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EP0696225 - PRESSURE DECANTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1996/07]IMPROVED PRESSURE DECANTER
[1996/51]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.10.1997
Database last updated on 03.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.10.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 10.12.1997 [1997/50]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1188 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal
Quebec H3A 3G2 / CA
[N/P]
Former [1996/07]For all designated states
ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1188 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal Quebec H3A 3G2 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / IIDA, Fusanosuke
2-8-7, Tonosawa, Shimizu-Shi
Shizuoka-Ken 424 / JP
02 / STEWART, Fitzgerald
Lot 9, Cedar Gardens Road, P.O. Box 565
Mandeville, Manchester / JM
03 / PUXLEY, Donald
1820 Bello
Jonquiere, Quebec G7S 2N9 / CA
04 / FULFORD, George, D.
28 Machar Place
Kingston, Ontario K7M 1L6 / CA
[1996/07]
Representative(s)Gaunt, Robert John
Stevens Hewlett & Perkins
1 St Augustine's Place
Bristol BS1 4UD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/07]Gaunt, Robert John
Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins 1 Serjeants' Inn Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1LL / GB
Application number, filing date94914995.906.05.1994
[1996/07]
WO1994CA00246
Priority number, dateUS1993005944507.05.1993         Original published format: US 59445
[1996/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9426383
Date:24.11.1994
[1994/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0696225
Date:14.02.1996
[1996/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0696225
Date:18.12.1996
Language:EN
[1996/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.11.1994
ClassificationIPC:B01D21/00, B01D21/01, B01D21/06, B01D21/24
[1996/07]
CPC:
B01D21/01 (EP,US); B01D21/06 (EP,US); B01D21/24 (EP,US);
B01D21/2427 (EP,US); B01D21/30 (EP,US); B01D21/34 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GR,   IT [1996/07]
TitleGerman:DRUCKDEKANTIERVORRICHTUNG[1996/51]
English:PRESSURE DECANTER[1996/51]
French:DECANTEUR SOUS PRESSION[1996/51]
Former [1996/07]VERBESSERTER DRÜCKBEHÄLTER
Former [1996/07]IMPROVED PRESSURE DECANTER
Former [1996/07]AMELIORATIONS APPORTEES A UN DECANTEUR SOUS PRESSION
Entry into regional phase03.11.1995National basic fee paid 
03.11.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
03.11.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.10.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
03.11.1995Examination requested  [1996/07]
19.04.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
17.06.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.09.1996Fee for grant paid
19.09.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.09.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.04.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]US4603000  (CASEY JOHN A [US]) [A] 1,2,11 * column 3, line 62 - column 6, line 35; figure - *;
 [A]WO8600879  (ALSTHOM ATLANTIQUE [FR]) [A] 1,3,11 * figure -; claim - *;
 [A]US4274958  (FITCH ELLIOT B) [A] 1,3,11 * column 2, line 65 - column 3, line 52; figure - *;
 [A]EP0422893  (ALCAN INT LTD [CA]) [A] 1,11 * the whole document *;
 [D]US5080803  (BAGATTO PETER F [CA], et al)
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