| EP0963349 - DEVICE FOR SEPARATING GREASE FROM DRAIN WATER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.04.2007 Database last updated on 14.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): DK | published on 20.02.2008 [2008/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MDK Enterprises, Inc. 7041 N. Camino Martin, Suite 121 Tucson, AZ 85741 / US | [2006/24] |
| Former [1999/50] | For all designated states MDK Enterprises, Inc. 7041 N. Camino Martin, Suite 121 Tucson, AZ 85741 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MORRISON, Michael, S. 1436 W. Cool Drive Tucson, AZ 85704 / US | [2000/12] |
| Former [1999/50] | 01 /
MORRISON, Michael, S. 8213 N. Midnight Way Tucson, AZ 85741-1242 / US | Representative(s) | Wilson Gunn Centurion House 129 Deansgate Manchester M3 3WR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/50] | Phillips, Patricia Marie, et al Wilson Gunn M'Caw, 41-51 Royal Exchange, Cross Street Manchester M2 7BD / GB | Application number, filing date | 97951504.6 | 24.11.1997 | [1999/50] | WO1997US21969 | Priority number, date | US19960757489 | 27.11.1996 Original published format: US 757489 | [1999/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9823537 | Date: | 04.06.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/22] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0963349 | Date: | 15.12.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.06.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0963349 | Date: | 14.06.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/24] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 04.06.1998 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.01.2000 | Classification | IPC: | C02F1/40, B01D17/00, E03F5/16, B01D17/032 | [2000/08] | CPC: |
E03F5/16 (EP,US);
B01D17/005 (EP,US);
B01D17/0208 (EP);
B01D17/0211 (EP);
B01D17/0214 (EP);
B60C15/024 (US);
B60C15/04 (US);
B60C15/06 (US);
B60C15/0607 (US);
B60C3/04 (EP,US);
B60C15/0603 (US);
C02F1/02 (EP,US);
C02F1/40 (EP,US);
C02F2209/02 (EP,US);
C02F2209/42 (EP,US);
| C-Set: |
B01D17/005, B01D17/0208, B01D17/0211, B01D17/0214 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1999/50] | C02F1/40 | Designated contracting states | BE, DE, DK, GB, IE, IT, SE [1999/50] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUM TRENNEN VON FETT AUS ABWASSER | [1999/50] | English: | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING GREASE FROM DRAIN WATER | [1999/50] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE SEPARATION DES GRAISSES DES EAUX USEES | [1999/50] | Entry into regional phase | 22.06.1999 | National basic fee paid | 22.06.1999 | Search fee paid | 22.06.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.06.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.06.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 22.06.1999 | Examination requested [1999/50] | 08.05.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.11.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.11.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.05.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.09.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.01.2005 | Fee for grant paid | 19.01.2005 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 15.03.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2007/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 15.11.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.09.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.11.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 18.11.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 18.11.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.09.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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 | 14.06.2006 | DK | 14.09.2006 | SE | 14.09.2006 | [2007/22] |
| Former [2007/17] | BE | 14.06.2006 | |
| SE | 14.09.2006 | ||
| Former [2006/49] | SE | 14.09.2006 | Documents cited: | Search | No further relevant documents disclosed |