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EP0797543 - PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METAL-CONTAINING WATER AND RECOVERY OF METALS THEREFROM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.05.2000 Database last updated on 07.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.08.2004	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 22.09.2004 [2004/39]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1256 North McLean Boulevard P.O. Box 8305 Memphis Tennessee 38108-0305 / US
	For all designated states Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada on behalf of the University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1999/50]	For all designated states BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1256 North McLean Boulevard P.O. Box 8305 Memphis Tennessee 38108-0305 / US
	For all designated states Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada on behalf of the University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557 / US
Former [1997/40]	For all designated states BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1256 North McLean Boulevard P.O. Box 8305 Memphis Tennessee 38108-0305 / US
	For all designated states UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEVADA University of Nevada, Reno Graduate School/326 Reno, NV 89557 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / MISRA, Manoranjan 6225 Stone Valley Drive Reno, NV 89523 / US
	02 / KRAVETZ, Mark, E. Apartment No. 717 433 Town Center Corte Madera, CA 94925 / US
	03 / YANG, Kang 34 W. 9th Street, No. 3 Reno, NV 89503 / US
	04 / MCNEEL, Thomas, E. 3509 Amesbury Memphis, TN 38135 / US
	[1997/40]
Representative(s)	Matthews, Derek Peter, et al Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1997/40]	Matthews, Derek Peter, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date	95908498.9	12.01.1995
	[1997/40]
	WO1995US00485
Priority number, date	US19940181119	13.01.1994 Original published format: US 181119
	[1997/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9519320
	Date:	20.07.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/31]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0797543
	Date:	01.10.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.07.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/40]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0797543
	Date:	14.07.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/28]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	20.07.1995
Classification	IPC:	C01G49/00, C02F1/62	[1997/40]
	CPC:	C02F9/00 (EP,US); C01G49/009 (EP,US); C02F1/62 (EP,US); C02F1/70 (EP,US); C01P2002/32 (EP,US); C01P2002/77 (EP,US); (+) C01P2002/85 (EP,US); C01P2004/03 (EP,US); C01P2006/42 (EP,US); C01P2006/60 (EP,US); C01P2006/80 (EP,US); C02F2101/20 (EP,US); Y10S210/912 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1997/40]
Extension states	LT	23.10.1996
	SI	23.10.1996
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON METALL ENTHALTENDES WASSER UND GEWINNUNG VON METALLEN DARAUS	[1997/40]
	English:	PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METAL-CONTAINING WATER AND RECOVERY OF METALS THEREFROM	[1997/40]
	French:	PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT D'EAU CONTENANT DES METAUX ET EXTRACTION DE CES METAUX	[1997/40]
Entry into regional phase	23.10.1996	National basic fee paid
	23.10.1996	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.10.1996	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.08.1995	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	23.10.1996	Examination requested [1997/40]
	29.10.1997	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.02.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.07.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	19.01.1999	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.04.1999	Fee for grant paid
	07.04.1999	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	15.04.2000	No opposition filed within time limit [2000/26]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.10.1996	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.01.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
	25.09.1996	AT M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	BE M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	CH M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	DE M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	DK M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	ES M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	FR M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	GB M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	GR M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	IE M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	IT M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	LI M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	LU M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	MC M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	NL M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	PT M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	25.09.1996	SE M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
	25.09.1996	M01 Fee paid on 23.10.1996
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.01.1998	04 M06 Fee paid on 24.03.1998
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CH	14.07.1999
	GR	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	NL	14.07.1999
	DK	14.10.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
	LU	12.01.2000
	MC	31.01.2000
	[2004/39]
Former [2004/07]	CH	14.07.1999
	GR	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	NL	14.07.1999
	DK	14.10.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
	MC	31.01.2000
Former [2003/45]	CH	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	NL	14.07.1999
	DK	14.10.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
	MC	31.01.2000
Former [2003/08]	CH	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	NL	14.07.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
	MC	31.01.2000
Former [2002/42]	CH	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
	MC	31.01.2000
Former [2001/17]	CH	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
	IE	12.01.2000
Former [2000/52]	CH	14.07.1999
	LI	14.07.1999
Former [2000/50]	CH	19.10.1999
	LI	19.10.1999
Cited in	International search	[A]JPS6019092 ;
		[A]JPS51140873 ;
		[A]JPS52152657 ;
		[A]DE3841590 (NIPPON KOKAN KK [JP], et al) [A] 3* the whole document *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850608), vol. 9, no. 134, Database accession no. (C - 285), & JP60019092 A 19850131 (NIPPON DENKI KK) [A] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, Database accession no. 77-04910y, & JPS51140873 A 19761205 (NIPPON ELECTRIC KK) [A] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, Database accession no. 78-09504a, & JPS52152657 A 19771219 (MIYOSHI YUSHI KK) [A] 2 * abstract *

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