EP2855997 - METHOD FOR DETECTING SILT IN FLUID NETWORKS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2015/15] | SILT CONTROL IN FLUID NETWORKS | ||
[2017/19] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.08.2018 Database last updated on 24.01.2025 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.09.2017 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 25.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Rubicon Research Pty Ltd. 1 Cato Street Hawthorn VIC 3122 / AU | [2015/15] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
PEARSON, Damien Vernon C/-Rubicon Research Pty Ltd 1 Cato Street Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 / AU | 02 /
TYRRELL, Reece Joseph C/-Rubicon Research Pty Ltd 1 Cato Street Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 / AU | 03 /
BISH, Gordon John C/-Rubicon Research Pty Ltd 1 Cato Street Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 / AU | [2015/15] | Representative(s) | Carpintero Lopez, Francisco, et al Herrero & Asociados, S.L. Agustín de Foxá, 4-10 28036 Madrid / ES | [N/P] |
Former [2017/41] | Carpintero Lopez, Francisco, et al Herrero & Asociados, S.L. Cedaceros 1 28014 Madrid / ES | ||
Former [2015/15] | Carpintero Lopez, Francisco, et al Herrero & Asociados, S.L. Alcalá 35 28014 Madrid / ES | Application number, filing date | 13797904.3 | 30.05.2013 | [2017/41] | WO2013AU00570 | Priority number, date | AU20120902251 | 30.05.2012 Original published format: AU 2012902251 | [2015/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2013177626 | Date: | 05.12.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/49] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2855997 | Date: | 08.04.2015 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.12.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2855997 | Date: | 11.10.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/41] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | AU | 05.12.2013 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.02.2016 | Classification | IPC: | F16L58/00, F16L55/24, F28F19/00, F17D5/00, F17D3/18, B08B17/02, E03B7/07, G01F1/00, G01F1/66, G01F1/74, G01N11/00, G01F23/296, G01M1/00, // G01F15/07 | [2017/19] | CPC: |
E03B7/07 (EP,CN,US);
G01F1/00 (US);
B08B17/02 (EP,US);
F17D3/18 (EP,US);
F17D5/00 (EP,US);
G01F1/002 (EP,US);
G01F1/588 (CN);
G01F1/667 (EP,CN,US);
G01F1/708 (CN);
G01F1/7082 (CN);
G01F1/74 (EP,CN,US);
G01F15/022 (CN);
G01F15/07 (EP,CN,US);
G01F23/2961 (EP,CN,US);
G01M1/00 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2016/10] | F16L58/00, F16L55/24, F28F19/00, F17D5/00, F17D3/18, B08B17/02, E03B7/07, G01F1/00, G01F1/66, G01F1/74, G01N11/00, G01F23/296, // G01F15/07 | ||
Former IPC [2015/15] | F16L58/00, F16L55/24, F28F19/00, F17D5/00, F17D3/18, B08B17/02, E03B7/07, G01F5/00, G01F23/00, G01F1/00, G01F3/00, G01P5/00 | 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 [2015/15] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR SCHLICKERKENNUNG IN FLUIDNETZWERKEN | [2017/19] | English: | METHOD FOR DETECTING SILT IN FLUID NETWORKS | [2017/19] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION DE BOUE DANS DES RÉSEAUX DE FLUIDES | [2017/19] |
Former [2015/15] | SCHLICKKONTROLLE IN FLUIDNETZWERKEN | ||
Former [2015/15] | SILT CONTROL IN FLUID NETWORKS | ||
Former [2015/15] | GESTION DES BOUES DANS LES RÉSEAUX DE FLUIDES | Entry into regional phase | 29.12.2014 | National basic fee paid | 29.12.2014 | Search fee paid | 29.12.2014 | Designation fee(s) paid | 29.12.2014 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.12.2014 | Examination requested [2015/15] | 02.09.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.04.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.08.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 24.08.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.08.2017 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP17187492.8 / EP3284994 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 26.04.2017 | Opposition(s) | 12.07.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 06.05.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.05.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.05.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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