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EP0837732 - SEPARATING INTERMIXED MATERIALS OF DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.10.2001 Database last updated on 21.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	04.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states KNELSON, Benjamin V. 19855-98th Avenue Langley British Columbia V1M 2X5 / CA
	[N/P]
Former [1998/18]	For all designated states KNELSON, Benjamin V. 19855-98th Avenue Langley, British Columbia V1M 2X5 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1998/18]
Representative(s)	Pratt, David Martin Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1998/18]	Pratt, David Martin Withers & Rogers, 4 Dyer's Buildings, Holborn London EC1N 2JT / GB
Application number, filing date	96922716.4	11.07.1996
	[1998/18]
	WO1996CA00482
Priority number, date	US19950502019	13.07.1995 Original published format: US 502019
	US19950511478	04.08.1995 Original published format: US 511478
	[1998/18]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9702894
	Date:	30.01.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/06]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0837732
	Date:	29.04.1998
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.01.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0837732
	Date:	06.12.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/49]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	30.01.1997
Classification	IPC:	B04B1/00, B04B1/14, B04B11/04	[1998/18]
	CPC:	B04B11/02 (EP); B04B1/00 (EP); B04B1/10 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, PT, SE [1998/18]
Title	German:	TRENNUNG VON GEMISCHTEN MATERIALIEN UNTERSCHIEDLICHEN SPEZIFISCHEN GEWICHTS	[1998/18]
	English:	SEPARATING INTERMIXED MATERIALS OF DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY	[1998/18]
	French:	SEPARATION DE MATERIAUX MELANGES DE DIFFERENTES DENSITES	[1998/18]
Entry into regional phase	11.02.1998	National basic fee paid
	11.02.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.02.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	06.02.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	11.02.1998	Examination requested [1998/18]
	13.01.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.02.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.10.1999	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	27.01.2000	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.03.2000	Fee for grant paid
	29.03.2000	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.09.2001	No opposition filed within time limit [2001/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.07.2000	05 M06 Fee paid on 25.09.2000
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	FR	06.12.2000
	IT	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	GR	09.03.2001
	GB	11.07.2001
	IE	11.07.2001
	[2008/06]
Former [2006/14]	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	FR	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	GR	09.03.2001
	GB	11.07.2001
	IE	11.07.2001
Former [2004/51]	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	GR	09.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
	GB	11.07.2001
	IE	11.07.2001
Former [2002/48]	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
	GB	11.07.2001
	IE	11.07.2001
Former [2002/37]	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
	GB	11.07.2001
Former [2002/27]	AT	06.12.2000
	ES	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
Former [2002/23]	AT	06.12.2000
	SE	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
Former [2002/15]	AT	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	DE	07.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
Former [2002/11]	AT	06.12.2000
	PT	06.03.2001
	FR	04.05.2001
Former [2002/10]	AT	06.12.2000
	FR	04.05.2001
Former [2001/37]	AT	06.12.2000

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