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EP3295143 - METHOD OF ANALYZING SPRAY PARTICULATES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.04.2020 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 23.03.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 18.11.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	28.03.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Croda, Inc. 777 Scudders Mill Road Bldg. 2, Suite 200 Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US
	[2021/12]
Former [2018/12]	For all designated states Croda, Inc. 300 Columbus Circle Edison, NJ 08837 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / LINDNER, Gregory, James 18 Hayloft Circle Wilmington, DE 19808 / US
	[2018/12]
Representative(s)	Karfopoulos, Alexis Theo Croda International Plc Intellectual Property Department Cowick Hall Snaith Goole, E York DN14 9AA / GB
	[2018/12]
Application number, filing date	16793306.8	09.05.2016
	[2018/12]
	WO2016US31442
Priority number, date	US201562160287P	12.05.2015 Original published format: US 201562160287 P
	[2018/12]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016182992
	Date:	17.11.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/46]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3295143
	Date:	21.03.2018
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.11.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/12]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	17.11.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	02.01.2019
Classification	IPC:	G01M9/02, G01M9/04, G01N15/02, G01P5/26, G01N15/14, G01N15/10	[2019/04]
	CPC:	G01N15/0205 (EP,US); G01M9/04 (EP,US); G01N15/0227 (EP,US); G01N15/1433 (EP,US); G01N15/1459 (EP,US); G01N2015/1029 (EP,US); (+) G01N2015/1493 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2018/12]	G01M9/02, G01M9/04, G01N15/02, G01P5/26
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 [2018/12]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ANALYSE VON SPRÜHPARTIKELN	[2018/12]
	English:	METHOD OF ANALYZING SPRAY PARTICULATES	[2018/12]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ D'ANALYSE DE PARTICULES DE PULVÉRISATION	[2018/12]
Entry into regional phase	23.10.2017	National basic fee paid
	23.10.2017	Search fee paid
	23.10.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.10.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.10.2017	Examination requested [2018/12]
	23.10.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	25.07.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.04.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.11.2020	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	01.02.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.08.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.03.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	01.02.2021	Request for further processing filed
	01.02.2021	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.02.2021	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.05.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.05.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.05.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
	18.05.2021	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.03.2022	Renewal fee patent year 07
	26.05.2023	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.03.2024	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]US2010037653 (ENIS BEN M [US], et al) [Y] 1-5,13,15,18 * page 20, paragraph [0219] * * figure 14; claims 1, 5 * [A] 6-12,14,16,17,19;
		[XYI]US2013180325 (SPANDL ERIC [US], et al) [X] 11 * abstract * * page 2, paragraph [0018] * * page 5, paragraphs [0039], [0042], [0044], [0045] * * page 6, paragraphs [0051]-[0052], [0055]-[0056] * * figures 5,6; claims 1, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16 * [Y] 1-5,13,15,18 [I] 6-10,12,14,16,17,19;
		[A]US2013244877 (LINDNER GREGORY JAMES [US]) [A] 1-19 * abstract ** page 3, paragraph [0045] *
	International search	[A]US7156744 (METNI N ALAN [US], et al) [A] 1-4, 5/1-4, 6/5/1-4, 17-18, 19/17-18, 20-22, 23/21-22, 30-31 * ; entire document *;
		[Y]US2010037653 (ENIS BEN M [US], et al) [Y] 1-4, 5/1-4, 6/5/1-4, 21-22, 23/21-22, 30-31 * ; figure 14; paragraphs [0030], [0219]; claims 1, 5 *;
		[XY]US2013180325 (SPANDL ERIC [US], et al) [X] 17 * ; figure 5; paragraphs [0014], [0031], [0039], [0042], [0044]-[0045], [0055]-[0056]; claims 1, 7, 12, 14, 16 * [Y] 1-4, 5/1-4, 6/5/1-4, 18, 19/17-18, 20-22, 23/21-22, 30-31;
		[Y]US2013244877 (LINDNER GREGORY JAMES [US]) [Y] 19/17-18, 20 * ; abstract; paragraph [0045] *;
		[Y] - KRAUSE, C et al., "Wind tunnel evaluation of drift reduction potential and spray characteristics with drift retardants at high operating pressure.", Journal of ASTM International., (20060000), vol. 3, no. 5, page 2 [Y] 18, 19/18
		[A] - FRITZ, BK et al., "Evaluation of the EPA Drift Reduction Technology (DRT) low-speed wind tunnel protocol.", Journal of ASTM International., (20090000), vol. 6, no. 4., pages 1 - 11, XP055328168 [A] 1-4, 5/1-4, 6/5/1-4, 17-18, 19/17-18, 20-22, 23/21-22, 30-31 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/JAI102129
		[A] - HOFFMANN, WC et al., "Spray Adjuvant Effects on Droplet Size Spectra Measured by Three Laser-Based Systems in a High-Speed Wind Tunnel", Journal of ASTM international., (20080000), vol. 5, no. 6., pages 1 - 12, XP055328176 [A] 1-4, 5/1-4, 6/5/1-4, 17-18, 19/17-18, 20-22, 23/21-22, 30-31 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/JAI101233

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