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EP4117418 - PELLET INSERTION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.12.2022
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.09.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip28.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
450 Administration Building
East Lansing, MI 48824 / US
[2023/03]
Inventor(s)01 / WISE, John C.
6013 Drumheller Rd.
Bath, MI 48808 / US
02 / WISE, Alfred K.
712 Delaware Street Apartment 24
Perry, OK 73077 / US
 [2023/03]
Representative(s)Lavoix
Bayerstraße 83
80335 München / DE
[2023/03]
Application number, filing date21768080.012.03.2021
[2023/03]
WO2021US22033
Priority number, dateUS202062989243P13.03.2020         Original published format: US 202062989243 P
[2023/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021183840
Date:16.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4117418
Date:18.01.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US16.09.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.08.2023
ClassificationIPC:A01G7/06, // A01M1/20, A01M21/04
[2023/39]
CPC:
A01G7/06 (EP); A01G13/10 (US); A01G23/00 (US);
A01M1/20 (EP,US); A01M21/043 (EP)
Former IPC [2023/03]A01G7/06, A01G7/00, A01G18/50, A01G18/55, A01G23/10, A01G29/00
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 [2023/03]
TitleGerman:PELLETEINFÜHRUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND ZUGEHÖRIGE VERFAHREN[2023/03]
English:PELLET INSERTION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS[2023/03]
French:APPAREIL D'INSERTION DE PASTILLE ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS[2023/03]
Entry into regional phase29.09.2022National basic fee paid 
29.09.2022Search fee paid 
29.09.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
29.09.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.09.2022Examination requested  [2023/03]
13.03.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.03.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
27.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.03.202303   M06   Fee paid on   30.05.2023
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Documents cited:Search[YA]US5086584  (MERVING HANS A K [SE]);
 [YA]CN107409571  (INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROT SHANXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCE)
International search[A]US4698935  (CRONENWETT DUANE [US], et al) [A] 1-26 * entire document *;
 [A]US7252042  (BLAKE GEORGE BEREND FREEMAN [CA]) [A] 1-26 * entire document *;
 [A]GB2487721  (RUSSELL IPM LTD [GB]) [A] 1-26 * entire document *;
 [A]US2013326944  (OBRIST GERY [CH], et al) [A] 1-26* entire document *;
 [A]WO2014094056  (EDWARDS INVEST PTY LTD P [AU]) [A] 1-26 * entire document *
by applicantUS5086584
 CN107409571
 WO2018169904
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