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EP4396129 - REFORMING UNITS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.06.2024
Database last updated on 30.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.03.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip10.01.2026Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Golu Hydrogen Technologies Inc.
1803 94 St, NW
Edmondton, Alberta T6N 1E6 / CA
[2024/28]
Inventor(s)01 / SINGH, Inder Pal
Edmonton, Alberta T6L 6L9 / CA
02 / SINGH, Shradha
Edmonton, Alberta T6L 6L9 / CA
03 / KONDRATENKO, Mykola
Edmonton, Alberta T6J 0J1 / CA
04 / ZAIDI, Syed Sameen
Edmonton, Alberta T6J 7B7 / CA
05 / MISTRY, Bharatkumar Babubhai
Edmonton, Alberta T6T 0A4 / CA
06 / LI, Zhiyong
Edmonton, Alberta T6W 4S9 / CA
07 / BERRY, Carson James
Sherwood Park, Alberta T8H 1Y9 / CA
 [2024/28]
Representative(s)Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[2024/28]
Application number, filing date22862466.430.08.2022
[2024/28]
WO2022CA51308
Priority number, dateUS202163239462P01.09.2021         Original published format: US 202163239462 P
[2024/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023028698
Date:09.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4396129
Date:10.07.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.03.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CA09.03.2023
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.06.2025
ClassificationIPC:C01B3/32, C01B3/02, C01B3/38, C01B3/48, B01J8/02, B01J8/06, B01J12/00
[2025/29]
CPC:
C01B3/384 (EP,US); B01J12/007 (EP,US); B01J19/0013 (US);
B01J19/2425 (US); B01J8/0257 (EP); B01J8/062 (EP);
B01J8/065 (EP); C01B3/14 (US); C01B3/323 (EP,US);
C01B3/3231 (US); C01B3/56 (US); H01M8/0618 (US);
H01M8/0687 (US); B01J2208/00168 (EP); B01J2208/00176 (EP);
B01J2208/00274 (EP); B01J2208/00504 (EP); B01J2208/0053 (EP);
B01J2208/065 (EP); B01J2219/00103 (US); B01J2219/00157 (US);
C01B2203/0233 (EP,US); C01B2203/0283 (EP,US); C01B2203/042 (US);
C01B2203/047 (EP,US); C01B2203/0475 (EP,US); C01B2203/0811 (EP,US);
C01B2203/0883 (EP,US); C01B2203/1229 (EP,US); C01B2203/84 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2024/28]C01B3/32, C01B3/02, C01B3/38, C01B3/48
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 [2024/28]
TitleGerman:REFORMIERUNGSEINHEITEN ZUR WASSERSTOFFERZEUGUNG[2024/28]
English:REFORMING UNITS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION[2024/28]
French:UNITÉS DE REFORMAGE POUR LA PRODUCTION D'HYDROGÈNE[2024/28]
Entry into regional phase20.03.2024National basic fee paid 
20.03.2024Search fee paid 
20.03.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
20.03.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.06.2023Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: CA
20.03.2024Examination requested  [2024/28]
08.01.2026Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.01.2026Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
03.07.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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 [YA] WO2021031894  (ALLY HI TECH CO LTD et al.) [Y] 4-6,9-13 * abstract; figure 1; claims 1-19 *[A] 1
 [YA] WO2020223793  (SBI FINE CHEMICALS INC et al.) [Y] 15 * abstract; figure 8; claim 1 *[A] 1
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International search[XY] WO2021001189  (HALDOR TOPSOE AS et al.) [X] 1-9,32 *page 3, lines 15-17; page 3, lines 20-29; page 4, lines 20-24; page 5, lines 3-11; page 7, lines 11-18; page 10, lines 7-17, 27-30; Examples 2, 4; Figure 4) *[Y] 10-19,22-29
 [XY] KR20210078058  (HNPOWER INC et al.) [X] 1-10,20-21,32 *machine translation to English retrieved on Espacenet* * [0003]-[0004], [0039]-[0047], [0055]; Figures 1-4*[Y] 11-19,22-31
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 [Y] WO2015200128  (ZONEFLOW REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC et al.) [Y] 10-18,22-31 *[0004], [0006], [00042]-[00043], [00047]; Figure 3*
 [D,Y] WO2020223793  (SBI FINE CHEMICALS INC et al.) [D,Y] 19 *[0006]-[0007], [0042]*
by applicantEP3018095
 US6296679
 WO2017215789
 WO2021031894
 WO2020223793
 WO2021001189
 KR20210078058
 KR20200070881
 WO2015200128
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