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EP3468901 - CONVEYOR BELT WITH SIDEWALLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.06.2022 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.03.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 16.12.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	18.03.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Intralox, L.L.C. 200 Laitram Lane Harahan, Louisiana 70123 / US
	[2019/16]
Inventor(s)	01 / HONEYCUTT, James c/o Intralox, L.L.C. 200 Laitram Lane Harahan, Louisiana 70123 / US
	02 / MOL, Edward T. c/o Intralox, L.L.C. 200 Laitram Lane Harahan, Louisiana 70123 / US
	03 / HENDRICKSON, Daniel c/o Intralox, L.L.C. 200 Laitram Lane Harahan, Louisiana 70123 / US
	[2019/16]
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/16]	Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
Application number, filing date	17810666.2	12.04.2017
	[2019/16]
	WO2017US27122
Priority number, date	US201615177960	09.06.2016 Original published format: US201615177960
	[2019/16]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017213744
	Date:	14.12.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3468901
	Date:	17.04.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.12.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/16]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	14.12.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.01.2020
Classification	IPC:	B65G15/30, B65G15/44, B65G15/42	[2020/09]
	CPC:	B65G15/42 (EP,US); B65G15/40 (US); B65G15/44 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2019/16]	B65G15/30
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 [2019/16]
Title	German:	FÖRDERBAND MIT SEITENWÄNDEN	[2019/16]
	English:	CONVEYOR BELT WITH SIDEWALLS	[2019/16]
	French:	BANDE TRANSPORTEUSE À PAROIS LATÉRALES	[2019/16]
Entry into regional phase	20.11.2018	National basic fee paid
	20.11.2018	Search fee paid
	20.11.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.11.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	20.11.2018	Examination requested [2019/16]
	09.12.2018	Observations by third parties
	18.05.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	13.06.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.10.2022	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.02.2024	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 13.03.2024
	13.03.2024	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	09.04.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.03.2022	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 07
	18.03.2024	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]US2864488 (TAIPALE VICTOR K) [Y] 1-4,6-10 * column 1; figure 1 * [A] 5;
		[Y]US4267921 (KELL RALPH W) [Y] 1-4,6-10 * column 1; figure 1 *;
		[A]JPS61145005 (NIPPON MEKTRON KK) [A] 1-15 * figures 1-3 *;
		[A]WO9414687 (CHIORINO UK LTD [GB], et al) [A] 11-15 * figures 1-5 *;
		[A]US6170646 (KAEB TODD [US], et al) [A] 11-15* figures 4-5 *;
		[Y]EP1524211 (CONTITECH TRANSPORTBANDSYSTEME [DE]) [Y] 1-4,6-10 * figures 1-3 *;
		[A]US2015284185 (SCHROEDER MICHAEL [US]) [A] 11-15 * paragraphs [0003] - [0015]; figures 1-3; claim 1 *;
		[X] - Dorner, "Sanitary Vertical Belt Conveyors for Elevating Bulk Products Open Frame Tool-less Design Innovative Staggered Sidewall Belts Quick Belt Change Fast and Effective Cleaning Capability", (20150101), URL: https://d20ull5sba7jz.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AquaPruf-VBT-Brochure-HR.pdf, (20200120), XP055659338 [X] 1-4,6,8-10 * the whole document *
	International search	[Y]JPH051713U (BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.) [Y] 1-3 * See abstract, paragraph [0017], and figures 1-2. *;
		[A]US6170646 (KAEB TODD [US], et al) [A] 1-3, 14-16 * See abstrat, claim 1, and figures 1-6. *;
		[Y]EP1524211 (CONTITECH TRANSPORTBANDSYSTEME [DE]) [Y] 1-3, 14-16 * See abstract, paragraph [0028], claims 1, 4, and figures 1-3. *;
		[A]WO2009112312 (CONTITECH TRANSPORTBANDSYSTEME [DE], et al) [A] 1-3, 14-16* See abstract, claim 1, and figure 1. *;
		[Y]US2016031650 (PETERSEN BRIAN JAMES [US], et al) [Y] 14-16 * See paragraphs [0030]-[0032] and figures 3-8A. *
	by applicant	US2864488
		US4267921
		US2015284185

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