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EP2982780 - METHOD FOR PREPARING A SILICON BLOCK, MOULD MADE OF QUARTZ GLASS OR QUARTZ SUITABLE FOR THAT METHOD, AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2016/06]	Mould made of quartz glass or quartz and method for the preparation of same
	[2019/31]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.10.2020 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 04.07.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 23.11.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG Quarzstrasse 8 63450 Hanau / DE
	For all designated states SolarWorld Innovations GmbH Berthelsdorfer Straße 111A 09599 Freiberg / DE
	[2016/06]
Inventor(s)	01 / Schenk, Christian Wackernheimer Strasse 24 55218 Ingelheim / DE
	02 / Scheich, Gerrit Schäferstraße 10 63500 Seligenstadt / DE
	03 / Nielsen, Nils-Christian Mainstrasse 19 65388 Schlangenbad / DE
	04 / Lehmann, Walter Magdeburger Strasse 25 04155 Leipzig / DE
	05 / Freudenberg, Bernhard Birkenweg 30 96450 Coburg / DE
	06 / Dadzis, Kaspars Maxim-Gorki-Strasse 09599 Freiberg / DE
	07 / Nadolny, Sandra Wasserturmstrasse 13 09599 Freiberg / DE
	08 / Wolny, Franziska Rudolf-Leonhard-Strasse 2 01097 Dresden / DE
	09 / Fischer, Gerd Lockwitzer Strasse 1a 01809 Dohna / DE
	[2016/06]
Representative(s)	Staudt, Armin Walter Sandeldamm 24a 63450 Hanau / DE
	[2016/06]
Application number, filing date	14182961.4	29.08.2014
	[2016/06]
Priority number, date	EP20140179760	04.08.2014 Original published format: EP 14179760
	[2016/06]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2982780
	Date:	10.02.2016
	Language:	DE
	[2016/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2982780
	Date:	11.12.2019
	Language:	DE
	[2019/50]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.03.2015
Classification	IPC:	C30B11/00, C30B29/06, C30B35/00, C03B19/09	[2019/31]
	CPC:	C30B11/002 (EP,US); C03B19/09 (US); C30B29/06 (EP,US); C30B35/002 (EP,US); C03B2201/03 (US)
	Former IPC [2016/06]	C30B11/00, C30B29/06, C30B35/00
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 [2016/38]
Former [2016/06]	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
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SILIZIUMBLOCKS, ZUR VERFAHRENSDURCHFÜHRUNG GEEIGNETE KOKILLE AUS QUARZGLAS ODER QUARZGUT SOWIE VERFAHREN FÜR DEREN HERSTELLUNG	[2019/31]
	English:	METHOD FOR PREPARING A SILICON BLOCK, MOULD MADE OF QUARTZ GLASS OR QUARTZ SUITABLE FOR THAT METHOD, AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF SAME	[2019/31]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ POUR LA FABRICATION D'UN BLOC DE SILICIUM, LINGOTIÈRE EN VERRE DE QUARTZ OU EN QUARTZ APPROPRIÉE POUR CE PROCÉDÉ, ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION	[2019/31]
	Former [2016/06]	Kokille aus Quarzglas oder Quarzgut sowie Verfahren für deren Herstellung
	Former [2016/06]	Mould made of quartz glass or quartz and method for the preparation of same
	Former [2016/06]	Lingotière en verre de quartz ou en quartz et son procédé de fabrication
Examination procedure	10.08.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.08.2016	Examination requested [2016/38]
	21.11.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.06.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.07.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.10.2019	Fee for grant paid
	24.10.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	24.10.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	14.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	26.08.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Stay/Interruption	01.08.2017	Interruption of proceedings. Reason: legal prevention of applicant	[2018/04]
	01.08.2018	Resumption of proceedings	[2018/04]
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	29.08.2014
	AL	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MK	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	AT	29.08.2020
	GB	29.08.2020
	IE	29.08.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	29.08.2014
	AL	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	AT	29.08.2020
	GB	29.08.2020
	IE	29.08.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	AT	29.08.2020
	GB	29.08.2020
	IE	29.08.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/38]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	29.08.2020
	IE	29.08.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	29.08.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/20]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	29.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/18]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/34]	AL	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/25]	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	11.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[XDY]EP0949358 (MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP [JP]) [XD] 8-10 * figures 1, 4 * * claims 10-13, 17-21 * * examples 1, 4 * [Y] 1-7;
		[A]DE19943103 (WACKER CHEMIE GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *;
		[A]FR2854398 (WACKER CHEMIE GMBH SOC [DE]) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *;
		[A]DE10344189 (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS [DE]) [A] 1-10* the whole document *;
		[Y]DE102009049032 (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS [DE]) [Y] 1-7 * paragraphs [0002] , [0 29] , [0 47] * * claims 1, 6, 9, 12 *;
		[A]US2013015318 (WAKITA SABURO [JP], et al) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
	by applicant	US5053359
		EP0949358
		WO2005106084
		WO2007063996
		DE102005013410
		DE102011082628

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