EP2488290 - METHOD AND USE FOR COMMINUTION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2012/34] | CENTRIFUGAL MIXER, METHOD AND USE FOR COMMINUTION | ||
[2015/40] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 25.02.2022 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 06.11.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.02.2022 | Patent maintained (B2 publication) | published on 30.03.2022 [2022/13] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Bühler AG Gupfenstrasse 5 9240 Uzwil / CH | [2012/34] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BRAUN, Peter Zeppelinring 10d CH-8280 Kreuzlingen / CH | 02 /
GERBER, Stefan Weinwegstrasse 78 8408 Winterthur / CH | [2012/34] | Representative(s) | Hepp Wenger Ryffel AG Friedtalweg 5 9500 Wil / CH | [2012/34] | Application number, filing date | 09784018.5 | 15.10.2009 | [2016/14] | WO2009EP63446 | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2011044940 | Date: | 21.04.2011 | Language: | DE | [2011/16] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2488290 | Date: | 22.08.2012 | Language: | DE | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.04.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2012/34] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2488290 | Date: | 06.04.2016 | Language: | DE | [2016/14] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP2488290 | Date: | 30.03.2022 | Language: | DE | [2022/13] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 21.04.2011 | Classification | IPC: | B01F7/04, B01F15/00, B01F15/06, B01F3/20, B01F3/22, A23G1/00, A23G1/10 | [2012/34] | CPC: |
A23G1/0026 (EP);
A23G1/0033 (EP);
A23G1/10 (EP);
B01F23/70 (EP);
B01F23/71 (EP);
B01F23/80 (EP);
B01F27/1121 (EP);
B01F27/707 (EP);
B01F35/4122 (EP);
| Designated contracting states | 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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/34] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND -VERWENDUNG ZUR ZERKLEINERUNG | [2015/40] | English: | METHOD AND USE FOR COMMINUTION | [2015/40] | French: | PROCÉDÉ ET UTILISATION POUR LE BROYAGE | [2015/40] |
Former [2012/34] | ZENTRIFUGALMISCHER, VERFAHREN UND VERWENDUNG ZUR ZERKLEINERUNG | ||
Former [2012/34] | CENTRIFUGAL MIXER, METHOD AND USE FOR COMMINUTION | ||
Former [2012/34] | MÉLANGEUR CENTRIFUGE, PROCÉDÉ ET UTILISATION POUR LE BROYAGE | Entry into regional phase | 20.03.2012 | National basic fee paid | 20.03.2012 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.03.2012 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.03.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.03.2012 | Examination requested [2012/34] | 04.02.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.05.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.10.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.01.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.09.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.01.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.09.2015 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 08.10.2015 | 28.09.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.10.2015 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 18.01.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 18.01.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 02.02.2016 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 02.02.2016 | Receipt 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 04.02.2013 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Gebr. Lödige Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft mit beschänkter Haftung Elsener Straße 7 - 9 33102 Paderborn / DE Opponent's representative Gille Hrabal Brucknerstrasse 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | deleted | Deletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ] | 14.02.2017 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 23.06.2017 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 28.09.2018 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.11.2018 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 07.11.2018 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 16.09.2021 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 26.09.2021 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 13.01.2022 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 17.02.2022 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 03.01.2019 | Appeal received No. T0039/19 | 27.02.2019 | Statement of grounds filed | 22.06.2021 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form | 29.06.2021 | Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.06.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.10.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.10.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 15.05.2012 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   29.06.2012 |
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