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EP3034472 - TREATMENT METHOD AND TREATMENT APPARATUS OF WASTEWATER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.01.2022 Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.02.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 20.09.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 12.08.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.03.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.08.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	06.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8251 / JP
	[2018/01]
Former [2017/35]	For all designated states Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8251 / JP
Former [2016/25]	For all designated states Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8251 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / SUMI, Yoshiyuki c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1 Kurosakishiroishi Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 806-0004 / JP
	02 / FUKUI, Katsuhiko c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1 Kurosakishiroishi Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 806-0004 / JP
	03 / MIYAMOTO, Satoshi c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1 Kurosakishiroishi Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 806-0004 / JP
	04 / MINEMOTO, Kouki c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1 Kurosakishiroishi Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 806-0004 / JP
	[2016/26]
Representative(s)	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
	[2016/25]
Application number, filing date	16151593.7	16.07.2009
	[2016/25]
Priority number, date	JP20080186235	17.07.2008 Original published format: JP 2008186235
	[2016/25]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3034472
	Date:	22.06.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/25]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3034472
	Date:	10.03.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/10]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.05.2016
Classification	IPC:	C02F1/42, B01J38/00, B01J45/00, B01J49/00, // B01J31/22, B01J31/40, C02F1/28, C02F1/68, C02F101/20	[2016/25]
	CPC:	B01J31/403 (EP); B01J31/2239 (EP); B01J45/00 (EP); B01J49/05 (EP); B01J49/50 (EP); C02F1/42 (EP); (+) B01J2231/70 (EP); B01J2531/72 (EP); B01J2531/845 (EP); C02F1/28 (EP); C02F1/683 (EP); C02F2101/20 (EP); C02F2209/02 (EP); C02F2303/16 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/25]
Title	German:	BEHANDLUNGSVERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ABWASSER	[2021/10]
	English:	TREATMENT METHOD AND TREATMENT APPARATUS OF WASTEWATER	[2016/25]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT ET APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'EAUX USÉES	[2016/25]
	Former [2016/25]	BEHANDLUNGSVERFAHREN UND BEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG VON ABWASSER
Examination procedure	19.01.2016	Examination requested [2016/25]
	08.12.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.08.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.02.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.02.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.06.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.03.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	10.08.2020	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	21.09.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.02.2021	Fee for grant paid
	01.02.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	01.02.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP09797979.3 / EP2301893
Opposition(s)	13.12.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 07
	21.07.2016	Renewal fee patent year 08
	25.07.2017	Renewal fee patent year 09
	24.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 10
	24.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 11
	20.07.2020	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	16.07.2009
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	MK	10.03.2021
	MT	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	IE	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
	[2024/41]
Former [2024/22]	HU	16.07.2009
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	MK	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	IE	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2023/28]	HU	16.07.2009
	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	IE	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2023/24]	AT	10.03.2021
	CY	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	IE	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/35]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
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	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
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	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	IE	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/34]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/23]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
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	IT	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
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	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	LU	16.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	FR	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/22]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
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	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	GB	16.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/21]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
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	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
Former [2022/18]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	MC	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2022/13]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SI	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2022/10]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
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	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2022/08]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	DK	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
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	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
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	NO	10.06.2021
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	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2021/51]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	ES	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
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	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	IS	10.07.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2021/50]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	RO	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SK	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
	PT	12.07.2021
Former [2021/48]	AT	10.03.2021
	CZ	10.03.2021
	EE	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
Former [2021/46]	AT	10.03.2021
	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
	LT	10.03.2021
	LV	10.03.2021
	NL	10.03.2021
	SE	10.03.2021
	SM	10.03.2021
	BG	10.06.2021
	NO	10.06.2021
	GR	11.06.2021
Former [2021/43]	FI	10.03.2021
	HR	10.03.2021
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Former [2021/38]	FI	10.03.2021
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Former [2021/36]	FI	10.03.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[I]US2002035216 (KLIPPER REINHOLD [DE], et al) [I] 1-5 * paragraphs [0021] - [0025] - [0046] - [0047] - [0079] - [0081]; examples 2-3; claims 20-24 *;
		[A]US6649663 (KLIPPER REINHOLD [DE], et al) [A] 1-5 * column 1, line 38 - column 2, line 23 * * column 3, line 48 - line 58 * * column 6, line 33 - line 65 *;
		[A]US2006173083 (KLIPPER REINHOLD [DE], et al) [A] 1-5* paragraphs [0012] , [0017] - [0021] - [0081] *;
		[A]US2007062878 (KLIPPER REINHOLD [DE], et al) [A] 1-5 * paragraphs [0018] - [0026] - [0044] - [0045] - [0080] - [0081]; examples 4,5 *
	by applicant	JPH0515788
		JP2003507156
		JP2004321889
		JP2006312166
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