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EP0961762 - REFUSE-TREATMENT METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.08.2005
Database last updated on 08.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.09.2008Change - lapse in a contracting state
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: SE
published on 08.10.2008  [2008/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Linde AG
Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21
65189 Wiesbaden / DE
[2004/06]
Former [1999/49]For all designated states
LINDE BRV Biowaste Technologies AG
6300 Zug / CH
Inventor(s)01 / RINDELAUB, Frank
Rue du Verger 11
CH-2014 Bole / CH
[1999/49]
Representative(s)AMMANN PATENTANWÄLTE AG
Schwarztorstrasse 31
3001 Bern / CH
[N/P]
Former [1999/49]AMMANN INGENIEURS-CONSEILS EN PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE SA BERNE
Schwarztorstrasse 31
3001 Bern / CH
Application number, filing date98910688.517.02.1998
[1999/49]
WO1998EP00888
Priority number, dateEP1997081009624.02.1997         Original published format: EP 97810096
[1999/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9838145
Date:03.09.1998
Language:DE
[1998/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0961762
Date:08.12.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0961762
Date:29.09.2004
Language:DE
[2004/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.09.1998
ClassificationIPC:C05F9/00, B09B3/00
[1999/49]
CPC:
B03B9/06 (EP,US); C05F9/00 (KR); B09B3/00 (EP,US);
Y02E50/30 (EP,US); Y02W30/40 (EP,US); Y02W30/52 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/49]
TitleGerman:ABFALLBEHANDLUNGSVERFAHREN[1999/49]
English:REFUSE-TREATMENT METHOD[1999/49]
French:PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT DE DECHETS[1999/49]
Entry into regional phase31.07.1999National basic fee paid 
31.07.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
31.07.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.09.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
31.07.1999Examination requested  [1999/49]
21.11.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.04.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.04.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.10.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.02.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.06.2004Fee for grant paid
17.06.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.06.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
16.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
24.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
11.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
22.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
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[2008/41]
Former [2005/10]SE29.12.2004
Cited inInternational search[X]EP0228724  (DANECO DANIELI ECOLOGIA SPA [IT]) [X] 10,18 * figure 1 *;
 [X]GB2208645  (FUTURE FUELS LIMITED [GB]) [X] 1,13,16,17 * page 2, line 35 - page 5, line 28; claim - *;
 [XY]EP0359250  (VEZZANI SPA [IT]) [X] 1,5,6,13,16 * column 4, line 1 - column 6, line 11; figure -; claim - * [Y] 8;
 [X]DE3835230  (HOLSTEINER GAS GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,6,7,13,16,17 * claim - *;
 [X]GB2230004  (PALLETT IVOR [GB], et al) [X] 1,13,16,17 * page 15, line 25 - page 16, line 12; claim - *;
 [A]DE3916866  (GREUL ARTUR RICHARD [DE]) [A] 1,18 * claim - *;
 [A]DE4222128  (BISCHOF RUDOLF GMBH [DE]) [A] 10 * column 2, line 65 - column 3, line 15 * * claim - *;
 [X]FR2689790  (SOVADEC VALORISATION DECHETS [FR]) [X] 10 * figure 2 *;
 [X]NL9302124  (LINATEX NEDERLAND BV) [X] 18* figure 1 *;
 [DY]CH685981  (RINDEKAUB FRANK ALEX ERICH [CH]) [DY] 8 * figure -; claim - *
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