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EP About this file: EP3847133

EP3847133 - DEWATERING METHOD AND SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.06.2021
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  14.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Weir Minerals Australia Ltd
1 Marden Street
Artarmon, New South Wales 2064 / AU
[2021/28]
Inventor(s)01 / STEWARD, Nils Richard
17 Red Bluff Street
Black Rock, Victoria 3193 / AU
02 / STEPHENSON, Dean
69 Ballarat Road
Maidstone, Victoria 3012 / AU
 [2021/28]
Representative(s)Secerna LLP
The Old Fire Station
18 Clifford Street
York YO1 9RD / GB
[2021/28]
Application number, filing date19856537.604.09.2019
[2021/28]
WO2019AU50941
Priority number, dateAU2018090327804.09.2018         Original published format: AU 2018903278
[2021/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020047592
Date:12.03.2020
Language:EN
[2020/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3847133
Date:14.07.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.03.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU12.03.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.08.2022
ClassificationIPC:C02F11/127, // C02F1/38, C02F11/14, C02F103/10, C02F103/16
[2022/22]
CPC:
C02F11/127 (EP,AU,US); C02F1/38 (AU); C02F9/00 (AU,US);
B01F23/54 (US); B04B1/00 (AU,US); B04C3/04 (AU,US);
B04C9/00 (US); C02F1/385 (EP,AU,US); B01F2101/305 (AU);
B01F2101/50 (AU,US); B01F23/581 (US); B04C2009/005 (US);
B28C5/006 (AU); C02F1/52 (AU); C02F11/14 (EP);
C02F2103/10 (EP,AU,US); C02F2103/16 (EP); C02F2209/10 (AU);
C02F2301/04 (US); C02F2301/06 (EP,US); C02F2305/04 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2021/28]C02F1/38, C02F11/12, C02F9/02
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 [2021/28]
Validation statesMA31.03.2021
TitleGerman:ENTWÄSSERUNGSVERFAHREN UND -SYSTEM[2021/28]
English:DEWATERING METHOD AND SYSTEM[2021/28]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE DÉSHYDRATATION[2021/28]
Entry into regional phase31.03.2021National basic fee paid 
31.03.2021Search fee paid 
31.03.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
31.03.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.03.2021Examination requested  [2021/28]
02.03.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
27.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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 [XI]US2008000810  (GARNER WILLIAM N [CA], et al) [X] 1,5,6,9 * paragraphs [0001] - [0007] - [0 34] , [0 35] , [0 42] , [0 46]; figures 1-9 * [I] 2-4,7,8;
 [A]WO2010144939  (LINATEX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD [AU], et al) [A] 1-9* sentence 6, paragraph 9 - sentence 10 *;
 [A]CA2940886  (GU GUOXING [CA], et al) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0005] *
International search[X]US3800946  (REID C, et al) [X] 49-60 * column 3, line 53 - column 4, line 4; column 5, lines 10-58; fig 1 *;
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 [X]US5316664  (GREGOLI ARMAND A [US], et al) [X] 1-48, 60 * column 13, lines 16-28, column 25, lines 23-66; figs 5, 18 *;
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 [A]CA2707197  (SETHI AMAR JIT [CA], et al) [A] 12-27, 36-45, 47, 48* abstract; page 43, lines 23-27; fig 6 *;
 [X]US2015158032  (NELSON DUANE [CA], et al) [X] 1-24, 28-45, 60 * paragraphs [0033], [0034]; figs 2A, 2B *;
 [A]US2017036929  (WITHAM COLE A [US], et al) [A] 1-60 * abstract; paragraphs [0007], [0008] *;
 [X]JP2018122279  (NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ECO TECH CORP, et al) [X] 49-60 * , Viewed the English translation obtained from EPOQUENET database paragraphs [0009], [0010], [0032]; table 2; fig 1 *
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