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EP3678755 - SMALL DIAMETER TUBULAR POROUS FIBER FILTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  17.11.2023
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.06.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.03.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip12.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Porex Corporation
500 Bohannon Road
Fairburn, GA 30213 / US
[2020/29]
Inventor(s)01 / MORRIS-ANASTASI, Nicole Elizabeth
3403 Moss Side Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23222 / US
02 / CLENDENNING, Michael Andrew
60 Bretts Bend
Sharpsburg, Georgia 30277 / US
03 / SPENCER, Michael W.
10709 Old Squaws Lane
Chesterfield, Virginia 23838 / US
04 / ZHOU, Qiang
15731 Moss Fire Court
Moseley, Virginia 23120 / US
05 / MAO, Guoqiang
500 Bohannon Road
Fairburn, Georgia 30213 / US
 [2020/50]
Former [2020/29]01 / MORRIS-ANASTASI, Nicole Elizabeth
3403 Moss Side Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23222 / US
02 / CLENDENNING, Michael Andrew
60 Bretts Bend
Sharpsburg, Georgia 30277 / US
03 / SPENCER, Michael W.
10709 Old Squaws Lane
Chesterfield, Virginia 23838 / US
04 / ZHOU, Qiang
15731 Moss Fire Court
Moseley, Virginia 23120 / US
05 / MAO, Guoqiang
338 N. Peachtree Parkway
Peachtree City, Georgia 30269 / US
Representative(s)Wright, Howard Hugh Burnby
Withers & Rogers LLP
2 London Bridge
London SE1 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/29]Thompson, Andrew John
Withers & Rogers LLP
4 More London Riverside
London SE1 2AU / GB
Application number, filing date18853488.707.09.2018
[2020/29]
WO2018US49865
Priority number, dateUS201762555136P07.09.2017         Original published format: US 201762555136 P
[2020/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019051171
Date:14.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3678755
Date:15.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US14.03.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.04.2021
ClassificationIPC:B01D39/02, B01D46/10, B01D46/24, B01D39/16, B01D29/33, B01D29/35
[2021/20]
CPC:
B01D39/1623 (EP,US); B01D29/03 (US); B01D29/31 (US);
B01D29/33 (EP,US); B01D29/35 (EP,US); B01D46/2403 (EP,US);
B01D2201/18 (EP); B01D2239/0233 (EP,US); B01D2239/1216 (EP,US);
B01D2239/1233 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/29]B01D39/02, B01D46/10, B01D46/24
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 [2020/29]
TitleGerman:ROHRFÖRMIGER PORÖSER FASERFILTER MIT KLEINEM DURCHMESSER[2020/29]
English:SMALL DIAMETER TUBULAR POROUS FIBER FILTER[2020/29]
French:FILTRE À FIBRES POREUSES TUBULAIRES DE PETIT DIAMÈTRE[2020/29]
Entry into regional phase16.03.2020National basic fee paid 
16.03.2020Search fee paid 
16.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
16.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/29]
29.10.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.11.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.10.2024Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
15.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
18.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
13.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
11.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.202003   M06   Fee paid on   28.10.2020
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US4116738  (PALL DAVID B) [Y] 1-15 * column 4, line 67 - column 5, line 37 * * column 7, lines 30-49 * * column 11, lines 9-23,49-50 *;
 [A]US4917942  (WINTERS JOHN C [US]) [A] 1-15 * column 1, lines 6-8; figure 1; claim 16 * * column 3, lines 40-49 * * column 4, line 58 - column 5, line 32 *;
 [A]EP0695573  (FREUDENBERG CARL FA [DE]) [A] 1-15* column 3, line 36 - column 4, line 32; figures 1,2; claims 1,3,8,9 *;
 [Y]US5607766  (BERGER RICHARD M [US]) [Y] 1-15 * column 1, lines 8-15 * * column 8, lines 17-22 * * column 9, lines 12-38 *;
 [A]CN101098741  (DONALDSON CO INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
International search[Y]CA1119104  (ALLEN EDDY) [Y] 3/1-2* ; abstract; page 8, lines 4-9 *;
 [XY]US5607766  (BERGER RICHARD M [US]) [X] 1-2 * ; abstract; figures 4, 10; column 6, lines 61-67; column 9, lines 12-21 * [Y] 3/1-2
by applicantUS4116738
 US5607766
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