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EP2957152 - HIGH POWER DC NON TRANSFERRED STEAM PLASMA TORCH SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.04.2024 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.02.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.04.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	24.04.2024	New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Pyrogenesis Canada Inc. 1744 William Street, Suite 200 Montréal, QC H3J 1R4 / CA
	[N/P]
Former [2015/52]	For all designated states Pyrogenesis Canada Inc. 1744 William Street, Suite 200 Montreal, QC H3J 1R4 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / RAO, Lakshminarayana Mydala Prahlada No 213 515 Rue François Verdun, Québec H3E 1G4 / CA
	02 / REMILLARD, Jocelyn 150 De Fontenelle Blainville, Québec J7B 1N9 / CA
	03 / CARABIN, Pierre 4355 Girouard Montreal, Québec H4A 3E5 / CA
	[2015/52]
Representative(s)	KIPA AB Drottninggatan 11 252 21 Helsingborg / SE
	[N/P]
Former [2015/52]	Nielsen, Henrik Sten Budde Schou A/S Hausergade 3 1128 Copenhagen K / DK
Application number, filing date	14751250.3	17.02.2014
	[2015/52]
	WO2014CA00108
Priority number, date	US201361765518P	15.02.2013 Original published format: US 201361765518 P
	[2015/52]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014124521
	Date:	21.08.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/34]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2957152
	Date:	23.12.2015
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.08.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2015/52]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	21.08.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	03.08.2016
Classification	IPC:	H05H1/28, H05H1/34	[2016/35]
	CPC:	H05H1/42 (EP,US); H05H1/28 (EP,US); H05H1/34 (EP,US); H05H1/3421 (EP,US); H05H1/3468 (EP,US); H05H1/36 (US)
	Former IPC [2015/52]	H05H1/26, H05H1/28
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 [2015/52]
Title	German:	NICHT VERLAGERTES HOCHLEISTUNGS-GLEICHSTROM-DAMPFPLASMABRENNERSYSTEM	[2015/52]
	English:	HIGH POWER DC NON TRANSFERRED STEAM PLASMA TORCH SYSTEM	[2015/52]
	French:	SYSTÈME DE TORCHE À PLASMA DE VAPEUR SANS TRANSFERT À COURANT CONTINU À GRANDE PUISSANCE	[2015/52]
Entry into regional phase	15.09.2015	National basic fee paid
	15.09.2015	Search fee paid
	15.09.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	15.09.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.09.2015	Examination requested [2015/52]
	19.06.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.02.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.11.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.03.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	06.10.2021	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	16.12.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.04.2024	Date of oral proceedings
	09.04.2024	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	25.04.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
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 05.02.2020
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	16.12.2021	Request for further processing filed
	16.12.2021	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	03.01.2022	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	17.11.2020	Request for further processing filed
	17.11.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	26.11.2020	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
	19.06.2017	Request for further processing filed
	19.06.2017	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	27.07.2017	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application
	19.06.2017	Request for further processing filed
	19.06.2017	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	23.06.2017	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.02.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.02.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.02.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.02.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 07
	26.02.2021	Renewal fee patent year 08
	18.02.2022	Renewal fee patent year 09
	20.02.2023	Renewal fee patent year 10
	28.02.2024	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI]US2011024397 (LIN DENG-LIAN [TW], et al);
		[XI]WO2012031338 (ECOPLASMA B V B A [BE], et al)
	International search	[A]US2007044449 (O'BRIEN WALTER F [US], et al);
		[A]US7297893 (HANUS GARY J [US], et al);
		[Y]US2012138583 (WINN JACKIE L [US], et al);
		[A]US2012323060 (CARABIN PIERRE [CA], et al);
		[Y] - CARKNER ET AL., "Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances using Steam Plasma", 31 ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INCINERATION AND THERMAL TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, (20121024), pages 1 - 9, XP055278608
		[Y] - RAO ET AL., "Thermal Plasma Torches for Metallurgical Applications", 51 ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF METALLURGISTS - COM 2012, (20121003), pages 1 - 10, XP008181089
	by applicant	US2011024397
		- ANDREW CARKNER et al., "Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substance using Steam Plasma", 31st International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, (20121024), pages 1 - 9, XP055278608

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