Process For Production Of Biogas - EP2760978

The patent EP2760978 was granted to Rheinkalk on Oct 30, 2019. The application was originally filed on Sep 21, 2012 under application number EP12766425A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP2760978

RHEINKALK
Application Number
EP12766425A
Filing Date
Sep 21, 2012
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Sep 27, 2019
Publication Date
Oct 30, 2019
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FELS VERTRIEBS UND SERVICEJul 28, 2020MAIKOWSKI & NINNEMANN PATENTANWALTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBBWITHDRAWN

Patent Citations (10) New

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DESCRIPTIONEP2090660
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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (13) New

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OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Biogashandbuch Bayern - Materialienband", Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, (20070700), pages 1 - 90, URL: https://www.lfu.bayern.de/energie/biogashandbuch/doc/kap1bis15.pdf, XP055733563
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Leitfaden Biogas$", Fördergesellschaft für nachhaltige Biogas und Bioenergienutzung (FnBB), Österreich, (20090000), pages 1 - 28, XP055733571
OPPOSITION- CAHYARI, K. et al., "Design of Biogas Plant from Fruit Market Waste in Indonesia", Renews 2010 - Renewable Energy Conference, Berlin, Germany, (20101012), pages 1 - 8, XP055733504
OPPOSITION- Felipe Kaiser, Tim Metzner, Mathias Effenberger, Andreas Gronauer, SICHERUNG DER PROZESSSTABILITÄT IN LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHEN BIOGASANLAGEN, Bayerische Landesanstalt fur Landwirtschaft /LFL/, (20080000), pages 5pp, 6 - 14, XP055733552
OPPOSITION- HECHT, MELANIE, "Die Bedeutung des Carbonat-Puffersystems für die Stabilität des Gärprozesses landwirtschaftlicher Biogasanlagen", Inaugural-Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, (20090000), pages I-VIII, 1 - 104, XP055733506
OPPOSITION- MCCARTY, P.L., "Anaerobic Waste Treatment Fundamentals- Part Four- Proess Design", Public Works, (19641200), pages 95 - 99, XP055160652
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OPPOSITION- MCCARTY, P.L., "Anaerobic Waste Treatment Fundamentals- Part Two- Environmental Requirements and Control", Public Works, (19641000), pages 123 - 126, XP009168583
OPPOSITION- "Monitoring of process stability in biogas plants by determination of the hydrogen carbonate buffer system", M. Hecht, R. Buschmann, J. Hoffmann, S. Wulf, J. Clemens, VDLUFA-Schriftenreihe 63, Kongressband, (20070000), pages 297 - 300, XP055732942
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OPPOSITION- F. RAPOSO et al., "Anaerobic digestion of solid organic substrates in batch mode: An overview relating to methane yields and experimental procedures", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (20110000), vol. 16, doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.09.008, pages 861 - 877, XP055337976

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