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EP3295209 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE LENGTH OF AN ELECTRODE IN AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.07.2021 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.03.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 12.11.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 16.02.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 25.11.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	27.04.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hatch Ltd. 2800 Speakman Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2R7 / CA
	[2018/12]
Inventor(s)	01 / CRAMER, Matthew H. 247 Jelinik Terrace Milton, Ontario L9T 7M7 / CA
	02 / SADRI, Afshin 25 Majesty Court Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 3S6 / CA
	03 / ERSKINE, Jennifer 2170-18 Bromsgrove Road Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4J2 / CA
	04 / CHATAWAY, David 954 Whittier Crescent Mississauga, Ontario L5H 2X3 / CA
	05 / WASMUND, Bert O. 5271 Campbellville Road Milton, Ontario L9T 7L6 / CA
	[2018/12]
Representative(s)	Millburn, Julie Elizabeth, et al Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2018/12]	Robson, Aidan John Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB
Application number, filing date	16795586.3	13.05.2016
	[2018/12]
	WO2016CA50550
Priority number, date	US201562162158P	15.05.2015 Original published format: US 201562162158 P
	[2018/12]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016183672
	Date:	24.11.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/47]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3295209
	Date:	21.03.2018
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.11.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/12]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3295209
	Date:	02.09.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/36]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	24.11.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.10.2018
Classification	IPC:	G01S13/08, C21D1/38, C22B9/21, F27B3/08, F27D21/00, G01F23/284, G01S13/88, F27B3/28	[2018/47]
	CPC:	G01S13/08 (EP,US); F27B3/28 (EP,US); F27D21/00 (EP,US); G01F23/284 (EP,US); G01S13/88 (EP,US); F27B3/085 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2018/12]	G01S13/08, C21D1/38, C22B9/21, F27B3/08, F27D21/00, G01F23/284, G01S13/88
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 [2018/12]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MESSUNG DER LÄNGE EINER ELEKTRODE IN EINEM ELEKTROLICHTBOGENOFEN	[2018/12]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE LENGTH OF AN ELECTRODE IN AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE	[2018/12]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR MESURER LA LONGUEUR D'UNE ÉLECTRODE DANS UN FOUR À ARC ÉLECTRIQUE	[2020/14]
	Former [2018/12]	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE MESURE DE LA LONGUEUR D'UNE ÉLECTRODE DANS UN FOUR À ARC ÉLECTRIQUE
Entry into regional phase	13.12.2017	National basic fee paid
	13.12.2017	Search fee paid
	13.12.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.12.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.12.2017	Examination requested [2018/12]
	13.12.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	17.05.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	15.11.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	15.01.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.03.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.07.2020	Fee for grant paid
	20.07.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	21.07.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	03.06.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/32]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.03.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.05.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	13.05.2016
	AL	02.09.2020
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	SM	02.09.2020
	NL	23.09.2020
	BG	02.12.2020
	NO	02.12.2020
	GR	03.12.2020
	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
	GB	13.05.2021
	IE	13.05.2021
	LU	13.05.2021
	BE	31.05.2021
	CH	31.05.2021
	FR	31.05.2021
	LI	31.05.2021
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	AL	02.09.2020
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	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
	GB	13.05.2021
	IE	13.05.2021
	LU	13.05.2021
	BE	31.05.2021
	CH	31.05.2021
	FR	31.05.2021
	LI	31.05.2021
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	CZ	02.09.2020
	DK	02.09.2020
	EE	02.09.2020
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	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
	GB	13.05.2021
	IE	13.05.2021
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	BE	31.05.2021
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	IS	02.01.2021
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	GB	13.05.2021
	IE	13.05.2021
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	CH	31.05.2021
	LI	31.05.2021
Former [2022/21]	AL	02.09.2020
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	CH	31.05.2021
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	CH	31.05.2021
	LI	31.05.2021
Former [2022/09]	AL	02.09.2020
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	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
	LU	13.05.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	02.09.2020
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	EE	02.09.2020
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	SE	02.09.2020
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	SM	02.09.2020
	BG	02.12.2020
	NO	02.12.2020
	GR	03.12.2020
	IS	02.01.2021
	PT	04.01.2021
Former [2021/48]	AL	02.09.2020
	AT	02.09.2020
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	EE	02.09.2020
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI]JP2012137255 (WIRE DEVICE KK) [X] 1-7 * paragraphs [0001] , [0002]; figures 1,2,6,7; claims 1-5 *[I] 8-15;
		[X]US2013127653 (DIENENTHAL JORG [DE], et al) [X] 1-15 * paragraphs [0001] , [0002] , [0008] , [0012] , [0016] , [0019] , [0021]; figures 1,3; claims 1,2 *;
		[XI]WO2014002192 (WADECO CO LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1-7 * paragraphs [0001] , [0002]; figures 1,2,6,7; claims 1,2,6 * [I] 8-15;
		[X] - Norman Ballard ET AL, "ELECTRODE LENGTH MEASUREMENT IN ELECTRIC 'ARC FURNACES", MSc Dissertation., (19950426), pages 1 - 68, URL: https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/18232/thesis_ebe_1995_ballard_norman.pdf?sequence=1, (20161220), XP055330590 [X] 1-15 * page ii; 1st and 2nd paragraphs * * page 9; section 2.2.4 * * page 1; 3rd paragraph * * figure 1.2 *
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