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EP3927664 - ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR CREATING A NON-UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD TO REMOVE POLARIZED MOLECULES IN A FLUID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.08.2023
Database last updated on 17.07.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.11.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip27.02.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Board Of Trustees Of Michigan State University
450 Administration Building
East Lansing, Michigan 48824 / US
For all designated states
Fraunhofer USA
1449 Engineering Research Ct.
East Lansing, MI 48824 / US
[2021/52]
Inventor(s)01 / FAN, Qi Hua
2697 Elderberry Dr
Okemos, Michigan 48864 / US
02 / WANG, Keliang
2317 Fieldstone Dr.
Okemos, Michigan 48864 / US
[N/P]
Former [2021/52]01 / FAN, Qi Hua
Okemos, Michigan 48864 / US
02 / WANG, Keliang
Okemos, Michigan 48864 / US
Representative(s)August Debouzy
7, rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris / FR
[2021/52]
Application number, filing date20760327.518.02.2020
[2021/52]
WO2020US18585
Priority number, dateUS201962807797P20.02.2019         Original published format: US 201962807797 P
[2021/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020172132
Date:27.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3927664
Date:29.12.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.08.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.08.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.09.2022
ClassificationIPC:C02F1/469, B03C5/00, C02F1/00, C02F1/46
[2021/52]
CPC:
B03C5/005 (EP,US); B03C5/026 (EP,US); C02F1/48 (EP,US);
C02F2101/36 (EP,US); C02F2201/009 (EP,US); C02F2307/06 (EP,US);
Y02A20/212 (EP) (-)
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 [2021/52]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRODENVORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINES UNGLEICHFÖRMIGEN ELEKTRISCHEN FELDES ZUR ENTFERNUNG VON POLARISIERTEN MOLEKÜLEN IN EINER FLÜSSIGKEIT[2021/52]
English:ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR CREATING A NON-UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD TO REMOVE POLARIZED MOLECULES IN A FLUID[2021/52]
French:APPAREIL D'ÉLECTRODE POUR CRÉER UN CHAMP ÉLECTRIQUE NON UNIFORME AFIN D'ÉLIMINER DES MOLÉCULES POLARISÉES DANS UN FLUIDE[2021/52]
Entry into regional phase08.09.2021National basic fee paid 
08.09.2021Search fee paid 
08.09.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
08.09.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.09.2021Examination requested  [2021/52]
21.04.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.02.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
27.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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