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EP0780648
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| EP0780648 - Nitrogen generation method and apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.07.2002 Database last updated on 15.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE BOC GROUP, INC. 575 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill New Providence, NJ 07974-2082 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/26] | For all designated states THE BOC GROUP, INC. 575 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Providence, New Jersey 07974-2082 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Naumovitz, Joseph P. 48 Lilac Drive Lebanon, New Jersey 08833 / US | [1997/26] | Representative(s) | Wickham, Michael, et al C/o Patent and Trademark Department The BOC Group plc Chertsey Road Windlesham Surrey GU20 6HJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/26] | Wickham, Michael, et al c/o Patent and Trademark Department The BOC Group plc Chertsey Road Windlesham Surrey GU20 6HJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 96309185.5 | 17.12.1996 | [1997/26] | Priority number, date | US19950573838 | 18.12.1995 Original published format: US 573838 | [1997/26] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0780648 | Date: | 25.06.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/26] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0780648 | Date: | 04.02.1998 | [1998/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0780648 | Date: | 29.08.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.12.1997 | Classification | IPC: | F25J3/04 | [1997/26] | CPC: |
F25J3/04224 (EP,US);
F25J3/00 (KR);
F25J3/04048 (EP,US);
F25J3/0423 (EP,US);
F25J3/0426 (EP,US);
F25J3/04278 (EP,US);
F25J3/04284 (EP,US);
F25J3/04333 (EP,US);
F25J3/044 (EP,US);
F25J2200/72 (EP,US);
F25J2210/42 (EP,US);
F25J2215/42 (EP,US);
F25J2250/02 (EP);
F25J2250/20 (EP);
F25J2270/12 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, FR, GB, IE, IT, LU, NL, SE [1997/26] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Stickstofferzeugung | [1997/26] | English: | Nitrogen generation method and apparatus | [1997/26] | French: | Procédé et dispositif de production d'azote | [1997/26] | Examination procedure | 07.07.1998 | Examination requested [1998/36] | 25.08.2000 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 21.02.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 08.03.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.06.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 07.06.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 30.05.2002 | No opposition filed within time limit [2002/34] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.12.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 06.12.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 07.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | BE | 29.08.2001 | IT | 29.08.2001 | NL | 29.08.2001 | SE | 29.11.2001 | [2008/06] |
| Former [2003/09] | BE | 29.08.2001 | |
| NL | 29.08.2001 | ||
| SE | 29.11.2001 | ||
| Former [2002/29] | BE | 29.08.2001 | |
| SE | 29.11.2001 | ||
| Former [2002/20] | SE | 29.11.2001 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]FR1380995 (CONCH INT METHANE LTD); | [A]US3370435 (ARREGGER JOHN E); | [A]EP0063318 (AIR PROD & CHEM [US]); | [A]GB2126700 (PETROCARBON DEV LTD) [A] 1,5,6 * figure 1 *; | [A]EP0624767 (BOC GROUP INC [US]) [A] 1,2,6 * figure . * |