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EP4031275 - PROCESSES FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.06.2022
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  26.03.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  08.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip28.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
4250 Congress Street, Suite 900
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 / US
[2022/30]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHOU, Qunhui
4017 Browning Drive
Concord, CA 94518 / US
02 / KIM, Se H.
2405 June Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 / US
03 / MILLER, Jon E.
9135 N. Parkview Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815 / US
04 / WELZ, Sascha J.
5350 Deer Valley Dr. Unit 3267
Phoenix, AZ 85054 / US
 [2022/30]
Representative(s)Uexküll & Stolberg
Partnerschaft von
Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Beselerstraße 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
[2022/30]
Application number, filing date20781251.216.09.2020
[2022/30]
WO2020US51013
Priority number, dateUS201962900876P16.09.2019         Original published format: US 201962900876 P
[2022/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021055432
Date:25.03.2021
Language:EN
[2021/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4031275
Date:27.07.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.03.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP25.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:B01J20/02, B01J20/20, B01J20/04, B01J20/10, B01J20/14, B01J20/16, B01J20/30, C01B32/30, C02F1/28, B09B3/00, B09B5/00, B09C1/00, B01D53/64
[2022/30]
CPC:
B01J20/20 (EP,CN,KR,US); B01J20/0266 (EP,CN,KR); B01J20/14 (EP,CN,KR);
B01D53/02 (CN); B01D53/64 (EP,KR); B01J20/027 (EP,CN,KR);
B01J20/043 (EP,CN,KR); B01J20/103 (EP,CN,KR); B01J20/165 (EP,CN,KR);
B01J20/3078 (EP,CN,KR); B01J20/3204 (US); B01J20/3287 (US);
B01J20/3289 (US); B09B3/00 (EP); B09B3/10 (EP,KR);
B09B5/00 (EP,KR); B09C1/00 (CN); B09C1/08 (EP,KR,US);
C01B32/354 (EP,KR); C02F1/281 (EP,CN,KR); C02F1/283 (EP,CN,KR,US);
C02F1/288 (EP,CN,KR,US); C02F1/76 (EP,KR); B01D2257/602 (CN);
B09C1/002 (US); B09C2101/00 (US); C02F2101/20 (EP,CN,KR) (-)
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 [2022/30]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR VERMINDERUNG DER UMWELTVERFÜGBARKEIT VON UMWELTSCHADSTOFFEN[2022/30]
English:PROCESSES FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS[2022/30]
French:PROCÉDÉS DE RÉDUCTION DE LA DISPONIBILITÉ ENVIRONNEMENTALE DE POLLUANTS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX[2022/30]
Entry into regional phase15.03.2022National basic fee paid 
15.03.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
15.03.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.03.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.03.2022Examination requested  [2022/30]
15.03.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
27.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[XY]WO8808748  (BERGWERKSVERBAND GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,23 * example 1 * * Table, page 5 * * claims 1-3 * [Y] 1-22,24-26;
 [XY]US2006057044  (CHANG SHIH-GER [US], et al) [X] 1,23,27 * claims 1-3 * [Y] 2-22,24-26,28-31;
 [Y]US2006247484  (MATTHEWS JACK W [US]) [Y] 1-22 * claims 1-20 * * paragraph [0051] *;
 [XY]WO2012030560  (ALBEMARLE CORP [US], et al) [X] 1,23,27 * claims 1-8 * * paragraph [0013] - paragraph [0017] * [Y] 2-22,24-26,28-31;
 [XDY]WO2012071206  (ALBEMARLE CORP [US], et al) [XD] 1,23,27 * claims 1-8 * [Y] 2-22,24-26,28-31;
 [XY]WO2014164980  (NOVINDA CORP [US]) [X] 1,23,27 * claims 1,2,5,6 * [Y] 2-22,24-26,28-31;
 [XY]US2016296908  (LI MOWEN [US], et al) [X] 1,23 * claims 1-5,40 * * paragraph [0038] - paragraph [0048] * * example 15 * [Y] 2-22,24-26;
 [XP]WO2019213615  (ALBEMARLE CORP [US]) [XP] 1-31 * claims 1-21 ** paragraph [0033] *;
 [XY]  - SANO AKIRA ET AL, "Vapor-phase elemental mercury adsorption by activated carbon co-impregnated with sulfur and chlorine", CHEMICAL ENGENEERING JOURNAL, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20170119), vol. 315, doi:10.1016/J.CEJ.2017.01.035, ISSN 1385-8947, pages 598 - 607, XP029924030 [X] 1,23,27 * abstract * * 2.1.Sample preparation; page 599, column r * * tables 2-4 * * figures 3,6 * [Y] 2-22,24-26,28-31

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.035
by applicantUS6953494
 WO2012071206
 US9101907
    - ZEEMAN, "CVAA", Atomic Absorption Mercury Spectrometer
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