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EP3921296 - PROCESS FOR MAKING PHENOL AND XYLENES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.06.2024
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.11.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  14.08.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip28.06.2024New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
22 Chaoyangmen North Street
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100728 / CN
For all designated states
UOP LLC
25 East Algonquin Road
P.O. Box 5017
Des Plaines, Illinois 60017-5017 / US
[2021/50]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHANG, Shuguang
c/o UOP LLC 25 East Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60017-5017 / US
02 / ZHOU, Lubo
c/o UOP LLC 25 East Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60017-5017 / US
[N/P]
Former [2021/50]01 / ZHANG, Shuguang
Des Plaines, Illinois 60017-5017 / US
02 / ZHOU, Lubo
Des Plaines, Illinois 60017-5017 / US
Representative(s)Moore, Michael Richard, et al
Keltie LLP
No.1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BA / GB
[2021/50]
Application number, filing date19721417.404.02.2019
[2021/50]
WO2019US16536
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020162877
Date:13.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3921296
Date:15.12.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.08.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.08.2020
ClassificationIPC:C07C5/27, C07C6/12, C07C15/08, C07C37/50, C07C39/04
[2021/50]
CPC:
C07C5/2729 (EP); C07C37/50 (EP,US); C07C37/72 (US);
C07C6/126 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C07C37/50, C07C39/04 (EP);
C07C5/2729, C07C15/08 (EP);
C07C6/126, C07C15/08 (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 [2021/50]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON PHENOL UND XYLOLEN[2021/50]
English:PROCESS FOR MAKING PHENOL AND XYLENES[2021/50]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE PHÉNOL ET DE XYLÈNES[2021/50]
Entry into regional phase05.07.2021National basic fee paid 
05.07.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
05.07.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.07.2021Examination requested  [2021/50]
05.07.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.04.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.06.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
25.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
27.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
27.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]GB1232027  ;
 [A]US3790642  (KOMINAMI N, et al);
 [A]DE102014110489  (L AIR LIQUIDE SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME POUR L ETUDE ET L EXPL DES PROCÉDÉS GEORGES CLAUDE [FR]);
 [E]WO2019103726  (CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORP SINOPEC CORP [CN], et al)
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