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EP About this file: EP2240939

EP2240939 - A METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING THE FUEL ROD POWER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  01.02.2013
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.02.2013Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 06.03.2013  [2013/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
1000 Westinghouse Drive
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066 / US
[2010/42]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHANG, Baocheng
4109 Tartan Court
Murrysville, PA 15668 / US
 [2010/47]
Former [2010/42]01 / ZHANG, Baocheng
4109 Tartan Court
Murrysville PA 15668 / US
Representative(s)Gallo, Wolfgang, et al
Fleuchaus & Gallo Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Buchenweg 17
86573 Obergriesbach / DE
[N/P]
Former [2010/42]Gallo, Wolfgang, et al
Fleuchaus & Gallo Ludwigstrasse 26
86152 Augsburg / DE
Application number, filing date09739300.305.02.2009
[2010/42]
WO2009US33160
Priority number, dateUS2008002900511.02.2008         Original published format: US 29005
[2010/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2009134498
Date:05.11.2009
Language:EN
[2009/45]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2240939
Date:20.10.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.11.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US30.12.2009
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.02.2012
ClassificationIPC:G21C5/00, G21C17/00, G21D3/00, G06F9/50
[2012/12]
CPC:
G21C17/00 (EP); G21C5/00 (EP); G21D3/001 (EP);
G21D3/002 (EP); Y02E30/00 (EP); Y02E30/30 (EP)
Former IPC [2010/42]G21C17/10, G06F19/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/42]
TitleGerman:METHODOLOGIE ZUR MODELLIERUNG DER BRENNSTAB-LEISTUNGSVERTEILUNG IN EINEM NUKLEARREAKTORKERN[2010/42]
English:A METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING THE FUEL ROD POWER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE[2010/42]
French:MÉTHODOLOGIE POUR LA MODÉLISATION DE LA DISTRIBUTION DE PUISSANCE DE BARRES DE COMBUSTIBLE À L'INTÉRIEUR DU C UR D UN RÉACTEUR NUCLÉAIRE[2010/42]
Entry into regional phase05.08.2010National basic fee paid 
05.08.2010Search fee paid 
05.08.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
05.08.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.08.2010Examination requested  [2010/42]
29.02.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.09.2012Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2013/10]
15.10.2012Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2013/10]
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  29.02.2012
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
07.02.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[I]US2006184286  (BOER RAINER [DE], et al) [I] 1-6 * abstract * * paragraphs [0004] - [0006] - [0009] , [0010] * * paragraphs [0034] - [0040] *;
 [A]US2001026603  (HIRUKAWA KOJI [JP], et al) [A] 1-6 * abstract * * paragraphs [0164] - [0209] *;
 [A]US4333797  (NISHIZAWA YASUO) [A] 1-6 * abstract * * column 5, line 37 - column 6, line 28 *
 [A]  - IWAMOTO AND M YAMAMOTO T, "Pin Power Reconstruction Methods of the Few-Group BWR Core Simulator NEREUS", JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ATOMIC ENERGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN, JP, (19991201), vol. 36, no. 12, ISSN 0022-3131, pages 1141 - 1152, XP008139286 [A] 1-6 * abstract * * sections I-III *
International search[Y]US2006184286  (BOER RAINER [DE], et al);
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 [A]US2004022342  (MAGILL JOSEPH [DE], et al);
 [A]US2005135547  (SCHULZ WOLFGANG [DE]);
 [A]US4774050  (IMPINK JR ALBERT J [US])
 [Y]  - IWAMOTO ET AL., "Pin Power Reconstruction Methods of the Few-Group BWR Core Simulator NEREUS", JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 36, no. 12, (199912), URL: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jnsU36/12/1141/_pdf, (20090908), XP008139286
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