EP2612142 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL OF A FLOTATION SEPARATION PROCESS, INCLUDING PARAMETERS OF THE FLOTATION PROCESS AND REAGENT ADDITION TO OPTIMIZE MINERAL RECOVERY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.12.2021 Database last updated on 09.07.2024 | |
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Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 05.07.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.06.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Cidra Corporate Services, Inc. 50 Barnes Park North Wallingford, CT 06492 / US | [2013/28] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
ROTHMAN, Paul, Joseph 162 Carriage Way Windsor, CT 06095 / US | 02 /
O'KEEFE, Christian, Victor 58 Canterbury Drive Durham, CT 06422 / US | [2013/28] | Representative(s) | Schmitt-Nilson Schraud Waibel Wohlfrom Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Pelkovenstraße 143 80992 München / DE | [2021/08] |
Former [2013/28] | Klunker, Hans-Friedrich Klunker Schmitt-Nilson Hirsch Patentanwälte Destouchesstrasse 68 80796 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 11822771.9 | 06.09.2011 | [2021/08] | WO2011US50500 | Priority number, date | US20100379899P | 03.09.2010 Original published format: US 379899 P | [2013/28] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2012031290 | Date: | 08.03.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/10] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2612142 | Date: | 10.07.2013 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.03.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2013/28] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2612142 | Date: | 24.02.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/08] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 26.04.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.12.2017 | Classification | IPC: | B03D1/02 | [2020/38] | CPC: |
B03D1/028 (EP,US);
G05B19/401 (US);
B07C5/34 (US);
G05B2219/37583 (US)
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Former IPC [2013/28] | G01N29/28 | Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2013/28] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLOTATIONSTRENNUNGSVERFAHRENS EINSCHLIESSLICH PARAMETERN FÜR DAS FLOTATIONSTRENNUNGSVERFAHREN UND REAGENZIENZUFÜGUNG FÜR OPTIMIERTE MINERALGEWINNUNG | [2013/28] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL OF A FLOTATION SEPARATION PROCESS, INCLUDING PARAMETERS OF THE FLOTATION PROCESS AND REAGENT ADDITION TO OPTIMIZE MINERAL RECOVERY | [2013/28] | French: | PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR LA COMMANDE D'UN PROCÉDÉ DE SÉPARATION PAR FLOTTATION, COMPRENANT DES PARAMÈTRES DU PROCÉDÉ DE FLOTTATION ET L'AJOUT D'UN RÉACTIF AFIN D'OPTIMISER LA RÉCUPÉRATION MINÉRALE | [2013/28] | Entry into regional phase | 02.04.2013 | National basic fee paid | 02.04.2013 | Search fee paid | 02.04.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 02.04.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 02.04.2013 | Examination requested [2013/28] | 06.07.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 10.07.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 15.01.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.10.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.01.2021 | Fee for grant paid | 11.01.2021 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.01.2021 | 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 10.07.2019 | Opposition(s) | 25.11.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2022/05] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.09.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 28.09.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.09.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 28.09.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 10 |
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