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EP About this file: EP2643263

EP2643263 - HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2016
Database last updated on 01.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1, Toyota-cho
Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 / JP
[2013/40]
Inventor(s)01 / TAKESHIMA, Shinichi
c/o TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1, Toyota-cho
Toyota-shi Aichi-ken 471-8571 / JP
02 / NAKAMURA, Norihiko
c/o TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1, Toyota-cho
Toyota-shi Aichi-ken 471-8571 / JP
 [2015/44]
Former [2013/40]01 / TAKESHIMA, Shinichi
c/o TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1 Toyotacho
Toyota-shi Aichi 471-8571 / JP
02 / NAKAMURA, Norihiko
c/o TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1 Toyotacho
Toyota-shi Aichi 471-8571 / JP
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [2015/44]Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte - Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Former [2013/40]Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte - Partnerschaft
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date11811168.107.12.2011
[2015/44]
WO2011JP78845
Priority number, dateJP2010029408528.12.2010         Original published format: JP 2010294085
[2013/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012090704
Date:05.07.2012
Language:EN
[2012/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2643263
Date:02.10.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2643263
Date:28.10.2015
Language:EN
[2015/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.07.2012
ClassificationIPC:C01B3/06, C01B17/50
[2013/40]
CPC:
C01B3/103 (EP,US); C01B17/502 (EP,US); C01B17/503 (EP,US);
Y02E60/36 (EP,US); Y02P20/133 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/40]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WASSERSTOFF[2013/40]
English:HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS[2013/40]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'HYDROGÈNE[2013/40]
Entry into regional phase25.06.2013National basic fee paid 
25.06.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
25.06.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.10.2012Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.06.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.06.2013Examination requested  [2013/40]
24.06.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.09.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.09.2015Fee for grant paid
11.09.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.09.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  24.06.2014
Opposition(s)29.07.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
11.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[XDYI]   GIACONIA ET AL: "Hydrogen/methanol production by sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle powered by combined solar/fossil energy", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V., BARKING, GB, vol. 32, no. 4, 7 March 2007 (2007-03-07), pages 469 - 481, XP005912198, ISSN: 0360-3199, DOI: 10.1016/J.IJHYDENE.2006.05.013

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.05.013
 [YD]   TAGAWA H ET AL: "Catalytic decomposition of sulfuric acid using metal oxides as the oxygen generating reaction in thermochemical water splitting process", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V., BARKING, GB, vol. 14, no. 1, 1 January 1989 (1989-01-01), pages 11 - 17, XP023640162, ISSN: 0360-3199, [retrieved on 19890101], DOI: 10.1016/0360-3199(89)90151-1

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-3199(89)90151-1
 [A]   LEYBROS J ET AL: "Countercurrent reactor design and flowsheet for iodine-sulfur thermochemical water splitting process", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V., BARKING, GB, vol. 34, no. 22, 1 November 2009 (2009-11-01), pages 9060 - 9075, XP026741987, ISSN: 0360-3199, [retrieved on 20091002], DOI: 10.1016/J.IJHYDENE.2009.09.007

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.09.007
by applicant  A. GIACONIA ET AL., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, vol. 32, 2007, pages 469 - 481 [YD] 12 * page 16 *
   H. TAGAWA ET AL., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, vol. 14, 1989, pages 11 - 17
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