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EP About this file: EP2370617

EP2370617 - METHOD FOR FREEZING A NONMETAL MELT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.11.2013
Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.09.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 07.10.2015  [2015/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
Rudower Chaussee 17
12489 Berlin / DE
[2012/52]
Former [2011/40]For all designated states
Schott Solar AG
Hattenbergstrasse 10
55122 Mainz / DE
For all designated states
Forschungsverbund Berlin E.V.
Rudower Chaussee 17
12489 Berlin / DE
Inventor(s)01 / BÜLLESFELD, Frank
Uhlandstrasse 46
60314 Frankfurt / DE
02 / SAHR, Uwe
Hermann-Löns-Strasse 45
90411 Nürnberg / DE
03 / MILLER, Wolfram
Homuthstrasse 6
12161 Berlin / DE
04 / RUDOLPH, Peter
Helga-Hahnemann-Strasse 56
12529 Schönefeld / DE
05 / REHSE, Uwe
Havelkorso 69
16515 Oranienburg / DE
06 / DROPKA, Natascha
Halskestrasse 4
12167 Berlin / DE
 [2011/43]
Former [2011/40]01 / BÜLLESFELD, Frank
Uhlandstrasse 46
60314 Frankfurt / DE
02 / SAHR, Uwe
Hermann-Löns-Strasse 45
90411 Nürnberg / DE
03 / MILLER, Wolfram
Rheingaustrasse 25
12161 Berlin / DE
04 / RUDOLPH, Peter
Helga-Hahnemann-Strasse 56
12529 Schönefeld / DE
05 / REHSE, Uwe
Havelkorso 69
16515 Oranienburg / DE
06 / DROPKA, Natascha
Halskestrasse 4
12167 Berlin / DE
Representative(s)Gulde & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Wallstrasse 58/59
10179 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/48]Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider
Patentanwälte - Rechtsanwälte Wallstrasse 58/59
10179 Berlin / DE
Former [2011/40]2K Patentanwälte Blasberg Kewitz & Reichel
Partnerschaft Corneliusstrasse 18
60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE
Application number, filing date09749132.812.11.2009
WO2009EP65063
Priority number, dateDE2008105952128.11.2008         Original published format: DE102008059521
[2011/40]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2010060802
Date:03.06.2010
Language:DE
[2010/22]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2370617
Date:05.10.2011
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.06.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2011/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2370617
Date:26.12.2012
Language:DE
[2012/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP29.07.2010
ClassificationIPC:C30B11/00, C30B15/30
[2011/40]
CPC:
C30B15/305 (EP,US); C30B11/007 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/52]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM ERSTARREN EINER NICHTMETALL-SCHMELZE[2011/40]
English:METHOD FOR FREEZING A NONMETAL MELT[2011/40]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE SOLIDIFICATION D'UNE MATIÈRE NON MÉTALLIQUE EN FUSION[2012/21]
Former [2011/40]PROCÉDÉ POUR FAIRE SE SOLIDIFIER UNE MATIÈRE NON MÉTALLIQUE EN FUSION
Entry into regional phase27.06.2011National basic fee paid 
27.06.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
27.06.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.06.2011Examination requested  [2011/40]
08.05.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.09.2012Fee for grant paid
10.09.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  08.05.2012
Opposition(s)27.09.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
09.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU12.11.2009
CY26.12.2012
CZ26.12.2012
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Cited inInternational search[AD]EP1225255  (WACKER SILTRONIC HALBLEITERMAT [DE]) [AD] 1-11 * paragraph [0012]; figure 1; example 3 *;
 [A]  - KRAUZE A ET AL, "Numerical 2D modelling of turbulent melt flow in CZ system with dynamic magnetic fields", JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM [NL], (20040515), vol. 266, no. 1-3, doi:10.1016/J.JCRYSGRO.2004.02.028, ISSN 0022-0248, pages 40 - 47, XP004505874 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2004.02.028
 [A]  - RUDOLPH P ET AL, "A new method to grow III-V crystals from melt in travelling magnetic fields", 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDIUM PHOSPHIDE AND RELATED MATERIALS (IPRM) VERSAILLES [FR] 25 - 29 MAY 2008, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ [US], (20080525), doi:10.1109/ICIPRM.2008.4702896, ISBN 978-1-4244-2258-6, pages 1 - 3, XP031372652 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
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