BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF SCRAP METAL, HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND/OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE FOR THE ISOLATION OF HEAVY METALS

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EP 3 277 850 B8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	07.07.2021 Bulletin 2021/27

(45)	Mention of the grant of the patent:
	19.05.2021 Bulletin 2021/20

(21)	Application number: 16713416.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.03.2016

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C22B 3/24^(2006.01)

C12R 1/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2016/056927

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2016/156405 (06.10.2016 Gazette 2016/40)

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BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF SCRAP METAL, HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND/OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE FOR THE ISOLATION OF HEAVY METALS

BIOLOGISCHE VERARBEITUNG VON ALTMETALL, HAUSMÜLL UND/ODER INDUSTRIEABFALL ZUR ISOLIERUNG VON SCHWERMETALLEN

TRAITEMENT BIOLOGIQUE DE DÉCHETS MÉTALLIQUES, DÉCHETS MÉNAGERS ET/OU DÉCHETS INDUSTRIELS POUR L'ISOLEMENT DE MÉTAUX LOURDS

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

30.03.2015 EP 15161646

(43)	Date of publication of application:
	07.02.2018 Bulletin 2018/06

(73)	Proprietor: BRAIN Biotech AG
	64673 Zwingenberg (DE)

(72)	Inventors:
	GOS, Stephen 63897 Miltenberg (DE) CHRISTIANSEN, Andrea 18119 Rostock (DE) LU, Xin 45257 Essen (DE) MEURER, Guido 64342 Seeheim-Jugenheim (DE) TIFFERT, Yvonne 68161 Mannheim (DE) GABOR, Esther 64673 Zwingenberg (DE) HOFFMANN, Bendikt 63739 Aschaffenburg (DE) LANGER, Martin 76227 Karlsruhe (DE)

(74)	Representative: Blodig, Wolfgang
	Wächtershäuser & Hartz Patentanwaltspartnerschaft mbB Weinstrasse 8 80333 München 80333 München (DE)

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References cited: :

EP-A1- 2 813 585
CN-A- 103 205 381

WO-A1-2009/130006
US-A1- 2012 036 962

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