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EP About this file: EP3684966

EP3684966 - METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTROCATALYST [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.04.2022
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.05.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.01.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.12.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.08.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.06.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.03.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hymeth ApS
Maskinvej 5
2860 Søborg / DK
[2020/31]
Inventor(s)01 / BISHWAS, Sumon
Kærlunden 3
2660 Brøndby Strand / DK
 [2020/31]
Representative(s)Kransell & Wennborg KB
P.O. Box 27834
115 93 Stockholm / SE
[2020/31]
Application number, filing date18780037.019.09.2018
[2020/31]
WO2018EP75335
Priority number, dateEP2017019244421.09.2017         Original published format: EP 17192444
[2020/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019057763
Date:28.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3684966
Date:29.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3684966
Date:16.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:C25B11/04, C23C28/02, C25B1/04
[2020/31]
CPC:
C25F3/02 (EP,KR); C25B11/075 (EP,KR,US); C23C28/023 (EP,KR);
C25B1/04 (EP,KR,US); C25B11/057 (EP,KR); C25B11/091 (EP,KR);
C25D3/562 (EP,KR,US); C25D5/10 (KR); C25D5/48 (KR,US);
C25D7/0607 (EP,KR); C25F3/06 (EP,KR,US); Y02E60/36 (EP,KR) (-)
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 [2020/31]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMA20.04.2020
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES ELEKTROKATALYSATORS[2020/31]
English:METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTROCATALYST[2020/31]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION D'UN ÉLECTROCATALYSEUR[2020/31]
Entry into regional phase20.04.2020National basic fee paid 
20.04.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
20.04.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.07.2019Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.04.2020Examination requested  [2020/31]
20.04.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.08.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.12.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
13.01.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.05.2021Fee for grant paid
11.05.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.05.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.03.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU19.09.2018
AL16.06.2021
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Cited inInternational search[A]CN102899681  ;
 [X]US4169025  (NEEDES CHRISTOPHER R S) [X] 1,17 * column 15, lines 4-22; claim 1 *;
 [XI]US4184941  (CARLIN WILLIAM W [US]) [X] 1,2,9,17 * column 1, lines 49-54; claims 1,2,7-10 * * column 3, lines 48-58 * [I] 4,12;
 [X]US4251478  (WELCH CLETUS N, et al) [X] 1,2,5,9,17 * column 1, line 59 - column 2, line 2; claims 1-4 * * column 7, line 56 - column 8, line 34 *;
 [XI]US4366041  (KORACH MALCOLM, et al) [X] 1,2,9,15,17 * column 3, line 27 - column 4, line 10 * [I] 8,14,16;
 [XI]US2010147800  (LI YANG YANG [CN], et al) [X] 1,2,6,9,17 * paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0055]; claim 13 * [I] 7,10,11;
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2013, no. 51, Database accession no. 2013-G88130, XP002778611 & CN102899681 A 20130130 (UNIV HUAQIAO) [A] 1-17 * abstract *
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