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EP3908685 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METHANE PRODUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.09.2023 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 15.10.2021
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 18.07.2020
Former	unknown Status updated on 17.02.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	28.02.2024	New entry: Reply to examination report
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Twelve Benefit Corporation 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94704-2224 / US
	[2023/10]
Former [2021/46]	For all designated states Opus 12 Incorporated 614 Bancroft Way, Suite B Berkeley, CA 94704-2224 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / HUNEGNAW, Sara 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	02 / KASHI, Ajay R. 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	03 / KUHL, Kendra P. 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94704-2224 / US
	04 / GEORGE, Morgan 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	05 / MA, Sichao 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94704-2224 / US
	06 / HUO, Ziyang 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	07 / CAVE, Etosha R. 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	08 / HUA, Kenneth X. 614 Bancroft Way, B Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2021/46]	01 / HUNEGNAW, Sara Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	02 / KASHI, Ajay R. Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	03 / KUHL, Kendra P. Berkeley, California 94704-2224 / US
	04 / GEORGE, Morgan Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	05 / MA, Sichao Berkeley, California 94704-2224 / US
	06 / HUO, Ziyang Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	07 / CAVE, Etosha R. Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
	08 / HUA, Kenneth X. Berkeley, California 94710-2224 / US
Representative(s)	Higgs, Jonathan Lewis Silkin LLP Arbor Blackfriars Road London SE1 9AX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2021/46]	Higgs, Jonathan Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Altius House 1 North Fourth Street Milton Keynes MK9 1DG / GB
Application number, filing date	20703613.8	07.01.2020
	[2021/46]
	WO2020US12600
Priority number, date	US201962789371P	07.01.2019 Original published format: US 201962789371 P
	US201962864122P	20.06.2019 Original published format: US 201962864122 P
	[2021/46]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2020146402
	Date:	16.07.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/29]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3908685
	Date:	17.11.2021
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.07.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2021/46]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	16.07.2020
Classification	IPC:	C25B1/00, C25B1/06, C25B3/04, C25B9/06, C25B9/10, C25B9/20, C25B11/04	[2021/46]
	CPC:	C25B1/00 (EP); C25B9/23 (EP,KR,US); C25B1/04 (EP,KR); C25B11/00 (EP); C25B11/057 (EP); C25B11/075 (US); (+) C25B11/089 (KR); C25B11/091 (KR,US); C25B13/08 (KR,US); C25B3/25 (EP,US); C25B3/26 (KR); C25B9/19 (EP); C25B9/77 (EP,KR); Y02E60/36 (EP,KR); Y02E60/50 (EP) (-)
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 [2021/46]
Title	German:	SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR METHANPRODUKTION	[2021/46]
	English:	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METHANE PRODUCTION	[2021/46]
	French:	SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION DE MÉTHANE	[2021/46]
Entry into regional phase	29.06.2021	National basic fee paid
	29.06.2021	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.06.2021	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.06.2021	Examination requested [2021/46]
	29.06.2021	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	03.02.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	01.09.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.02.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.01.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.01.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.01.2024	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited in	International search	[XY]WO2013089112 (PANASONIC CORP [JP], et al) [X] 1-4,10,11,20,22 * the whole document * [Y] 4;
		[YDA]US2017321334 (KUHL KENDRA P [US], et al) [YD] 14-16 * paragraphs [0033] , [0 43] , [0 46] , [0 51] , [0 53] , [0 54]; figure 1; table 2 * [A] 17-19;
		[XAYI]US2018265440 (KUDO YUKI [JP], et al) [X] 1-3,10-13,20,22,23 * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0036]; figures 1, 2; example 1; claims 1-10 * * paragraphs [0044] , [0 52] , [0 55] * [A] 17-19,21 [Y] 1,4,14-16 [I] 5-9;
		[Y]DE102017208610 (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [Y] 1,14 * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0033]; figures 9, 10, 12 * * paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0056]; table 1 * * paragraph [0125] - paragraph [0127]; claims 1-5 * * paragraph [0007] *;
		[A] - ENDRODI B ET AL, "Continuous-flow electroreduction of carbon dioxide", PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20170613), vol. 62, doi:10.1016/J.PECS.2017.05.005, ISSN 0360-1285, pages 133 - 154, XP085135284 [A] 1-23 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2017.05.005
	by applicant	US2017321334
		US2019226103
		- PHAN et al., "Role of Capping Agent in Wet Synthesis of Nanoparticles", J. Phys. Chem. A, (20180000), vol. 121, no. 17, pages 3213 - 3219
		- BAKSHI, "How Surfactants Control Crystal Growth of Nanomaterials", Cryst. Growth Des., (20160000), vol. 16, no. 2, pages 1104 - 1133
		- MORSY, "Role of Surfactants in Nanotechnology and Their Applications", Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., (20140000), vol. 3, no. 5, pages 237 - 260, XP055612998

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