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EP0921852 - DEVICE FOR THE MIXING OR SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES OF VARYING MASS AND/OR DENSITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/24]PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE MIXING OR SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES OF VARYING MASS AND/OR DENSITY
[2000/48]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.05.2002
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 20.02.2008  [2008/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Krämer, Norbert
Röntgenstrasse 68
64291 Darmstadt / DE
[1999/24]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1999/24]
Representative(s)Mierswa, Klaus
Iridium IP
Friedrich-König-Strasse 3-5
68167 Mannheim / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/24]Mierswa, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing.
Friedrichstrasse 171
68199 Mannheim / DE
Application number, filing date97937462.618.08.1997
[1999/24]
WO1997DE01776
Priority number, dateDE199613287516.08.1996         Original published format: DE 19632875
[1999/24]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9807507
Date:26.02.1998
Language:DE
[1998/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0921852
Date:16.06.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0921852
Date:27.06.2001
Language:DE
[2001/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:B01F11/00
[1999/24]
CPC:
B04B9/10 (EP); B01F31/23 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1999/24]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUM VERMISCHEN ODER TRENNEN VON SUBSTANZEN UNTERSCHIEDLICHER MASSE UND/ODER DICHTE[2000/48]
English:DEVICE FOR THE MIXING OR SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES OF VARYING MASS AND/OR DENSITY[2000/48]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR LE MELANGE OU LA SEPARATION DE SUBSTANCES PRESENTANT DES MASSES ET/OU DENSITES DIFFERENTES[2000/48]
Former [1999/24]VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM VERMISCHEN ODER TRENNEN VON SUBSTANZEN UNTERSCHIEDLICHER MASSE UND/ODER DICHTE
Former [1999/24]PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE MIXING OR SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES OF VARYING MASS AND/OR DENSITY
Former [1999/24]PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR LE MELANGE OU LA SEPARATION DE SUBSTANCES PRESENTANT DES MASSES ET/OU DENSITES DIFFERENTES
Entry into regional phase11.03.1999National basic fee paid 
11.03.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
11.03.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.02.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
11.03.1999Examination requested  [1999/24]
13.10.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.11.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.12.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
27.12.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.02.2001Fee for grant paid
19.02.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.03.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
01.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.199903   M06   Fee paid on   12.10.1999
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR27.06.2001
GB27.06.2001
IT27.06.2001
NL27.06.2001
AT18.08.2001
BE31.08.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
ES20.12.2001
[2008/08]
Former [2004/35]FR27.06.2001
GB27.06.2001
NL27.06.2001
AT18.08.2001
BE31.08.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
ES20.12.2001
Former [2004/04]GB27.06.2001
NL27.06.2001
AT18.08.2001
BE31.08.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
ES20.12.2001
FR21.12.2001
Former [2003/10]GB27.06.2001
NL27.06.2001
AT18.08.2001
BE31.08.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
FR21.12.2001
Former [2003/06]GB27.06.2001
NL27.06.2001
BE31.08.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
FR21.12.2001
Former [2003/01]GB27.06.2001
CH31.08.2001
LI31.08.2001
SE27.09.2001
FR21.12.2001
Former [2002/18]GB27.06.2001
SE27.09.2001
FR21.12.2001
Former [2002/16]GB27.06.2001
SE27.09.2001
Former [2002/05]SE27.09.2001
Cited inInternational search[X]FR1465583  (CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT) [X] 1,2,5* figure -; claim 1 *;
 [X]US4146364  (MCCORMICK JAMES B) [X] 1-5 * abstract * * column 1, line 10 - column 1, line 59 * * column 3, line 1 - column 4, line 3 *;
 [X]DE9311112U  (LABORTECHNIK GERHARD FROEBEL F [DE]) [X] 1,2,5 * figure .; claim - *;
 [A]WO9613323  (RED DEVIL EQUIP CO [US]) [A] 1-5 * abstract *
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