| EP4453369 - UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS VIA BOREHOLES AND MULTILATERAL BLAST-HOLES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.01.2026 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 27.09.2024 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 01.07.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.03.2026 | New entry: Reply to examination report | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Palmer, Daniel B. 5132 Cathedral Oaks Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 / US | [2024/44] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
see applicant ... | [2024/44] | Representative(s) | Harrison IP Limited Mereside, Alderley Park Congleton Road Nether Alderley Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2024/44] | Harrison IP Limited 3 Ebor House Millfield Lane Nether Poppleton York YO26 6QY / GB | Application number, filing date | 22912317.9 | 16.12.2022 | [2024/44] | WO2022US53093 | Priority number, date | US202163293057P | 22.12.2021 Original published format: US 202163293057 P | [2024/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2023121952 | Date: | 29.06.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4453369 | Date: | 30.10.2024 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.06.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2024/44] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 29.06.2023 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.06.2025 | Classification | IPC: | E21B7/00, E21C37/12, E21B43/248, E21B43/263, F24D3/04, E21B7/06, E21B41/00, E21B43/12, E21B43/28, E21B43/30, E21C41/22, E21D1/03 | [2025/31] | CPC: |
E21B41/0035 (EP);
E21C41/16 (US);
E21B43/12 (EP);
E21B43/248 (EP);
E21B43/28 (EP);
E21B43/30 (EP);
E21B7/061 (EP);
E21C37/12 (EP);
E21C41/22 (EP);
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| Former IPC [2024/44] | E21B7/00, E21C37/12, E21B43/248, E21B43/263, F24D3/04 | 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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2024/44] | Title | German: | UNTERIRDISCHE ABBAUVERFAHREN ÜBER BOHRLÖCHER UND MULTILATERALE SPRENGBOHRUNGEN | [2024/44] | English: | UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS VIA BOREHOLES AND MULTILATERAL BLAST-HOLES | [2024/44] | French: | PROCÉDÉS D'EXPLOITATION MINIÈRE SOUTERRAINE PAR L'INTERMÉDIAIRE DE TROUS DE FORAGE ET DE TROUS DE MINES MULTILATÉRAUX | [2024/44] | Entry into regional phase | 22.07.2024 | National basic fee paid | 22.07.2024 | Search fee paid | 22.07.2024 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.07.2024 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 22.07.2024 | Examination requested [2024/44] | 02.11.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 02.11.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 19.01.2026 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 10.03.2026 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.12.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.12.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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