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EP0373577 - Process for the treatment of sewage sludges or industrial sludges with organic constituents by means of the conversion process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1990/25]	Process and apparatus for the treatment of sewage sludges or industrial sludges with organic constituents by means of the conversion process
	[1993/10]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.01.1994 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	30.11.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Thyssen Still Otto Anlagentechnik GmbH Christstrasse 9 44789 Bochum / DE
	For all designated states Hartmann, Helmut Dr. Im Rosengarten 1 D-67595 Bechtheim / DE
	For all designated states Nehring, Christoph Peenestrasse 12 D-45136 Essen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1993/44]	For all designated states Thyssen Still Otto Anlagentechnik GmbH Christstrasse 9 D-44789 Bochum / DE
	For all designated states Hartmann, Helmut Dr. Im Rosengarten 1 D-67595 Bechtheim / DE
	For all designated states Nehring, Christoph Peenestrasse 12 D-45136 Essen / DE
Former [1990/25]	For all designated states Still Otto GmbH Postfach 10 18 50, Christstrasse 9 D-44718 Bochum / DE
	For all designated states Hartmann, Helmut Dr. Im Rosengarten 1 D-67595 Bechtheim / DE
	For all designated states Nehring, Christoph Peenestrasse 12 D-45136 Essen / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Hartmann, Helmut, Dr. Im Rosengarten 1 D-6521 Bechtheim / DE
	02 / Nehring, Christoph Peenestrasse 12 D-4300 Essen / DE
	03 / Stalherm, Dieter, Dr. Doriderweg 14 D-4350 Recklinghausen / DE
	04 / Dungs, Horst Am Düngelbruch 21 D-4690 Herne / DE
	05 / Taron, Herbert Halterner Strasse 28 D-4350 Recklinghausen / DE
	06 / Wolf, Roland Stolzstrasse 4 D-4630 Bochum 1 / DE
	[1990/25]
Representative(s)	Dahlkamp, Heinrich-Leo Thyssen Still Otto Anlagentechnik GmbH Patentabteilung Postfach 10 18 50 44718 Bochum / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1990/25]	Dahlkamp, Heinrich-Leo, Dipl.-Ing. c/o Thyssen Still Otto Anlagentechnik GmbH Patentabteilung Postfach 10 18 50 D-44718 Bochum / DE
Application number, filing date	89122883.5	12.12.1989
	[1990/25]
Priority number, date	DE19883842446	16.12.1988 Original published format: DE 3842446
	[1990/25]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0373577
	Date:	20.06.1990
	Language:	DE
	[1990/25]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0373577
	Date:	10.03.1993
	Language:	DE
	[1993/10]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.04.1990
Classification	IPC:	C02F11/10, C10B53/00, C02F11/12	[1990/25]
	CPC:	C02F11/10 (EP); C02F11/12 (EP); C02F11/13 (EP); C10B53/00 (EP); Y02P20/129 (EP); Y02W10/40 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1990/25]
Title	German:	Verfahren zur Aufbereitung von Klärschlämmen und/oder Industrieschlämmen mit organischen Anteilen mittels des Konversionsverfahrens	[1993/10]
	English:	Process for the treatment of sewage sludges or industrial sludges with organic constituents by means of the conversion process	[1993/10]
	French:	Procédé de traitement de boues d'épuration ou de boues industrielles à parties organiques par le procédé de conversion	[1993/10]
	Former [1990/25]	Verfahren zur Aufbereitung von Klärschlämmen und/oder Industrieschlämmen mit organischen Anteilen mittels des Konversionsverfahrens sowie Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
	Former [1990/25]	Process and apparatus for the treatment of sewage sludges or industrial sludges with organic constituents by means of the conversion process
	Former [1990/25]	Procédé et dispositif de traitement de boues d'épuration ou de boues industrielles à parties organiques par le procédé de conversion
Examination procedure	08.12.1990	Examination requested [1991/06]
	08.10.1991	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	01.04.1992	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.05.1992	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	25.08.1992	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.09.1992	Fee for grant paid
	30.09.1992	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	11.12.1993	No opposition filed within time limit [1994/09]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.12.1991	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.12.1992	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	10.03.1993
	GB	10.03.1993
	IT	10.03.1993
	NL	10.03.1993
	[1999/42]
Former [1994/02]	BE	10.03.1993
	GB	10.03.1993
	NL	10.03.1993
Former [1993/47]	BE	10.03.1993
	NL	10.03.1993
Former [1993/45]	NL	10.03.1993

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