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EP1085935
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1085935 - RATE-ENHANCED GAS SEPARATION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.07.2013 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.01.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 26.02.2014 [2014/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 39 Old Ridgebury Road, M1-557 Danbury, CT 06810-5113 / US | [2012/37] |
| Former [2001/13] | For all designated states PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury Road, M1-557 Danbury, CT 06810-5113 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
ACKLEY, Mark, William 96 Church Street East Aurora, NY 14052 / US | 02 /
LEAVITT, Frederick, Wells 150 Arielle Court, Apt. G Amherst, NY 14221 / US | [2012/37] |
| Former [2001/13] | 01 /
ACKLEY, Mark, William 96 Church Street East Aurora, NY 14052 / US | ||
| 02 /
LEAVITT, Frederick, Wells 150 Arielle Court, Apt. G Amherst, NY 14221 / US | Representative(s) | Schorer, Reinhard, et al Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/37] | Schorer, Reinhard, et al Schwan Schwan Schorer Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE | ||
| Former [2001/13] | Schorer, Reinhard, et al Schwan Schwan Schorer Patentanwälte Elfenstrasse 32 81739 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 99936039.9 | 26.02.1999 | [2001/13] | WO1999US04383 | Priority number, date | US19980076263P | 27.02.1998 Original published format: US 76263 P | [2001/13] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9943416 | Date: | 02.09.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1085935 | Date: | 28.03.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/13] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1085935 | Date: | 12.09.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/37] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 02.09.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.11.2005 | Classification | IPC: | B01D53/047 | [2001/13] | CPC: |
B01D53/04 (EP,US);
B01D53/0423 (EP,US);
B01D53/0431 (EP,US);
B01D53/047 (EP,US);
B01D53/053 (KR);
B01J20/18 (EP,US);
C01B13/0259 (EP,US);
B01D2253/108 (EP,US);
B01D2253/1085 (EP,US);
B01D2253/304 (EP,US);
B01D2256/10 (EP,US);
B01D2256/12 (EP,US);
B01D2257/102 (EP,US);
B01D2257/104 (EP,US);
B01D2259/4003 (EP,US);
B01D2259/40043 (EP,US);
B01D2259/40075 (EP,US);
B01D2259/402 (EP,US);
B01D2259/4146 (EP,US);
B01D53/0446 (EP,US);
B01D53/0476 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [2001/13] | Title | German: | BESCHLEUNIGTE GASTRENNUNG | [2001/13] | English: | RATE-ENHANCED GAS SEPARATION | [2001/13] | French: | SEPARATION DE GAZ PLUS RAPIDE | [2001/13] | Entry into regional phase | 21.08.2000 | National basic fee paid | 21.08.2000 | Search fee paid | 21.08.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 21.08.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 15.09.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 21.08.2000 | Examination requested [2001/13] | 10.05.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 14.11.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.07.2008 | Date of oral proceedings | 14.08.2008 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1} | 14.08.2008 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 11.10.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.02.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.04.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.06.2012 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 20.07.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.07.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 27.07.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Appeal following examination | 30.09.2008 | Appeal received No. T0237/09 | 22.12.2008 | Statement of grounds filed | 06.05.2011 | Result of appeal procedure: continuation of examination procedure | 06.05.2011 | Date of oral proceedings | 16.05.2011 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 10.05.2006 | Opposition(s) | 13.06.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/34] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 02.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 22.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.02.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.02.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 26.02.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 24.02.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 23.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 24.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 14 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | BE | 12.09.2012 | NL | 12.09.2012 | SE | 12.09.2012 | ES | 23.12.2012 | GB | 26.02.2013 | [2014/09] |
| Former [2013/46] | BE | 12.09.2012 | |
| NL | 12.09.2012 | ||
| SE | 12.09.2012 | ||
| ES | 23.12.2012 | ||
| Former [2013/22] | BE | 12.09.2012 | |
| NL | 12.09.2012 | ||
| SE | 12.09.2012 | ||
| Former [2013/20] | BE | 12.09.2012 | |
| SE | 12.09.2012 | ||
| Former [2013/12] | SE | 12.09.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed | International search | [A]US4859217 (CHAO CHIEN C [US]); | [A]US5071449 (SIRCAR SHIVAJI [US]); | [A]US5122164 (HIROOKA EIJI [JP], et al); | [A]US5258060 (GAFFNEY THOMAS R [US], et al); | [A]US5672195 (MOREAU SERGE [FR], et al); | [A]US5711787 (NEILL ALLASTAIR [CA], et al); | [A]US5716427 (ANDREANI PHILIPPE [FR], et al); | [AP]US5769928 (LEAVITT FREDERICK WELLS [US]); | [AP]US5868818 (OGAWA NOBUHIRO [JP], et al); | [AP]US5891218 (ROUGE DOMINIQUE [FR], et al) |