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EP About this file: EP2886177

EP2886177 - Settler and method for separating clarified liquid from mineral slurries [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  17.06.2016
Database last updated on 17.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.06.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 20.07.2016  [2016/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
1188 Sherbrooke Street West
Montréal, QC H3A 3G2 / CA
[2015/26]
Inventor(s)01 / Reid, Michaël
1629 Castner
Jonquière, Québec G7S 3A5 / CA
02 / Peloquin, Guy
2214 Ste Sophie
Jonquière, Québec G7S 5Z3 / CA
03 / St-Laurent, Matthieu
2136 Rue St-Régis
Jonquière, Québec G7S 2W3 / CA
04 / Racine, Philippe
1938 Chemin des Villas
Chicoutimi, Québec G7H 5A7 / CA
 [2015/26]
Representative(s)Mérigeault, Thierry Louis Henri
Rio Tinto France SAS
Industrial Property Department
725, rue Aristide Bergès
BP25 Voreppe
38341 Moirans Cedex / FR
[2015/26]
Application number, filing date13006034.620.12.2013
[2015/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2886177
Date:24.06.2015
Language:EN
[2015/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.05.2014
ClassificationIPC:B01D21/01, B01D21/24, C01F7/00, B01D21/08
[2015/26]
CPC:
B01D21/08 (EP,US); B01D21/01 (US); B01D21/06 (EP,US);
B01D21/2405 (EP,US); B01D21/2411 (EP,US); B01D21/2427 (EP,US);
B01D21/2444 (EP,US); B01D21/32 (EP,US); C01F7/0646 (EP,US);
C01P2006/80 (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 [2015/26]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:Absetzbecken zur Dekantierung von Mineralschlämmen und Verfahren zum Trennen einer klaren Flüssigkeit von verdicktem Schlamm aus den Mineralschlämmen[2015/26]
English:Settler and method for separating clarified liquid from mineral slurries[2015/26]
French:Décanteur pour décanter des boues minérales et procédé de séparation de liquide décanté à partir de boue épaissie desdites boues minérales[2015/26]
Examination procedure20.12.2013Examination requested  [2015/26]
05.01.2016Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2016/29]
12.02.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: examination fee not paid in time  [2016/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[A]US3650950  (WHITE ROBERT W) [A] 9,10 * figure 1 *;
 [XI]US4054514  (OLTMANN HANS HEINRICH) [X] 1-4,8,12 * column 4, line 7 - column 5, line 13 * * page 1; figure 1; claims 1-21 * [I] 5-7,11,13-15;
 [A]DE3612313  (N A G INNOVATIONS UND UMWELTTE [DE]) [A] 7,9,10,15 * paragraph [0048] - paragraph [0052] *;
 [A]US5080803  (BAGATTO PETER F [CA], et al) [A] 15* figure 1; claims 1-4 *;
 [A]WO9426383  (ALCAN INT LTD [CA], et al) [A] 11,13-15 * page 5, line 17 - page 6, line 26; figure 1; claims 1-12 *;
 [A]WO03039707  (ALCAN INT LTD [CA], et al) [A] 1-15 * page 6, line 5 - line 11 * * page 10, line 9 - line 10 * * figures 1-2; claims 1-24 *;
 [A]WO2013131119  (BHP BILLITON WORSLEY ALUMINA PTY LTD [AU], et al) [A] 11,13,14 * page 17, line 15 - page 18, line 11; figure 3 *
by applicantUS6936178
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