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EP About this file: EP3487640

EP3487640 - HIGH SPEED AIR SYSTEM AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2019/22]BASIN AND HIGH SPEED AIR SOLUTION
[2021/44]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.02.2023
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  11.03.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.10.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.04.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  26.01.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
511 Benedict Avenue
Tarrytown, NY 10591 / US
[2019/22]
Inventor(s)01 / PRONKINE, Viatcheslav
39 Iroquois Avenue
Palisades New York 10964 / US
02 / SHISHKIN, Dimitri
2004 Vermont Terrace
Whippany New Jersey 07981 / US
03 / PATEL, Shriram
715 Saddle River Rd.
Saddle Brook New Jersey 07663 / US
 [2019/22]
Representative(s)Schweitzer, Klaus
Plate Schweitzer Zounek Patentanwälte Rheingaustrasse 196
65203 Wiesbaden / DE
[2019/22]
Application number, filing date17831818.419.07.2017
[2019/22]
WO2017US42916
Priority number, dateUS201662365230P21.07.2016         Original published format: US 201662365230 P
[2019/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018017752
Date:25.01.2018
Language:EN
[2018/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3487640
Date:29.05.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.01.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3487640
Date:13.04.2022
Language:EN
[2022/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US25.01.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.06.2019
ClassificationIPC:B08B5/02, B08B5/00, B08B9/00, B08B9/027, B08B9/20, B08B3/10, G01N35/10
[2019/28]
CPC:
B08B9/00 (EP,US); B08B9/0813 (US); B08B3/102 (EP,US);
B08B5/02 (US); G01N35/1004 (EP,US); B08B2209/08 (US)
Former IPC [2019/22]B08B5/02, B08B5/00, B08B9/00, B08B9/027, B08B9/20
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 [2019/22]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HOCHGESCHWINDIGKEITSLUFTSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN[2021/44]
English:HIGH SPEED AIR SYSTEM AND METHOD[2021/44]
French:SYSTEM D'AIR À GRANDE VITESSE ET PROCÉDÉ[2021/44]
Former [2019/22]BECKEN UND HOCHGESCHWINDIGKEITSLUFTLÖSUNG
Former [2019/22]BASIN AND HIGH SPEED AIR SOLUTION
Former [2019/22]BAC ET SOLUTION D'AIR À GRANDE VITESSE
Entry into regional phase20.02.2019National basic fee paid 
20.02.2019Search fee paid 
20.02.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
20.02.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.02.2019Examination requested  [2019/22]
07.01.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.10.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.03.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
04.03.2022Fee for grant paid
04.03.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.01.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
19.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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