EP2016286A4
Method and apparatus for controlling fluid flow
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| US2004050861A1 | Cites | United States of America | XI | Search report | 1-6,9,10,14,17-21 |
| WO2005035126A1 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | X | Search report | 1,3-6,9,13,14,18-21,23 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 2016286
- Application
- 77943967
Titles3
- German
- VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLÜSSIGKEITSFLUSSES
- English
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW
- French
- MÉTHODE ET APPAREIL DE CONTRÔLE DE L'ÉCOULEMENT DE FLUIDE
Classification
- CPC, 9
- F04B45/047
- B01L3/021
- B01L3/0213
- B01L2400/0487
- B01L2400/0633
- F04B43/0081
- F04B53/16
- F04B2201/0201
- F04B2201/1208
- IPC, 6
- F04B17 00
- B01L3 02
- F04B43 00
- F04B45 04
- F04B45 047
- F04B53 16
Designated states3
- Contracting states, 3
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom