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EP3164655 - INDIRECT ACOUSTIC DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.02.2022 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.02.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 25.10.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 19.10.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.04.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 23.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	27.04.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Heat Technologies, Inc. 5040 Spruce Bluff Drive Atlanta, GA 30350 / US
	[2021/13]
Former [2017/19]	For all designated states Heat Technologies, Inc. 5040 Spruce Bluff Drive Atlanta, GA 30350 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / PLAVNIK, Zinovy Zalman 5040 Spruce Bluff Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30350 / US
	02 / EMORY, Glenn Johnson 415 Loyd Road Peachtree City, Georgia 30269 / US
	03 / HRYNCHUCK, Aliaksandr 433 College Ave. DeKalb, Illinois 60115 / US
	04 / LYE, Jason 799 Kirkwood Avenue SE Atlanta, Georgia 30316 / US
	05 / SISK, Richard Terrell 3026 Cobblers Court Longville, Georgia 30052 / US
	06 / VOLOZHANIN, Leonid Anatolyevich 2094 Kinridge Court Marietta, Georgia 30062 / US
	[2017/37]
Former [2017/19]	01 / PLAVNIK, Zinovy Zalman 5040 Spruce Bluff Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30350 / US
	02 / EMORY, Glenn Johnson 415 Loyd Road Peachtree City, Georgia 30269 / US
	03 / HRYNCHUCK, Aliaksandr 603 S. Hennepin Avenue Apt. 6 Dixon, Illinois 61021 / US
	04 / LYE, Jason 799 Kirkwood Avenue SE Atlanta, Georgia 30316 / US
	05 / SISK, Richard Terrell 3026 Cobblers Court Longville, Georgia 30052 / US
	06 / VOLOZHANIN, Leonid Anatolyevich 2094 Kinridge Court Marietta, Georgia 30062 / US
Representative(s)	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Am Kaffee-Quartier 3 28217 Bremen / DE
	[2021/13]
Former [2017/19]	Leffers, Thomas Schweiger & Partners Intellectual Property Law Firm Elsenheimer Strasse 1 80687 München / DE
Application number, filing date	15815936.8	05.06.2015
	[2017/19]
	WO2015US34440
Priority number, date	US201414321354	01.07.2014 Original published format: US201414321354
	[2017/19]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016003601
	Date:	07.01.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/01]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3164655
	Date:	10.05.2017
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.01.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2017/19]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3164655
	Date:	31.03.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/13]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	07.01.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	02.01.2018
Classification	IPC:	F26B3/36, F26B5/02, D21F5/00, F26B3/04, F26B13/00	[2018/04]
	CPC:	F26B5/02 (EP,IL,US); D21F5/006 (EP,IL,US); F26B13/00 (EP,IL,US); F26B3/04 (EP,IL,US)
	Former IPC [2017/19]	F26B3/36, F26B5/02
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 [2017/19]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR INDIREKTEN AKUSTISCHEN TROCKNUNG	[2017/19]
	English:	INDIRECT ACOUSTIC DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD	[2017/19]
	French:	SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE SÉCHAGE ACOUSTIQUE INDIRECT	[2017/19]
Entry into regional phase	01.02.2017	National basic fee paid
	01.02.2017	Search fee paid
	01.02.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	01.02.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.12.2016	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	01.02.2017	Examination requested [2017/19]
	19.07.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	18.10.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.04.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.08.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.08.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.12.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.03.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.06.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.10.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.02.2021	Fee for grant paid
	23.02.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.02.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	04.01.2022	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/10]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	01.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	05.06.2015
	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CY	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	MK	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SI	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
	[2024/22]
Former [2023/36]	HU	05.06.2015
	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CY	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	GR	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SI	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2023/30]	HU	05.06.2015
	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CY	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SI	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2023/29]	HU	05.06.2015
	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
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	LT	31.03.2021
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	SE	31.03.2021
	SI	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
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	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
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	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SI	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2022/21]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
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	LV	31.03.2021
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	RO	31.03.2021
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	IE	05.06.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
	IS	29.12.2021
Former [2022/18]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
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	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
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	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	LU	05.06.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
	IS	29.12.2021
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	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
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	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
	IS	29.12.2021
Former [2022/08]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	DK	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	31.03.2021
	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	MC	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2021/52]	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	PL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
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	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2021/51]	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SK	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
	IS	31.07.2021
	PT	02.08.2021
Former [2021/50]	AT	31.03.2021
	CZ	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	RO	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
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	SM	31.03.2021
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	PT	02.08.2021
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	CZ	31.03.2021
	EE	31.03.2021
	FI	31.03.2021
	HR	31.03.2021
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	LV	31.03.2021
	NL	31.03.2021
	RS	31.03.2021
	SE	31.03.2021
	SM	31.03.2021
	BG	30.06.2021
	NO	30.06.2021
Former [2021/47]	AT	31.03.2021
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	HR	31.03.2021
	LT	31.03.2021
	LV	31.03.2021
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Former [2021/46]	AT	31.03.2021
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