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EP About this file: EP2404888

EP2404888 - Methanol production process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.08.2017
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.03.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 08.04.2020  [2020/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Starchem Technologies, Inc.
Goldbacher Strasse 36
8700 Kunsnacht / CH
[2012/02]
Inventor(s)01 / Fraley, Lowell, D.
703 Santa Maria
Sugar Land Texas 77478 / US
 [2012/02]
Representative(s)Atkinson, Peter Birch, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
1 New York Street
Manchester M1 4HD / GB
[2016/42]
Former [2012/02]Atkinson, Peter Birch, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
1 New York Street
Manchester, M1 4HD / GB
Application number, filing date11005297.419.01.2007
[2012/02]
Priority number, dateUS20060809260P30.05.2006         Original published format: US 809260 P
[2012/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2404888
Date:11.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/02]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2404888
Date:22.05.2013
Language:EN
[2013/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2404888
Date:19.10.2016
Language:EN
[2016/42]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.04.2013
ClassificationIPC:C07C27/00, C07C29/151
[2012/02]
CPC:
C07C29/1518 (EP,US); C07C27/00 (KR); C07C29/151 (EP,US);
C07C31/04 (KR)
C-Set:
C07C29/1518, C07C31/04 (US,EP);
C07C29/151, C07C31/04 (EP,US)
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,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2016/42]
Former [2012/02]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Methanolherstellungsverfahren[2012/02]
English:Methanol production process[2012/02]
French:Procédé de production de méthanol[2012/02]
Examination procedure26.06.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.06.2013Examination requested  [2013/32]
05.09.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.01.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.06.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.01.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.03.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.08.2016Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
08.08.2016Fee for grant paid
08.08.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.09.2016Information about intention to grant a patent
13.09.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP07749002.7  / EP2021309
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 (EP20070749002) is  19.09.2011
Opposition(s)20.07.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
11.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
11.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
25.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
25.01.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
27.01.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
27.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
25.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU19.01.2007
AT19.10.2016
BE19.10.2016
CY19.10.2016
CZ19.10.2016
EE19.10.2016
ES19.10.2016
FI19.10.2016
IT19.10.2016
LT19.10.2016
LV19.10.2016
MC19.10.2016
PL19.10.2016
RO19.10.2016
SE19.10.2016
SI19.10.2016
SK19.10.2016
TR19.10.2016
BG19.01.2017
IE19.01.2017
LU19.01.2017
GR20.01.2017
CH31.01.2017
LI31.01.2017
IS19.02.2017
PT20.02.2017
[2020/15]
Former [2019/46]HU19.01.2007
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