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EP2947998 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRYING AND/OR ROASTING A FOOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.02.2018
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.03.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.02.2017
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
Bühler Barth GmbH
Daimlerstr. 6
71691 Freiberg / DE
[2017/14]
Former [2015/49]For all designated states
Bühler Barth GmbH
Daimlerstr. 6
71691 Freiberg / DE
Inventor(s)01 / VETTER, Karsten
Guardinistr. 136
DE-81375 München / DE
02 / LOHMÜLLER, Tobias
Schumannstrasse 22
71688 Freiberg / DE
 [2015/49]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
P.O. Box 86 07 67
81634 München / DE
[2017/14]
Former [2015/49]Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG
Friedtalweg 5
9500 Wil / CH
Application number, filing date14701525.924.01.2014
[2015/49]
WO2014EP51394
Priority number, dateEP2013015275925.01.2013         Original published format: EP 13152759
[2015/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2014114744
Date:31.07.2014
Language:DE
[2014/31]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2947998
Date:02.12.2015
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.07.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2947998
Date:05.04.2017
Language:DE
[2017/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.12.2014
ClassificationIPC:A23G1/00, A23G1/06, A23N12/10
[2015/49]
CPC:
A23G1/002 (EP,US); A23G1/06 (EP,US); A23N12/083 (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 [2015/49]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM TROCKNEN UND/ODER RÖSTEN EINES LEBENSMITTELS[2015/49]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRYING AND/OR ROASTING A FOOD[2015/49]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DESTINÉS AU SÉCHAGE ET/OU À LA TORRÉFACTION D'UN ALIMENT[2016/45]
Former [2015/49]PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR SÉCHER ET/OU TORRÉFIER UN ALIMENT
Entry into regional phase18.08.2015National basic fee paid 
18.08.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
18.08.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.08.2015Examination requested  [2015/49]
26.01.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.10.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.02.2017Fee for grant paid
22.02.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.02.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP17160818.5  / EP3207806
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  21.10.2016
Opposition(s)08.01.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
30.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU24.01.2014
AL05.04.2017
CY05.04.2017
CZ05.04.2017
DK05.04.2017
EE05.04.2017
ES05.04.2017
FI05.04.2017
HR05.04.2017
LT05.04.2017
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MC05.04.2017
MK05.04.2017
MT05.04.2017
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TR05.04.2017
BG05.07.2017
NO05.07.2017
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Former [2020/31]HU24.01.2014
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Cited inInternational search[A]US4326114  (GERLING JOHN E, et al) [A] 9-15 * figures 1-3; claim 1 *;
 [XA]DE3436334  (NAGEMA VEB K [DD]) [X] 15 * figure 2; claim 1 * [A] 1-8,10-14;
 [A]US2007267409  (GARD ROBERT G [US], et al) [A] 9-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]US2008089986  (SONG EUGENE [KR]) [A] 9-15 * the whole document *;
 [XA]DE202008011577U  (BEAR MUEHLEN & BEHAELTER GMBH [DE]) [X] 15 * paragraph [0024]; figure 1; claim 1 * [A] 1-8,10-14;
 [XI]  - WIESLAWA KRYSIAK ET AL, "Factors Affecting the Color of Roasted Cocoa Bean", JOURNAL OF FOOD QUALITY, (20130110), vol. 36, no. 1, doi:10.1111/jfq.12009, ISSN 0146-9428, pages 21 - 31, XP055062977 [X] 1-3,5-8,10,14,15 * page 23, column l, line 9 - line 37; figure 1 * * Abstract; page 26, column l, line 1 - line 3 * [I] 4,11-13

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfq.12009
 [A]  - DEUBLEIN D, "Kakaobohnen-Röstung: Verfahren im Vergleich", ZUCKER- UND SUESSWAREN WIRTSCHAFT, BECKMANN, LEHRTE, DE, (19940101), vol. 47, no. 1/2, ISSN 0373-0204, pages 11 - 12,14, XP008118545 [A] 1-8,10-15 * the whole document *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.04.005
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