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EP About this file: EP3033611

EP3033611 - METHOD OF TRACING CHEMICAL QUANTITIES USING ENCAPSULATED FLUORESCENT DYES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.12.2021
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.01.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.09.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.08.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.03.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.09.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip23.06.2023Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 26.07.2023  [2023/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ecolab USA Inc.
1 Ecolab Place
St. Paul, MN 55102 / US
[2017/35]
Former [2016/25]For all designated states
Ecolab USA Inc.
370 N. Wabasha Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 / US
Inventor(s)01 / XIAO, Lan
2520 Dewes Lane
Naperville, Illinois 60564 / US
02 / XIE, Yanjiao
5201 Carriage Way Drive
Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008 / US
 [2016/25]
Representative(s)Godemeyer Blum Lenze Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB - werkpatent
An den Gärten 7
51491 Overath / DE
[2016/25]
Application number, filing date14836331.004.08.2014
[2016/25]
WO2014US49624
Priority number, dateUS20131396447812.08.2013         Original published format: US201313964478
[2016/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015023466
Date:19.02.2015
Language:EN
[2015/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3033611
Date:22.06.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.02.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3033611
Date:17.02.2021
Language:EN
[2021/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR19.02.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.02.2017
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/64, G01N21/77, C02F1/52, G01N33/18, // C02F5/00, C02F103/02, C02F103/28, C02F103/36, C02F103/10, C02F1/50, C02F1/54, C02F1/56
[2017/11]
CPC:
G01N33/18 (EP,US); C02F1/52 (US); C02F1/5209 (EP,US);
G01N21/643 (US); C02F1/50 (EP,US); C02F1/5236 (EP,US);
C02F1/54 (EP,US); C02F1/56 (EP,US); C02F2103/023 (EP,US);
C02F2103/10 (EP,US); C02F2103/28 (EP,US); C02F2103/365 (EP,US);
C02F2303/08 (EP,US); C02F2305/00 (EP,US); C02F2305/04 (EP,US);
C02F5/00 (EP,US); C12Q3/00 (US); G01N2021/6439 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/25]G01N21/64, G01N21/77
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 [2016/25]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR VERFOLGUNG CHEMISCHER GRÖSSEN UNTER VERWENDUNG EINGEKAPSELTER FLUORESZENZFARBSTOFFE[2016/25]
English:METHOD OF TRACING CHEMICAL QUANTITIES USING ENCAPSULATED FLUORESCENT DYES[2016/25]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE TRAÇAGE DE QUANTITÉS DE SUBSTANCES CHIMIQUES UTILISANT DES COLORANTS FLUORESCENTS ENCAPSULÉS[2016/25]
Entry into regional phase04.03.2016National basic fee paid 
04.03.2016Search fee paid 
04.03.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
04.03.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.03.2016Examination requested  [2016/25]
10.08.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.09.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.01.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.01.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.07.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.07.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
21.09.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.01.2021Fee for grant paid
06.01.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.01.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)18.11.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2022/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
14.08.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
10.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
15.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
13.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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