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EP0061468 - RECOVERY OF SILVER FROM ORES AND CONCENTRATES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1982/40]RECOVERY OF SILVER AND GOLD FROM ORES AND CONCENTRATES
[1987/03]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.11.1987
Database last updated on 22.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip22.03.1989Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 10.05.1989 [1989/19]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DEXTEC METALLURGICAL PTY.LTD.
124 Walker Street North Sydney
New South Wales 2060 / AU
[N/P]
Former [1982/40]For all designated states
DEXTEC METALLURGICAL PTY.LTD.
124 Walker Street
North Sydney New South Wales 2060 / AU
Inventor(s)01 / EVERETT, Peter Kenneth
63 Victoria Avenue
Chatswood N.S.W. 2067 / AU
[1982/40]
Representative(s)Rowe, Eric Nielsen, et al
Edward Evans & Co. Chancery House 53-64 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1SD / GB
[1982/40]
Application number, filing date81902616.218.09.1981
[1982/40]
WO1981AU00136
Priority number, dateAU1980000579929.09.1980         Original published format: AU 579980
[1982/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8201195
Date:15.04.1982
[1982/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0061468
Date:06.10.1982
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.04.1982 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1982/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0061468
Date:14.01.1987
Language:EN
[1987/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.02.1983
ClassificationIPC:C22B11/04, C22B11/06, C22B11/12
[1982/40]
CPC:
C22B11/04 (EP); Y02P10/20 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   SE [1983/12]
Former [1982/40]DE,  FR,  GB,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:WIEDERGEWINNUNG VON SILBER AUS ERZEN UND KONZENTRATEN[1987/03]
English:RECOVERY OF SILVER FROM ORES AND CONCENTRATES[1987/03]
French:RECUPERATION D'ARGENT A PARTIR DE MINERAIS ET DE CONCENTRES[1987/03]
Former [1982/40]WIEDERGEWINNUNG VON SILBER UND GOLD AUS ERZEN UND KONZENTRATEN
Former [1982/40]RECOVERY OF SILVER AND GOLD FROM ORES AND CONCENTRATES
Former [1982/40]RECUPERATION D'ARGENT ET D'OR A PARTIR DE MINERAIS ET DE CONCENTRES
File destroyed:15.01.2000
Entry into regional phase25.06.1982National basic fee paid 
25.06.1982Search fee paid 
25.06.1982Designation fee(s) paid 
13.09.1982Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.09.1982Examination requested  [1982/48]
05.10.1982Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) NL
15.12.1982Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
30.01.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.04.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.08.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.12.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.04.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
14.07.1986Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.09.1986Fee for grant paid
19.09.1986Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.10.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1988/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.10.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
28.09.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
13.09.1985Renewal fee patent year 05
11.09.1986Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
01.07.1982DE   M02   Fee paid on   20.08.1982
01.07.1982FR   M02   Fee paid on   20.08.1982
01.07.1982NL   M02   Not yet paid
01.07.1982SE   M02   Fee paid on   20.08.1982
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.10.198303   M06   Fee paid on   03.10.1983
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE19.09.1987
[1989/19]
Documents cited:SearchBE413414  [ ];
 FR2073803  [ ] (ASTURIANA DE ZINC SA);
 DE2807266  [ ] (WURZER JOACHIM ING GRAD)
International search[Y]GB447626  (ARTHUR GORDON);
 [X]AU5125773  (ANGLO AMER CORP SOUTH AFRICA);
 [X]US3998628  (GANDON LOUIS, et al);
 [X]US4101315  (PETERS MARK A, et al);
 [X]US4113471  (LANGHORST MARTIN A, et al)
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