EP1993325 - Graphite electrode of increased length [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 19.04.2019 Database last updated on 20.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 982 Keynote Circle Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131 / US | [2018/41] |
Former [2008/47] | For all designated states GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, OH 44130 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Artman, Diane c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | 02 /
Coleman, Phil c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | 03 /
Morales, Juan c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | [2011/37] |
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Artman, Diane c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | ||
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Coleman, Phil c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | |||
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Morales, Juan c/o GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 12900 Snow Road Parma, Ohio 44130 / US | Representative(s) | Brand Murray Fuller LLP 50 Eastcastle Street London W1W 8EA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2011/37] | Brand, Thomas Louis W.P. Thompson & Co. 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ / GB | ||
Former [2008/47] | Brand, Thomas Louis W.P. Thompson & Co. 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 08152184.1 | 29.02.2008 | [2008/47] | Priority number, date | US20070922519P | 09.04.2007 Original published format: US 922519 P | [2008/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1993325 | Date: | 19.11.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/47] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1993325 | Date: | 13.05.2009 | [2009/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1993325 | Date: | 14.09.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/37] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.04.2009 | Classification | IPC: | H05B7/14, H05B7/085 | [2008/47] | CPC: |
H05B7/085 (EP,US);
H05B7/06 (US);
H05B7/14 (EP,US);
Y02P10/25 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2008/47] | Title | German: | Graphitelektrode mit erhöhter Länge | [2008/47] | English: | Graphite electrode of increased length | [2008/47] | French: | Électrode de graphite à longueur augmentée | [2008/47] | Examination procedure | 02.11.2009 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 02.11.2009 | Examination requested [2009/51] | 15.06.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.08.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.03.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 14.07.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 14.07.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP11171064.6 / EP2373121 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 15.06.2010 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE SHOWA DENKO CARBON Germany GmbH Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 18 86405 Meitingen / DE | [2018/47] |
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ADMISSIBLE SGL Carbon SE Söhnleinstrasse 8 65201 Wiesbaden / DE | ||
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ADMISSIBLE SGL Carbon SE Rheingaustrasse 182 65203 Wiesbaden / DE | ||
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SGL Carbon SE Rheingaustrasse 182 65203 Wiesbaden / DE Opponent's representative Sauer, Philippe Manitz, Finsterwald & Partner GbR Martin-Greif-Strasse 1 80336 München / DE | 23.07.2012 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 15.01.2013 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 29.11.2013 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.01.2014 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 07.01.2014 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 15.04.2019 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2019/21] | Appeal following opposition | 13.02.2014 | Appeal received No. T0371/14 | 07.05.2014 | Statement of grounds filed | 01.04.2019 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.02.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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GR | 15.12.2011 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]SU1056480 ; | [Y]SU415837 (UKR METALLURG WKS) [Y] 1,3,4* figures 1-3 *; | [Y]EP1406473 (SGL CARBON AG [DE]) [Y] 1-10 * column 1, paragraph 39 - column 2; figures 1,2; claims 9,10 *; | [Y]EP1528840 (SGL CARBON AG [DE]) [Y] 2,5-9 * paragraph [0006]; figures 1b,2-5; claim 14 *; | [Y]WO2005120762 (UCAR CARBON CO INC [US], et al) [Y] 2,5-9 * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0004]; figures 1-4 * * paragraph [0028] *; | [Y] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1984, no. 31, Database accession no. 1984-193567, XP002522095 & SU1056480 A 19831123 (TSENTROENERGOCHERME) [Y] 1,3,4,10 * abstract * | by applicant | US4017327 | US6916435 | US2006140244 | - DAN D. EDIE; JOHN J. MCHUGH, HIGH PERFORMANCE CARBON FIBERS AT PAGES, pages 119 - 138 8 |