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EP About this file: EP3250522

EP3250522 - SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTER AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.02.2022
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  26.10.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.12.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.11.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  29.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Knauf Insulation
Rue de Maestricht 95
4600 Visé / BE
For all designated states
Knauf Insulation doo Skofja Loka
Trata 32
4220 Skofja Loka / SI
For all designated states
Knauf Insulation GmbH
Am Bahnhof 7
97346 Iphofen / DE
For all designated states
Knauf Insulation, Inc.
One Knauf Drive
Shelbyville, IN 46176 / US
[2017/49]
Inventor(s)01 / DEMOTT, Gerard
c/o ARC-IP Sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert / BE
02 / DUCARME, David
c/o ARC-IP Sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert / BE
03 / ETZKORN, Randy
c/o ARC-IP Sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert / BE
04 / MAROLT, Bostjan
c/o ARC-IP Sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert / BE
 [2017/49]
Representative(s)ARC-IP
ARC-IP sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert / BE
[2022/10]
Former [2017/49]ARC-IP
ARC-IP sprl
Rue Emile Francqui 4
1435 Mont Saint-Guibert / BE
Application number, filing date16701785.427.01.2016
[2017/49]
WO2016EP51737
Priority number, dateGB2015000131527.01.2015         Original published format: GB 201501315
[2017/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016120353
Date:04.08.2016
Language:EN
[2016/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3250522
Date:06.12.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.08.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3250522
Date:09.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.08.2016
ClassificationIPC:C03B5/12, C03B5/235, C03B5/237, C03B5/43
[2017/49]
CPC:
C03B5/2356 (EP,US); C03B5/12 (EP,US); C03B2211/70 (EP,US);
C03B37/02 (US); C03B5/237 (EP,US); C03B5/43 (EP,US);
Y02P40/50 (EP) (-)
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 [2017/49]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:UNTERGETAUCHTER VERBRENNUNGSSCHMELZER UND VERFAHREN[2017/49]
English:SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTER AND METHOD[2017/49]
French:POT DE FUSION À BRÛLEURS IMMERGÉS ET PROCÉDÉ[2017/49]
Entry into regional phase28.08.2017National basic fee paid 
28.08.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
28.08.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.08.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.08.2017Examination requested  [2017/49]
13.03.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.12.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.02.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.10.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.02.2022Fee for grant paid
01.02.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.02.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  08.12.2022  12.12.2022  ADMISSIBLE
Saint-Gobain Isover
Tour Saint-Gobain
12, Place de l'Iris
92400 Courbevoie / FR
Opponent's representative
Saint-Gobain Recherche
Département Propriété Industrielle
39 Quai Lucien Lefranc
93300 Aubervilliers / FR
 [2023/03]
21.12.2022Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
18.04.2023Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
31.10.2024Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
22.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
27.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
27.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL09.03.2022
AT09.03.2022
EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
MC09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
GR10.06.2022
IS09.07.2022
PT11.07.2022
IE27.01.2023
[2024/29]
Former [2024/08]AL09.03.2022
AT09.03.2022
EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
GR10.06.2022
IS09.07.2022
PT11.07.2022
IE27.01.2023
Former [2023/06]AL09.03.2022
AT09.03.2022
EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
GR10.06.2022
IS09.07.2022
PT11.07.2022
Former [2023/01]AL09.03.2022
AT09.03.2022
EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
SK09.03.2022
SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
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IS09.07.2022
PT11.07.2022
Former [2022/51]AT09.03.2022
EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
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SK09.03.2022
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FI09.03.2022
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LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
SK09.03.2022
SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
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PT11.07.2022
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EE09.03.2022
FI09.03.2022
LT09.03.2022
LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
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BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
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PT11.07.2022
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SM09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
GR10.06.2022
PT11.07.2022
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LV09.03.2022
RS09.03.2022
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NO09.06.2022
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RS09.03.2022
BG09.06.2022
NO09.06.2022
Former [2022/33]LT09.03.2022
NO09.06.2022
Cited inInternational search[XI]EP2578547  (JOHNS MANVILLE [US]) [X] 1,2,17 * items 108A-108B,120,104A-104B,106A-106B,130; paragraphs [0051] , [0055] , [0039] , [0046] , [0030] , [0083]; figures 1-3; claims 1-3 * [I] 7,12,18;
 [XI]  - David Rue, "Energy-efficient glass melting - The next generation melter - Final report", Gas Technology Institute Project 20621, (20080301), URL: XP55077368, (20130902), XP055077368 [X] 1,4,6,8-11,13-16 * page 4, lines 28-39,53; figures 4,24,58 * * pages 1,25 * [I] 7,12
 [XI]  - OLABIN V M ET AL, "SUBMERGED COMBUSTION FURNACE FOR GLASS MELTS", CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS, AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY INC, US, (19960101), vol. 17, no. 2, ISSN 0196-6219, pages 84 - 92, XP000622568 [X] 1,3,5,6,17 * TABLE II in page 89; pages 84,85,89; figures 1,3,5 * [I] 7,18
ExaminationUS4944785
 US2004131988
 WO2015014917
OppositionUS4944785
 EP0970021
 WO2015014917
    - David Rue, "Energy-efficient glass melting - The next generation melter - Final report", Gas Technology Institute Project 20621, (20080301), Gas Technology Institute Project 20621, (20130902), XP055077368
    - OLABIN V. M., ET AL., "SUBMERGED COMBUSTION FURNACE FOR GLASS MELTS", Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, American Ceramic Society Inc., US, US , (19960101), vol. 17, no. 02, ISSN 0196-6219, pages 84 - 92, XP000622568
    - European Commission, "DECISIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 28 February 2012 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass", Official Journal of the European Union, (20120308), pages 1 - 62, XP093011191
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