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EP About this file: EP3455564

EP3455564 - SORPTION HEAT PUMP AND CONTROL METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  13.05.2022
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.02.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip28.05.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc.
609 Wesinpar Road
Johnson City, TN 37604 / US
[2019/12]
Inventor(s)01 / GARRABRANT, Michael, A.
319 West Wind Trail
Unicoi, TN 37692 / US
02 / STOUT, Roger, E.
119 Poplar Road
Unicoi, TN 37692 / US
 [2019/12]
Representative(s)Epping - Hermann - Fischer
Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Schloßschmidstraße 5
80639 München / DE
[2019/12]
Application number, filing date17796848.411.05.2017
[2019/12]
WO2017US32175
Priority number, dateUS201662334664P11.05.2016         Original published format: US 201662334664 P
[2019/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017197124
Date:16.11.2017
Language:EN
[2017/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3455564
Date:20.03.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.11.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US16.11.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:F25B30/04, F25B15/00, F25B49/04
[2019/51]
CPC:
F25B15/04 (EP,KR,US); F25B49/043 (EP,KR,US); F25B2315/002 (US);
F25B2339/047 (EP,KR,US); F25B2400/0403 (US); F25B2500/08 (US);
F25B2500/26 (EP,KR,US); F25B2600/2501 (US); F25B2600/2519 (US);
F25B2700/2116 (US); Y02A30/27 (KR,US); Y02B30/62 (KR,US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/12]F25B30/04, F25B15/00
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 [2019/12]
TitleGerman:SORPTIONSWÄRMEPUMPE UND STEUERUNGSVERFAHREN[2019/12]
English:SORPTION HEAT PUMP AND CONTROL METHOD[2019/12]
French:POMPE À CHALEUR À SORPTION ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE[2019/12]
Entry into regional phase08.11.2018National basic fee paid 
08.11.2018Search fee paid 
08.11.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
08.11.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDate on which the examining division has become responsible
08.11.2018Examination requested  [2019/12]
16.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.05.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.09.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.10.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.01.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
25.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
27.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
23.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
22.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
27.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JPS57174667  (OSAKA GAS CO LTD) [Y] 11 * paragraph [0002]; figure 1 *;
 [Y]DE3204288  (VAILLANT JOH GMBH & CO [DE]) [Y] 2,8 * page 3 * * pages 11-12; figure 1 *;
 [XYI]JPS61186766  (SANYO ELECTRIC CO, et al) [X] 1,3-5,7,9,10,12 * paragraph [0001]; figures 1, 3 * [Y] 2,8,11 [I] 6,13;
 [A]JPH05248726  (ADVANCE CO GENERATION SYST) [A] 1-13 * paragraphs [0003] - [0004] - [ 0012] - [0013]; figure 1 *;
 [A]JP3003554B  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-13* paragraphs [0036] - [0037]; figures 4, 5 *
International search[Y]US4667485  (BALL DAVID A [US], et al) [Y] 1-24 * , entire document, especially g 1-4; col 1, In 6-12; col 3, In 47-53; col 4, In 67-68; col 5, In 1-5, 8-17; col 7, In 32-43, 46-49, 57-63; col 8, In 10-30, 42-46 *;
 [A]US5249436  (HEMSATH KLAUS H [US]) [A] 1-24* , entire document *;
 [A]US5456086  (HANNA WILLIAM T [US]) [A] 1-24 * , entire document *;
 [A]US5572884  (CHRISTENSEN RICHARD N [US], et al) [A] 1-24 * , entire document *;
 [Y]US6718792  (SARKISIAN PAUL [US], et al) [Y] 2, 7, 13, 18 * , entire document, especially Fig 1D; col 1, In 51-53; col 3, In 16-27 *;
 [Y]US7347057  (GARRABRANT MICHAEL ALAN [US], et al) [Y] 1-24 * , entire document, especially Fig 1-2; col 2, In 16-32, 37-41, 50-52; col 3, In 38-41, 64-66; col 4, In 24-38; col 7, In 5 -9, 16-20, 47-57; col 9, In 3-7 *;
 [A]US7631515  (JACOBI ROBERT W [US]) [A] 1-24 * , entire document *
by applicantJPS61186766
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