EP1560948A4 - Electrolysis process and cell for use in same - Google Patents

Electrolysis process and cell for use in same

Info

Publication number: EP1560948A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cell; same; electrolysis process; electrolysis
Prior art date: 2002-10-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP03753140A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1560948A1 (en

Inventor

Chung Ho Lam

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Intec Ltd

Original Assignee

Intec Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2002-10-21

Filing date

2003-10-21

Publication date

2006-02-22

2003-10-21 Application filed by Intec Ltd filed Critical Intec Ltd

2005-08-10 Publication of EP1560948A1 publication Critical patent/EP1560948A1/en

2006-02-22 Publication of EP1560948A4 publication Critical patent/EP1560948A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C25C1/12—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions of copper
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C25C1/16—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions of zinc, cadmium or mercury
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C25C1/18—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions of lead
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C5/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metal powders or porous metal masses
- C25C5/02—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metal powders or porous metal masses from solutions
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
- C25C7/02—Electrodes; Connections thereof
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
- C25C7/06—Operating or servicing
- C25C7/08—Separating of deposited metals from the cathode
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B15/00—Obtaining copper
- C22B15/0063—Hydrometallurgy
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
- Y02P10/20—Recycling

EP03753140A 2002-10-21 2003-10-21 Electrolysis process and cell for use in same Withdrawn EP1560948A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AU2002952181A AU2002952181A0 (en)	2002-10-21	2002-10-21	Electrolysis process and cell for use in same
AU2002952181		2002-10-21
PCT/AU2003/001393 WO2004035868A1 (en)	2002-10-21	2003-10-21	Electrolysis process and cell for use in same

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1560948A1 EP1560948A1 (en)	2005-08-10
EP1560948A4 true EP1560948A4 (en)	2006-02-22

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP03753140A Withdrawn EP1560948A4 (en)	2002-10-21	2003-10-21	Electrolysis process and cell for use in same

Country Status (16)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20060091017A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP1560948A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2006503978A (en)
KR (1)	KR20050062632A (en)
CN (1)	CN1705773A (en)
AR (1)	AR041685A1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2002952181A0 (en)
BR (1)	BR0314904A (en)
CA (1)	CA2502650A1 (en)
MX (1)	MXPA05004201A (en)
PE (1)	PE20040433A1 (en)
RU (1)	RU2331721C2 (en)
SA (1)	SA04250008B1 (en)
TW (1)	TWI334664B (en)
WO (1)	WO2004035868A1 (en)
ZA (1)	ZA200503694B (en)

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2002
- 2002-10-21 AU AU2002952181A patent/AU2002952181A0/en not_active Abandoned
2003
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- 2003-10-21 US US10/531,862 patent/US20060091017A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-10-21 RU RU2005115463/02A patent/RU2331721C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2003-10-21 EP EP03753140A patent/EP1560948A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2003-10-21 KR KR1020057006893A patent/KR20050062632A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2003-10-21 CN CNA2003801017989A patent/CN1705773A/en active Pending
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
PE20040433A1 (en)	2004-07-12
WO2004035868A1 (en)	2004-04-29
EP1560948A1 (en)	2005-08-10
AU2002952181A0 (en)	2002-11-07
MXPA05004201A (en)	2005-09-20
ZA200503694B (en)	2006-08-30
SA04250008B1 (en)	2008-05-20
US20060091017A1 (en)	2006-05-04
RU2005115463A (en)	2005-10-27
CN1705773A (en)	2005-12-07
KR20050062632A (en)	2005-06-23
BR0314904A (en)	2005-08-02
TW200411963A (en)	2004-07-01
JP2006503978A (en)	2006-02-02
AR041685A1 (en)	2005-05-26
CA2502650A1 (en)	2004-04-29
RU2331721C2 (en)	2008-08-20
TWI334664B (en)	2010-12-11

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2005-06-24	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2005-08-10	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20050509
2005-08-10	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2005-08-10	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL LT LV MK
2006-02-08	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2006-02-22	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20060110
2007-02-28	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20070124
2012-11-02	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2012-12-05	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20120614

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