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EP1346176 - OXYGEN SEPARATION AND COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.08.2012 Database last updated on 05.04.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	17.08.2012	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 19.09.2012 [2012/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury, CT 06810-5113 / US
	[2003/39]
Inventor(s)	01 / BOOL, Lawrence, E., III 5420 Hunters Creek East Aurora, NY 14052 / US
	02 / KOBAYASHI, Hisashi; 170 Barger Street Putnam Valley, NY 10579; / US
	[2003/45]
Former [2003/39]	01 / BOOL, Lawrence, E., III 95 Fishkill Hook Road Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 / US
	02 / KOBAYASHI, Hisashi; 170 Barger Street Putnam Valley, NY 10579; / US
Representative(s)	Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstraße 22 80796 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2011/41]	Schwan - Schwan - Schorer Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE
Former [2003/39]	Schwan - Schwan - Schorer Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE
Application number, filing date	01991097.5	18.12.2001
	[2003/39]
	WO2001US48348
Priority number, date	US20000739281	19.12.2000 Original published format: US 739281
	[2003/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0250471
	Date:	27.06.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1346176
	Date:	24.09.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.06.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/39]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1346176
	Date:	12.10.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/41]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	27.06.2002
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.03.2006
Classification	IPC:	B01J8/00, B01J8/06, C01B13/02, C01B3/38, B01B1/00, B01D53/22	[2011/20]
	CPC:	B01B1/005 (EP,US); F16T1/00 (KR); B01D53/22 (EP,US); B01D63/06 (EP,KR,US); B01J8/009 (EP,US); B01J8/067 (EP,US); (+) C01B13/0251 (EP,US); C01B3/384 (EP,US); B01J2208/00309 (EP,US); C01B2203/0233 (EP,US); C01B2203/0811 (EP,US); C01B2210/0046 (EP,US); Y02E20/34 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2006/18]	F16T1/00, C01B13/02, C01B3/38, B01J8/06
	Former IPC [2003/39]	F16T1/00
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [2004/22]
Former [2003/39]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR TRENNUNG UND VERBRENNUNG VON SAUERSTOFF	[2003/39]
	English:	OXYGEN SEPARATION AND COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND METHOD	[2003/39]
	French:	DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE POUR LA SEPARATION ET LA COMBUSTION DE L'OXYGENE	[2003/39]
Entry into regional phase	12.06.2003	National basic fee paid
	12.06.2003	Search fee paid
	12.06.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.06.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.06.2002	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	12.06.2003	Examination requested [2003/39]
	21.09.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	01.04.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.10.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	10.11.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	19.11.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	04.01.2010	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	08.01.2010	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
	18.04.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.08.2011	Fee for grant paid
	01.08.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination	03.03.2010	Appeal received No. T1162/10
	10.05.2010	Statement of grounds filed
	29.03.2011	Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant
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 21.09.2007
Opposition(s)	13.07.2012	No opposition filed within time limit [2012/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.12.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	24.12.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.12.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	28.12.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.12.2010	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP0875285 (PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY INC [US]);
		[XY]EP0984500 (PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY INC [US])
	International search	[X]US6139810 (GOTTZMANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH [US], et al);
		[A]US6153163 (PRASAD RAVI [US], et al);
		[AP]US6168650 (BUXBAUM ROBERT E [US]);
		[AP]US6293084 (DRNEVICH RAYMOND FRANCIS [US], et al)
	by applicant	EP0875285
		US5888272
		EP0984500
		US6139810

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