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EP About this file: EP0056054

EP0056054 - WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.02.1986
Database last updated on 03.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR
published on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
GARTNER, William J.
153 Williamsburg Drive
Bartlett, IL 60103 / US
[1982/29]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1982/29]
Representative(s)Groening, Hans Wilhelm
Boehmert & Boehmert
Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1982/29]Groening, Hans Wilhelm, Dipl.-Ing.
Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner Postfach 22 14 55
D-80504 München / DE
Application number, filing date81902148.617.07.1981
[1982/29]
WO1981US00965
Priority number, dateUS1980017002318.07.1980         Original published format: US 170023
[1982/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8200256
Date:04.02.1982
[1982/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0056054
Date:21.07.1982
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.02.1982 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1982/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0056054
Date:17.04.1985
Language:EN
[1985/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.11.1982
ClassificationIPC:B01D15/00, B01D27/02, C02F9/00
[1982/29]
CPC:
C02F1/766 (EP,US); A47G21/188 (EP,US); C02F1/002 (EP,US);
Y02A20/208 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   LI,   NL,   SE [1982/29]
TitleGerman:WASSERKLÄRSYSTEM[1982/29]
English:WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM[1982/29]
French:SYSTEME D'EPURATION D'EAU[1982/29]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase15.03.1982National basic fee paid 
15.03.1982Search fee paid 
15.03.1982Designation fee(s) paid 
15.03.1982Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.03.1982Examination requested  [1982/29]
25.07.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.11.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.02.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
13.04.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.07.1984Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
26.09.1984Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.12.1984Fee for grant paid
27.12.1984Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)18.01.1986No opposition filed within time limit [1986/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.11.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.08.198303   M06   Fee paid on   11.11.1983
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR17.04.1985
NL17.04.1985
AT17.07.1985
SE18.07.1985
CH31.07.1985
LI31.07.1985
[2002/24]
Former [1989/08]NL17.04.1985
AT17.07.1985
SE18.07.1985
CH31.07.1985
LI31.07.1985
Former [1987/26]NL17.04.1985
AT17.07.1985
CH31.07.1985
LI31.07.1985
Former [1987/20]NL17.04.1985
AT17.07.1985
Former [1986/28]NL17.04.1985
Cited inInternational search[A]US1000332  (DYER HENRY H [US]);
 [A]US1333011  (CRADY PETER E);
 [A]US3327859  (PALL DAVID B);
 [A]US3389803  (BARLEY EDWARD S);
 [A]US3392837  (SANZENBACHER WILLIAM A);
 [A]US3715035  (TEEPLE G, et al);
 [A]US3923665  (LAMBERT JACK L, et al)
ExaminationGB1072227
 DE2136646
 GB1398369
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