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EP2059264 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEHYDRATION AND/OR STERILIZATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  18.07.2014
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Environmental Waste International Inc.
283 Station Street Ajax
Ontario L1S 1S3 / CA
[2009/21]
Inventor(s)01 / KANTOR, Steven, L.
642 Annandale Street
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7S7 / CA
02 / NORTON, Douglas
5 Draper Court
Whitby, Ontario L1P 1G7 / CA
 [2009/21]
Representative(s)Turner, Rhiannon Rosalind, et al
Greaves Brewster LLP
Copa House
Station Road
Cheddar, BS27 3AH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/21]Turner, Rhiannon Rosalind, et al
Greaves Brewster LLP Indigo House Cheddar Business Park
Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3EB / GB
Application number, filing date07800515.429.08.2007
[2009/21]
WO2007CA01489
Priority number, dateCA2006255762830.08.2006         Original published format: CA 2557628
[2009/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008025134
Date:06.03.2008
Language:EN
[2008/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2059264
Date:20.05.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CA06.03.2008
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.10.2009
ClassificationIPC:A61L2/12, A62D3/178, F26B3/347
[2009/21]
CPC:
A61L2/12 (EP); A61L11/00 (EP); A61L2/24 (EP);
F26B11/026 (EP); F26B11/049 (EP); F26B11/0495 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2009/21]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR DEHYDRATION UND/ODER STERILISATION VON ORGANISCHEN STOFFEN[2009/21]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEHYDRATION AND/OR STERILIZATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS[2009/21]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR LA DÉSHYDRATATION ET/OU LA STÉRILISATION DE MATÉRIAUX ORGANIQUES[2009/21]
Entry into regional phase10.03.2009National basic fee paid 
10.03.2009Search fee paid 
10.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
10.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.03.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/21]
17.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.08.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.11.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.03.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.12.2013Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/34]
12.12.2013Date of oral proceedings
24.03.2014Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/34]
24.03.2014Minutes 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  17.02.2010
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
24.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
23.08.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
23.08.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.200903   M06   Fee paid on   11.01.2010
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Documents cited:Search[X]US5124125  (BRENT DAVID A [US]) [X] 1-5 * column 5, paragraphs 3,4; figure 1 *;
 [X]DE4225430  (SCHINKE WOLFGANG [DE]) [X] 1-5 * column 5; figure 1 *;
 [X]US5951947  (HUNT JAMES R [US]) [X] 1-5 * column 4, line 15 - line 41; figure 1 *;
 [A]DE3710156  (SCHINKE WOLFGANG [DE]) [A] 3,5 * turntable:; column 3, line 16 - line 23 * * column 1, line 62 *;
 [A]US5407641  (KATSCHNIG HELMUT [AT] ET AL) [A] 1-5 * column 8, line 48 - column 9, line 6; figure 8 *
International search[X]US4882851  (WENNERSTRUM SCOTT [US], et al);
 [X]US5368171  (JACKSON DAVID P [US]);
 [Y]US5211808  (VILARDI FRANK [US], et al);
 [A]CA2223931  (QUICLAVE L L C [US]);
 [A]US5122633  (MOSHAMMER WOLFGANG [AT], et al)
by applicantUS5124125
 DE4225430
 US5591947
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