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EP3140253 - PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2017/11]PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ACID
[2017/50]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.05.2019
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  01.06.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.01.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.02.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Outotec (Finland) Oy
Rauhalanpuisto 9
02230 Espoo / FI
[2017/11]
Inventor(s)01 / DAUM, Karl-Heinz
Austrasse 2b
65549 Limburg / DE
02 / STORCH, Hannes
Hugenottenstrasse 19
61381 Friedrichsdorf / DE
03 / SCHALK, Wolfram
Frölingstrasse 16
61352 Bad Homburg / DE
 [2017/11]
Representative(s)Keil & Schaafhausen Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Bockenheimer Landstraße 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[N/P]
Former [2017/11]Keil & Schaafhausen Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Friedrichstrasse 2-6
60323 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Application number, filing date14724062.609.05.2014
[2017/11]
WO2014EP59574
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015169395
Date:12.11.2015
Language:EN
[2015/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3140253
Date:15.03.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.11.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3140253
Date:04.07.2018
Language:EN
[2018/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.11.2015
ClassificationIPC:C01B17/80, C01B17/88, B01D53/50
[2017/11]
CPC:
B01D53/507 (EP,US); B01D53/1481 (US); B01D53/18 (US);
C01B17/806 (EP,US); C01B17/88 (EP,US); B01D2251/506 (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 [2017/11]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON SCHWEFELSÄURE[2017/50]
English:PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID[2017/50]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET INSTALLATION POUR LA PRODUCTION D'ACIDE SULFURIQUE[2017/50]
Former [2017/11]VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FLÜSSIGSÄURE
Former [2017/11]PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ACID
Former [2017/11]PROCÉDÉ ET INSTALLATION POUR LA PRODUCTION D'ACIDE LIQUIDE
Entry into regional phase01.11.2016National basic fee paid 
01.11.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
01.11.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.02.2016Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
01.11.2016Examination requested  [2017/11]
01.11.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.01.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.05.2018Fee for grant paid
28.05.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.05.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)05.04.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
23.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
25.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[XI]US3172725  (ALBERT L. RUGH) [X] 1-6 * column 2, line 10 - line 35 * * column 5 - column 6 * * figure 1 * [I] 7-15;
 [I]DE1667692  (PULLMAN INC) [I] 1-15 * page 24 - page 25; figure 2 *;
 [A]GB1288835  (SERGEI GAVRILOVICH TIBILOV ET AL) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4533522  (LEIMKUEHLER JUERGEN [DE]) [A] 7-15* column 4 - column 5; figure 1 *;
 [XI]EP0151010  (CANADIAN IND [CA]) [X] 7,10,11,14 * page 5 - page 6; figure 1 * [I] 8,9,12,13,15;
 [X]DE3410109  (BISCHOFF GASREINIGUNG [DE]) [X] 7-11 * page 6 - page 7; figure 1 *
by applicant   - DOUGLAS K. LOUIE, Handbook of Sulphuric Acid Manufacturing, DKL ENGINEERING, INC., (2008), pages 19 - 7
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