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EP About this file: EP3108024

EP3108024 - IMPROVED METAL REFINING PROCESS USING MIXED ELECTROLYTE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.03.2020
Database last updated on 06.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  29.03.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.11.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Honeywell International Inc.
115 Tabor Road
Morris Plains, NJ 07950 / US
[2016/52]
Inventor(s)01 / SILINGER, Paul P.
Honeywell International Inc.
Patent Services M/S AB/2B
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2245 / US
02 / CLARK, Brett M.
Honeywell International Inc.
Patent Services M/S AB/2B
101 Columbia Road
P. O. Box 2245
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2245 / US
03 / FERY, Mark B.
Honeywell International Inc.
Patent Services M/S AB/2B
101 Columbia Road
P. O. Box 2245
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2245 / US
 [2016/52]
Representative(s)Crooks, Elizabeth Caroline
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Lacon London
84 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8NL / GB
[2019/18]
Former [2016/52]Hucker, Charlotte Jane
Kilburn & Strode LLP
20 Red Lion Street
London
WC1R 4PJ / GB
Application number, filing date15752619.505.02.2015
[2016/52]
WO2015US14583
Priority number, dateUS20141418534120.02.2014         Original published format: US201414185341
[2016/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015126631
Date:27.08.2015
Language:EN
[2015/34]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3108024
Date:28.12.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.08.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3108024
Date:01.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR27.08.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.10.2017
ClassificationIPC:C25C1/14
[2017/46]
CPC:
C25C1/14 (EP,KR,US); C25D3/30 (EP,KR,US)
Former IPC [2016/52]C22B25/08
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 [2016/52]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERBESSERTES VERFAHREN ZUM RAFFINIEREN VON METALLEN MIT GEMISCHTEM ELEKTROLYT[2016/52]
English:IMPROVED METAL REFINING PROCESS USING MIXED ELECTROLYTE[2016/52]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE RAFFINAGE DU MÉTAL AMÉLIORÉ UTILISANT UN ÉLECTROLYTE MIXTE[2016/52]
Entry into regional phase16.08.2016National basic fee paid 
16.08.2016Search fee paid 
16.08.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.2016Examination requested  [2016/52]
16.08.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
10.05.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.11.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.03.2019Fee for grant paid
20.03.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.03.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)04.02.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
27.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU05.02.2015
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Documents cited:Search[XAI]JPH02228487  ;
 [XA]CN1114985  ;
 [A]US2013341196  (SILINGER PAUL P [US], et al) [A] 1-10* claims 1-20 *;
 [XAI]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1990, no. 42, Database accession no. 1990-318050, XP002774053 & JPH02228487 A 19900911 (MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO) [X] 1,3 * abstract * [A] 4,6-10 [I] 2,5
 [XA]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1997, no. 40, Database accession no. 1997-425935, XP002774054 & CN1114985 A 19960117 (YUAN T) [X] 1 * abstract * [A] 2-10
International search[A]JP2006028608  (NIPPON MINING CO) [A] 1-10* See paragraphs [0012]-[0016]; claim 1. *;
 [A]JP2011052261  (JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORP) [A] 1-10 * See paragraphs [0020]-[0023]; claim 2. *;
 [X]KR20120041403  (KOREA INST GEOSCIENCE & MINERA [KR]) [X] 1-10 * See paragraphs [0030]-[0035]; claims 1, 5-8. *;
 [A]US2013028786  (KANOU GAKU [JP]) [A] 1-10 * See paragraphs [0054]-[0057]; claim 8. *;
 [A]KR101233779B  (SAMMI METAL CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-10 * See paragraphs [0024], [0025]; claims 1-5; figure 2. *
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