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EP0766589 - HIGH-EFFICIENCY METAL MEMBRANE GETTER ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.06.1999 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	19.09.2003	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): DK	published on 05.11.2003 [2003/45]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MILLIPORE CORPORATION 80 Ashby Road Bedford Massachusetts 01730 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1997/15]	For all designated states MILLIPORE CORPORATION 80 Ashby Road Bedford Massachusetts 01730 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / SNOW, James, T. 55 Parrish Hill Drive Nashua, NH 03063 / US
	02 / PLANTE, Walter 21 Pioneer Lane Auburn, MA 01501 / US
	03 / ZELLER, Robert, S. 548 Massachusetts Avenue 5 Boston, MA 02118 / US
	[1997/15]
Representative(s)	Harvey, David Gareth Graham Watt & Co LLP St Botolph's House 7-9 St Botolph's Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3AJ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1997/15]	Harvey, David Gareth Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN / GB
Application number, filing date	95924003.7	20.06.1995
	[1997/15]
	WO1995US07821
Priority number, date	US19940263636	22.06.1994 Original published format: US 263636
	[1997/15]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9535146
	Date:	28.12.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/55]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0766589
	Date:	09.04.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.12.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/15]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0766589
	Date:	12.08.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/33]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.12.1995
Classification	IPC:	B01D39/20, H01J7/18, B01D71/02, B22F3/10	[1997/15]
	CPC:	B01D67/00411 (EP,KR,US); B01D39/20 (KR); B01D39/2034 (EP,US); B01D39/2044 (EP,US); B01D53/228 (EP,US); B01D53/46 (EP,US); (+) B01D69/1216 (EP,KR,US); B22F7/002 (EP,US); H01J7/183 (EP,US); B01D2323/081 (EP,KR,US); B01D2323/12 (EP,US); B01D2325/04 (EP,US); Y10S55/05 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1997/15]
Title	German:	HOCHWIRKSAMES METALLVERBUNDSTOFFMEMBRANGETTERELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON	[1997/15]
	English:	HIGH-EFFICIENCY METAL MEMBRANE GETTER ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING	[1997/15]
	French:	ELEMENT DEGAZEUR A MEMBRANE METALLIQUE GRANDE PUISSANCE ET SON PROCEDE DE FABRICATION	[1997/15]
Entry into regional phase	10.12.1996	National basic fee paid
	10.12.1996	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.12.1996	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.01.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	10.12.1996	Examination requested [1997/15]
	18.08.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	10.10.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.12.1997	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	02.02.1998	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.04.1998	Fee for grant paid
	11.04.1998	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	13.05.1999	No opposition filed within time limit [1999/31]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.05.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.05.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	ES	12.08.1998
	GR	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
	DK	12.11.1998
	PT	12.11.1998
	SE	12.11.1998
	[2003/45]
Former [2002/26]	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	ES	12.08.1998
	GR	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
	PT	12.11.1998
	SE	12.11.1998
Former [2001/23]	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	GR	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
	PT	12.11.1998
	SE	12.11.1998
Former [1999/32]	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
	PT	12.11.1998
	SE	12.11.1998
Former [1999/29]	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
	PT	12.11.1998
Former [1999/27]	AT	12.08.1998
	BE	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
Former [1999/22]	AT	12.08.1998
	CH	12.08.1998
	LI	12.08.1998
Cited in	International search	[XA] CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 120, no. 20, 16 May 1994, Columbus, Ohio, US; abstract no. 248067, G. CARREA: "CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ALL-METAL PURIFIER/FILTER" [X] 1 * abstract *[A] 2,11,28
		[XA] G. CARREA: "CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ALL-METAL PURIFIER/FILTER", PROCEEEDINGS - INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 38TH, (VOL. 1), 1992, pages 135 - 141 * page 135 * [A] 2,11,28

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