001 (EP,US);
C02F2209/003 (EP,US); C02F2209/006 (EP,US); C02F2209/02 (EP,US);
C02F2209/03 (EP,US); C02F2209/05 (EP,US); C02F2209/08 (EP,US);
C02F2209/11 (EP,US); C02F2209/20 (EP,US); C02F2209/225 (EP,US);
C02F2209/235 (EP,US); C02F2209/40 (EP,US); C02F2301/066 (EP,US);
C02F2303/10 (EP,US); C02F2303/26 (EP,US); Y02W10/30 (EP,US);
Y02W30/78 (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 [2014/24]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG DES FLÜSSIGKEITSREINIGUNGSSYSTEMS[2016/26]
English:USE OF A FLUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM[2016/26]
French:UTILISATION DE SYSTÈME DE PURIFICATION DE FLUIDE[2016/26]
Former [2014/24]Flüssigkeitsreinigungssystem
Former [2014/24]Fluid purification system
Former [2014/24]Système de purification de fluide
Examination procedure03.12.2013Examination requested  [2014/24]
26.06.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.10.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.01.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.06.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.10.2016Fee for grant paid
05.10.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.10.2016Receipt 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  13.10.2015
Opposition(s)24.08.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU03.12.2013
AL23.11.2016
AT23.11.2016
BE23.11.2016
CY23.11.2016
CZ23.11.2016
DK23.11.2016
EE23.11.2016
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FI23.11.2016
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IE03.12.2016
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CH31.12.2016
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BG23.02.2017
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