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EP About this file: EP2577674

EP2577674 - Neutron reflector block assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2013/15]NUCLEAR REACTORS
[2015/21]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.08.2016
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor SOC Ltd
Block DG X35, Eskom Megawatt Park 1
1 Maxwell Drive
Sunninghill
2157 / ZA
[2015/51]
Former [2013/18]For all designated states
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor SOC Ltd
Pebble House
1279 Mike Crawford Avenue
Centurion
0046 / ZA
Former [2013/15]For all designated states
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Limited
Pebble House
1279 Mike Crawford Avenue
0046 Centurion / ZA
Inventor(s)01 / ERASMUS, Christiaan
40 Linden Hill Gardens
69 3rd Avenue
Linden
2195 Johannesburg / ZA
02 / HINDLEY, Michael, Philip
54 Ninow Road
Valhalla
0185 Pretoria / ZA
 [2013/15]
Representative(s)Greif, Thomas
Thul Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf / DE
[2013/15]
Application number, filing date11728405.903.06.2011
[2015/43]
WO2011IB52437
Priority number, dateZA2010000402804.06.2010         Original published format: ZA 201004028
[2013/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2011151801
Date:08.12.2011
Language:EN
[2011/49]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2577674
Date:10.04.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.12.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2577674
Date:21.10.2015
Language:EN
[2015/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.02.2012
ClassificationIPC:G21C11/06, G21F3/04, G21C1/07
[2013/15]
CPC:
G21C11/06 (EP,US); G21C7/107 (KR); G21F3/04 (EP,US);
G21C1/07 (EP,US); Y02E30/30 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/15]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:Neutronenreflektorblockanordnung[2015/21]
English:Neutron reflector block assembly[2015/21]
French:Assemblage de bloc réflecteur de neutrons[2015/21]
Former [2013/15]KERNREAKTOREN
Former [2013/15]NUCLEAR REACTORS
Former [2013/15]RÉACTEURS NUCLÉAIRES
Entry into regional phase07.12.2012National basic fee paid 
07.12.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
07.12.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.04.2012Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.12.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.12.2012Examination requested  [2013/15]
11.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.01.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.05.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.09.2015Fee for grant paid
14.09.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.09.2015Receipt 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  11.07.2014
Opposition(s)22.07.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
12.06.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
10.06.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU03.06.2011
AL21.10.2015
AT21.10.2015
BG21.10.2015
CY21.10.2015
CZ21.10.2015
DK21.10.2015
EE21.10.2015
ES21.10.2015
HR21.10.2015
IT21.10.2015
LT21.10.2015
LV21.10.2015
MC21.10.2015
MK21.10.2015
NL21.10.2015
PL21.10.2015
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SI21.10.2015
SK21.10.2015
SM21.10.2015
TR21.10.2015
NO21.01.2016
GR22.01.2016
IS21.02.2016
PT22.02.2016
IE03.06.2016
LU03.06.2016
CH30.06.2016
LI30.06.2016
MT30.06.2016
[2018/46]
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Cited inInternational search[X]DE2354540  (HOCHTEMPERATUR REAKTORBAU GMBH) [X] 1-4,6 * figures 1-8 * * page 8, par. 3 *;
 [XI]DE3042552  (HOCHTEMPERATUR REAKTORBAU GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-4,6-8,12-15 * figures 1-3 * * page 3, lines 3-11 * * page 6, line 28 - page 8, line 4 * [I] 5,9-11;
 [X]US4923670  (ELTER CLAUS [DE], et al) [X] 1-4,7 * abstract * * column 1, lines 5-12 * * column 3, line 2653 * * column 4, line 58 - column 5, line 7 *;
 [XI]DE8908516U  (INTERATOM GMBH) [X] 1-4,6-8,12-15 * figures 1-3 * * page 1, lines 7-12 * * page 4, line 31 - page 5, line 8 * [I] 5,9-11;
 [XI]DE10104404  (FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-4,6-8,12-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0002] , [0003] * * paragraphs [0026] , [0027] , [0031] , [0032] * * paragraphs [0039] - [0046] * [I] 5,9-11;
 [X]US2005220251  (YOKOYAMA TSUGIO [JP], et al) [X] 1,4,6 * abstract ** paragraphs [0111] , [0112] *
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