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EP3253709 - CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  04.03.2022
Database last updated on 21.08.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.11.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip26.02.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
57 Daniel Webster Highway
Merrimack, NH 03054 / US
[2017/50]
Inventor(s)01 / SCHAUER, Mark W.
84 Cunningham Pond Rd
Peterborough, NH 03458 / US
02 / TOWLE, Erick C.
23 Bainbridge Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 / US
03 / STEPHENSON, Rachel
555 Canal Street 705
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 / US
 [2017/52]
Former [2017/50]01 / SCHAUER, Mark W.
106 Brush Brook Road
Dublin, New Hampshire 03444 / US
02 / TOWLE, Erick C.
23 Bainbridge Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 / US
03 / STEPHENSON, Rachel
555 Canal Street 705
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 / US
Representative(s)Weidner Stern Jeschke
Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Wilhelm-Herbst-Straße 5
28359 Bremen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2017/50]HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
Application number, filing date16747187.903.02.2016
[2017/50]
WO2016US16362
Priority number, dateUS201562111290P03.02.2015         Original published format: US 201562111290 P
[2017/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016126818
Date:11.08.2016
Language:EN
[2016/32]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3253709
Date:13.12.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.08.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US11.08.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.10.2018
ClassificationIPC:B82Y40/00, C01B32/05
[2017/50]
CPC:
C25F7/00 (EP,US); C01B32/17 (EP,US); C25F1/00 (EP,US);
Y02E60/10 (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 [2017/50]
TitleGerman:KOHLENSTOFFNANORÖHRENSTRUKTUR UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON[2017/50]
English:CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF[2017/50]
French:STRUCTURES À NANOTUBES DE CARBONE ET PROCÉDÉS DE PRODUCTION DE CEUX-CI[2017/50]
Entry into regional phase07.08.2017National basic fee paid 
07.08.2017Search fee paid 
07.08.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
07.08.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.08.2017Examination requested  [2017/50]
07.08.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.04.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.03.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.09.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
08.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
10.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
09.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
09.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
23.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
26.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
28.02.201803   M06   Fee paid on   27.04.2018
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO2007015710  (UNIV TEXAS [US], et al);
 [X]WO2008082609  (GEOHEGAN DAVID BRUCE [US], et al)
International search[XY]US2004065559  (IIJIMA SUMIO [JP], et al);
 [Y]US2009075545  (LASHMORE DAVID S [US], et al);
 [XY]CN101451273  (SONY CORP [JP]);
 [A]US2010183950  (DAI LIMING [US]);
 [Y]US2011110843  (PASQUALI MATTEO [US], et al);
 [Y]US2012183770  (BOSNYAK CLIVE P [US], et al);
 [A]US2014311921  (HOWARD CHRISTOPHER [GB], et al);
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