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EP About this file: EP0718037

EP0718037 - Methods and apparatus for making continuous magnetic separations [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.01.2001
Database last updated on 26.04.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip20.11.2009Change - representativepublished on 23.12.2009  [2009/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
S.G. Frantz Company, Inc.
E. Darrah Lane
Trenton, NJ 08606 / US
[1996/26]
Inventor(s)01 / Turkenich, Alexander M.
10, Belgarodskaya
Dniepropetrovsk, 320005 / UA
02 / Lapshin, Yevgeny S.
Apartment 88, House 60, Embankment of Victory
Dniepropetrovsk, 320094 / UA
03 / Ulubabov, Raphael S.
Apartment 42, House 39, Block 50 Years of October
Lugansk, 348042 / UA
04 / Dudnik, Vladimir I.
Apartment 22, House 17, Novoorlovskaya St.
Dniepropetrovsk, 320031 / UA
05 / Dahl, Jens
P.O. Box 740
Brown Mills, New Jersey 08015 / US
[1996/26]
Representative(s)Prechtel, Jörg, et al
C/o Weickmann & Weickmann
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Richard-Strauss-Straße 80
81679 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/52]Prechtel, Jörg, et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München / DE
Former [1996/26]Prechtel, Jörg, Dipl.-Phys. Dr., et al
Patentanwälte, H. Weickmann, Dr. K. Fincke, F.A. Weickmann, B. Huber, Dr. H. Liska, Dr. J. Prechtel, Dr. B. Böhm, Postfach 86 08 20
81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date94120350.721.12.1994
[1996/26]
Priority number, dateUS1994034989606.12.1994         Original published format: US 349896
[1996/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0718037
Date:26.06.1996
Language:EN
[1996/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0718037
Date:19.11.1997
[1997/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0718037
Date:08.03.2000
Language:EN
[2000/10]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.10.1997
ClassificationIPC:B03C1/035
[1997/47]
CPC:
B03C1/035 (EP,US); B03C1/0332 (EP,US); B03C1/288 (EP,US);
B03C2201/18 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1996/26]B03C1/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   SE [1996/26]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verwirklichung einer kontinuierlichen magnetischen Trennung[1996/26]
English:Methods and apparatus for making continuous magnetic separations[1996/26]
French:Procédé et appareil pour réaliser des séparations magnétiques en continu[1996/26]
Examination procedure05.03.1998Examination requested  [1998/18]
25.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.04.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.08.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.10.1999Fee for grant paid
28.10.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.12.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
24.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
04.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
06.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE08.03.2000
[2002/23]
Documents cited:Search[A]US4261815  (KELLAND DAVID R) [A] 1-25 * column 1, line 40 - line 44 * * column 1, line 55 - line 65 * * column 2, line 6 - line 25 * * column 3, line 48 - line 65 *;
 [A]DE3610303  (SCHOENERT KLAUS PROF DR ING) [A] 1-25 * column 4, line 41 - line 47 * * page 5, line 30 - line 60 ** figure 1 *;
 [A]US4663029  (KELLAND DAVID R [US], et al) [A] 1-25 * claim 1 * * figures 3-5 *
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