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Plant And Method To Produce A Wood Fiber Panel - EP3778220

The patent EP3778220 was granted to Fantoni on May 10, 2023. The application was originally filed on Aug 11, 2020 under application number EP20190477A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP3778220

FANTONI
Application Number
EP20190477A
Filing Date
Aug 11, 2020
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Apr 7, 2023
Publication Date
May 10, 2023
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LIGNUMFeb 9, 2024BARDEHLE PAGENBERG PARTNERSCHAFT MBB PATENTANWALTE RECHTSANWALTEADMISSIBLE

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (15) New

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OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "FROM WOOD TO HIGH-QUALITY FIBER - COMPLETE FRONT-END TECHNOLOGY FOR FIBERBOARD PRODUCTION", Andritz Brochure, (20190101), pages 1 - 8, XP093166058
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "Hansol Home Deco, manufacturing reinforced flooring the size of 3 soccer fields every day", Hanson, (20120409), Hanson, URL: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/business/5151175, XP093183967
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "The EVO 56 Defibrator system - the obvious choice at Medite", Valmet, (20110426), Valmet , URL: https://www.valmet.com/insights/articles/pulp/fiberboard/the-evo-56-defibrator-system-the-obvious-choice-at-medite/, XP093183988
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "The top two sales in the Chammaru and MDF businesses… Total interior design is the future food source", Hansol, Hansol, URL: https://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2011122219901, XP009557747
OPPOSITION- Heiko Thoemen, Irle Mark, Sernek Milan, "Wood-Based Panels - An Introduction for Specialists ", Wood-Based Panels - An Introduction for Specialists, Brunel University Press, London, UB8 3PH. England, ISBN 9781902316826, (20101231), Wood-Based Panels - An Introduction for Specialists, URL: http://www.ahb.bfh.ch/NR/rdonlyres/6388C45C-8399-47AA-A833-589576D903BA/0/WoodBased_PanelsThoemen_et_alISBN9781902316826.pdf, (20140623), XP055124820
OPPOSITION- Nicewicz Danuta, Marcin Klimczewski, "Possibility of the production of three-layer MDF", Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, (20140101), vol. 88, pages 162 - 169, XP093183980
OPPOSITION- Otto Suchsland, George E. Woodson , "9. Dry-Process Fiberboard Manufacture", Otto Suchsland, George E. Woodson , Otto Suchsland, George E. Woodson, Fiberboard Manufacturing Practices in the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 640, (19860101), pages 136 - 167, XP009558363
OPPOSITION- Roger M. Rowell, Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites, 2nd ed., CRC Press, (20130101), pages 324, 368 - 377, 399 - 401, XP093164834
OPPOSITION- Svehla Jakob, Brigitte Winter, "STATE OF THE ART OF PLANTS OF THE PARTICLE- AND FIBERBOARD INDUSTRY - Description of Plants in Austria and Luxembourg ", Umweltbundesamt, Environment Agency Austria; REPORT REP-0443, (20130101), XP093183975
OPPOSITION- Yurttas M Sc, Ayrilmis N, Akbulut T, "PRODUCTION OF LAYERED MDF PANEL HAVING FINE FIBERS IN FACE LAYERS AND COARSE FIBERS IN CORE LAYER FOR FURNITURE INDUSTRY", Machines Technologies Materials, (20160101), no. 5, ISSN 1313-0226, pages 46 - 47, XP093183984
OPPOSITION- Min-Kug Hong, "Effects of surface laminate type and recycled fiber content on properties of three-layer medium density fiberboard", WOOD MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom, United Kingdom , (20200503), vol. 15, no. 3, doi:10.1080/17480272.2018.1528479, ISSN 1748-0272, pages 163 - 171, XP093164831
OPPOSITION- E. Roffael, "Bonding of recycled fibres with urea-formaldehyde resins", International Wood Products Journal, (20160102), vol. 7, no. 1, doi:10.1080/20426445.2015.1131918, ISSN 2042-6445, pages 36 - 45, XP093164829
OPPOSITION- Akbulut Turgay; Ayrilmis Nadir, "Some advantages of three-layer medium-density fibreboard as compared to the traditional single-layer one", Journal of Wood Science, Springer Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (20190918), vol. 65, no. 1, doi:10.1186/s10086-019-1822-4, ISSN 1435-0211, XP036889980
OPPOSITION- Nadir Ayrilmis, "Effects of core layer fiber size and face-to-core layer ratio on the properties of three-layered fiberboard", Bioresources, North Carolina State University * College of Natural Resources, US, US , (20170101), vol. 12, no. 4, doi:10.15376/biores.12.4.7964-7974, ISSN 1930-2126, pages 7964 - 7974, XP093164828
OPPOSITION- Huan Liu, "Refining Characteristics of Hardwood Pulp Using Straight- and Curved-bar Plates: A Time Series Study", PEOLPEU JONG'I GI'SUL - JOURNAL OF TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THEPULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY OF KOREA, HAN'GUG PULP JONG'I GI'SUL HAGHOE, SEOUL, KR, KR , (20190101), vol. 51, no. 5, doi:10.7584/JKTAPPI.2019.10.51.5.45, ISSN 0253-3200, pages 45 - 60, XP093166054

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