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EP2961699
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| EP2961699 - PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING MOLTEN GLASS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 01.03.2024 Database last updated on 13.11.2024 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 29.10.2023 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.10.2023 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 29.05.2023 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 24.05.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.11.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LV, RS | published on 04.12.2024 [2024/49] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | [2016/01] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HOWSE, Terence K.G. 4243 W. Bancroft Apt. 10310 Toledo, OH 43615 / US | 02 /
WANG, Zhongming 4686 Sycamore Drive Ypsilani, MI 48197 / US | [2024/14] |
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HOWSE, Terence, K.G. 4243 W. Bancroft Apt. 10310 Toledo, OH 43615 / US | ||
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WANG, Zhongming 4686 Sycamore Drive Ypsilani, MI 48197 / US | Representative(s) | Blumbach · Zinngrebe Patentanwälte PartG mbB Alexandrastraße 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE | [2024/14] |
| Former [2016/01] | Blumbach Zinngrebe Patentanwälte Alexandrastrasse 5 65187 Wiesbaden / DE | Application number, filing date | 14707308.4 | 19.02.2014 | [2016/01] | WO2014US17104 | Priority number, date | US201313782638 | 01.03.2013 Original published format: US201313782638 | [2016/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014133842 | Date: | 04.09.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/36] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2961699 | Date: | 06.01.2016 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2016/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2961699 | Date: | 03.04.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/14] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 04.09.2014 | Classification | IPC: | C03B5/225, C03B5/187, C03B5/18, C03B5/20, C03B5/26 | [2022/47] | CPC: |
C03B5/2252 (EP,US);
C03B5/187 (EP,US);
C03B5/20 (EP,US);
C03B5/2257 (EP,US);
C03B5/26 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2016/01] | C03B5/225, C03B5/187, C03B5/18 | 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 [2016/01] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR RAFFINIERUNG VON GESCHMOLZENEM GLAS | [2016/01] | English: | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING MOLTEN GLASS | [2016/01] | French: | PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR L'AFFINAGE DE VERRE FONDU | [2016/01] | Entry into regional phase | 03.09.2015 | National basic fee paid | 03.09.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.09.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.12.2014 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 03.09.2015 | Examination requested [2016/01] | 28.05.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 25.07.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.08.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 15.10.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.10.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 21.12.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.11.2022 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.02.2023 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.04.2023 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 19.04.2023 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.05.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.10.2023 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 30.10.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.01.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 26.01.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 26.01.2024 | 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 28.05.2019 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.02.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.02.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.02.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.02.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.02.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.02.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 27.02.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.02.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 03.04.2024 | BG | 03.04.2024 | FI | 03.04.2024 | HR | 03.04.2024 | LV | 03.04.2024 | NO | 03.07.2024 | RS | 03.07.2024 | GR | 04.07.2024 | IS | 03.08.2024 | [2024/49] |
| Former [2024/48] | AT | 03.04.2024 | |
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| IS | 03.08.2024 | ||
| Former [2024/47] | BG | 03.04.2024 | |
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| HR | 03.04.2024 | ||
| NO | 03.07.2024 | ||
| GR | 04.07.2024 | ||
| IS | 03.08.2024 | ||
| Former [2024/46] | BG | 03.04.2024 | |
| FI | 03.04.2024 | ||
| HR | 03.04.2024 | ||
| NO | 03.07.2024 | ||
| IS | 03.08.2024 | Cited in | International search | [I]JPS57149839 ; | [X]WO2013011835 ; | [X]US2485851 (STEVENS CHARLES R); | [X]US2936549 (HANNS STINNES, et al); | [X]AT379793B (HARCUBA SIEGFRIED [AT], et al); | [I]JPS6237678 (NIPPON STEEL CORP); | [XI]US2002062664 (SCHMITT STEFAN [DE], et al); | [A]DE10200233 (SCHOTT GLAS [DE]); | Examination | EP2272806 |