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EP4277442 - DIRECT-CURRENT PLASMA TORCH APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.07.2024
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.10.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip26.07.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
26.07.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 28.08.2024  [2024/35]
26.07.2024Change - designated statespublished on 28.08.2024  [2024/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Handa, Janak H.
92 Northcliffe Blvd.
Toronto, ON M6H 3H2 / CA
For all designated states
Gaber, Hossam
27 Pleasant View Drive
North York, ON M2J 3P7 / CA
[2023/46]
Inventor(s)01 / Gaber, Hossam
North York, Ontario M2J 3P7 / CA
02 / Aldeeb, Mustafa Abdalmejeed Mansour
Cambridge, N3E 1B8 / CA
 [2023/46]
Representative(s)Bobbert & Partner Patentanwälte PartmbB
Postfach 1252
85422 Erding / DE
[2023/46]
Application number, filing date23169157.721.04.2023
[2023/46]
Priority number, dateUS20221766040223.04.2022         Original published format: US202217660402
[2023/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4277442
Date:15.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/46]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4277442
Date:24.01.2024
Language:EN
[2024/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.01.2024
ClassificationIPC:H05H1/34
[2023/46]
CPC:
H05H1/3436 (EP); H05H1/28 (EP,US); H05H1/3442 (EP);
H05H1/3447 (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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/35]
Former [2023/46]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:GLEICHSTROM-PLASMABRENNER[2023/46]
English:DIRECT-CURRENT PLASMA TORCH APPARATUS[2023/46]
French:APPAREIL DE TORCHE À PLASMA À COURANT CONTINU[2023/46]
Examination procedure22.07.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.07.2024Examination requested  [2024/35]
24.07.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
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Documents cited:Search[Y]GB2110145  (WELDTRONIC LIMITED) [Y] 3 * figures 1-6 * * page 1, line 5 - page 2, line 128 *;
 [XYI]EP2209354  (REINHAUSEN PLASMA GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,2,6-8 * figures 1-7 * * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0033] * [Y] 3 [I] 5,9;
 [A]WO2012123530  (REINHAUSEN PLASMA GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-9 * figures 1-2 ** page 1, line 5 - page 28, line 30 *;
 [XI]US2014265044  (FORET TODD [US]) [X] 1,4,6,8 * figures 1A-2 * * paragraph [0019] - paragraph [0034] * [I] 5,9;
 [A]CN105478974  (HARBIN INST OF TECH (WEIHAI), et al) [A] 1-9 * figure 1 * * abstract *
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