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EP2864014 - FINE FIBER FILTER MEDIA AND PROCESSES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.10.2020 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.06.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 24.03.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hollingsworth & Vose Company 112 Washington Street East Walpole, MA 02032 / US
	[2015/18]
Inventor(s)	01 / COX, Stephen, T. 1006 Forest Avenue Radford, VA 24141 / US
	02 / FREEMAN, William, S. 5109 Falcon Ridge Road Roanoke, VA 24018 / US
	03 / DOUCOURE, Abdoulaye 3316 i Circle Brook Drive Pebble Creek SW Roanoke, VA 24018 / US
	04 / WERTZ, John, A. 9 Winding Valley Road Hollis, NH 03049 / US
	[2015/18]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[2015/18]
Application number, filing date	13807086.7	20.06.2013
	[2019/50]
	WO2013US46746
Priority number, date	US201213528796	20.06.2012 Original published format: US201213528796
	[2015/18]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2013192392
	Date:	27.12.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/52]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2864014
	Date:	29.04.2015
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.12.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2015/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2864014
	Date:	11.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	27.12.2013
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.01.2016
Classification	IPC:	B01D24/00, B28B3/20, D04H1/559, B29L31/14, D04H3/16, D01D5/098, D04H1/56	[2019/26]
	CPC:	D04H1/559 (EP); D01D5/0985 (EP); D04H1/56 (EP); D04H3/16 (EP); B29C48/0021 (EP); B29C48/05 (EP); (+) B29C48/355 (EP); B29L2031/14 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2016/07]	B01D24/00, B28B3/20, D04H1/559, B29L31/14, B29C47/00, B29C47/34, D04H1/56, D04H3/16, D01D5/098
	Former IPC [2015/18]	B01D24/00, B28B3/20
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 [2015/18]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	FEINFASER-FILTERMEDIEN UND VERFAHREN DAFÜR	[2015/18]
	English:	FINE FIBER FILTER MEDIA AND PROCESSES	[2015/18]
	French:	COUCHE FILTRANTE À FIBRES FINES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS	[2015/18]
Entry into regional phase	16.01.2015	National basic fee paid
	16.01.2015	Search fee paid
	16.01.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.01.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.01.2015	Examination requested [2015/18]
	12.08.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.03.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.10.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.02.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.08.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.01.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	14.05.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.07.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.10.2019	Fee for grant paid
	31.10.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	31.10.2019	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 24.03.2017
Opposition(s)	14.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.06.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.06.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	20.06.2013
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MK	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	20.06.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	FR	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	20.06.2013
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	20.06.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	FR	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2022/26]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	20.06.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	FR	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/23]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	20.06.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	FR	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/20]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	20.06.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/15]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	20.06.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/26]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	11.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[XP]WO2012150964 (HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE CO [US], et al) [XP] 1-15* page 18, line 8 - page 31, line 10; figure 1; examples 1-10 *
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