The patent EP2969942 was granted to Total Research & Technology Feluy on Aug 2, 2017. The application was originally filed on Mar 11, 2014 under application number EP14709640A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Opposition Rejected".

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Patent citations refer to prior patents cited during different phases such as opposition or international search.
| Citation Phase | Publication Number | 
|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | EP1717888 | 
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2008206124 | 
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2012298782 | 
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO9946437 | 
| OPPOSITION | EP2733116 | 
| OPPOSITION | FR2304405 | 
| OPPOSITION | US2008206124 | 
| OPPOSITION | US3815826 | 
| OPPOSITION | US4248387 | 
| OPPOSITION | US4546925 | 
| OPPOSITION | US4807815 | 
| OPPOSITION | WO9946437 | 
NPL citations refer to non-patent references such as research papers, articles, or other publications cited during examination or opposition phases.
| Citation Phase | Reference Text | 
|---|---|
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous C A R, "Product Data Sheet Needle coke 4727", Asbury Carbon,, (20080702), XP055455671 | 
| OPPOSITION | - Jurgen Falbe, Manfred Regitz, Römpp Chemie Lexikon 9., erwiterte und neubearbeitete Auflage, Stuttgart, Georg Thieme Verlag, (19920000), pages 205, 1642, 1643, 2276 , 2277 , 3329 - 3331, XP055489132 | 
| OPPOSITION | - MANOJ et al., "Study of Stacking Structure of Amorphous Carbon by X-Ray Diffraction Technique", Int. J. Electrochem. Sci, (20120000), vol. 7, pages 3127 - 3134, XP055636638 | 
| OPPOSITION | - Micromeritics Analytical Services, "4356 Communications Dr Norcross GA 30093 /Asbury 4023/", (20150818), pages 1 - 9, XP055489173 | 
| OPPOSITION | - Micromeritics Analytical Services, "4356 Communications Dr Norcross GA 30093 /Asbury 4727/", (20150818), pages 1 - 9, XP055489181 | 
| OPPOSITION | - NILS WIBERG, "XV. Die Stickstoffgruppe", Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie, (19850000), page 548, XP055636637 | 
| OPPOSITION | - FERET FRANK R., "Determination of the crystallinity of calcined and graphitic cokes by X-ray diffraction", Analyst, (19980400), vol. 123, pages 595 - 600, XP055339801 | 
| OPPOSITION | - Gebresellasie K; Shirokoff J; Lewis J C, "Effect of X-ray Line Spectra Profile Fitting with Pearson-Voigt and Generalized Fermi Functions on Asphalt Binder Aromaticity and Crystalline Parameters", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, (20121206), vol. 397, no. 1, pages 1 - 5, XP020235031 | 
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