EP3250522 - SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTER AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 04.02.2022 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
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Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 29.03.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.06.2024 | Lapse 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 date | 16701785.4 | 27.01.2016 | [2017/49] | WO2016EP51737 | Priority number, date | GB20150001315 | 27.01.2015 Original published format: GB 201501315 | [2017/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | 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: | EP | 04.08.2016 | Classification | IPC: | 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)
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| 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 [2017/49] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | Title | German: | 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 phase | 28.08.2017 | National basic fee paid | 28.08.2017 | Designation fee(s) paid | 28.08.2017 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.08.2017 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 28.08.2017 | Examination requested [2017/49] | 13.03.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.12.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.02.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.10.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.02.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 01.02.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.02.2022 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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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] | 21.12.2022 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 18.04.2023 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 31.10.2024 | Date of oral proceedings | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.01.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.01.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.01.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.01.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.01.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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NO | 09.06.2022 | Cited in | International 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 | Examination | US4944785 | US2004131988 | WO2015014917 | Opposition | US4944785 | 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 |