The patent EP4014266 was granted to Leydenjar on Sep 20, 2023. The application was originally filed on Aug 13, 2020 under application number EP20758357A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

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Patent citations refer to prior patents cited during different phases such as opposition or international search.
| Citation Phase | Publication Number |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | WO2015175509 |
| DESCRIPTION | WO2016163878 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | EP2549567 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2013115510 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2017207493 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2018083264 |
| OPPOSITION | CN105226258 |
| OPPOSITION | EP2549567 |
| OPPOSITION | NL2023642P |
| OPPOSITION | US2011111300 |
| OPPOSITION | US2013115510 |
| OPPOSITION | US2017098819 |
| OPPOSITION | US2017207493 |
| OPPOSITION | US2018083264 |
| OPPOSITION | US9209456 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2011056570 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2014058726 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2021029769 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2021030461 |
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, "COATING THICKNESS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING THICKNESS", Galvanisers Association of Australia, (20200101), Galvanisers Association of Australia, URL: https://gaa.com.au/coating-thickness-and-factors-influencing-thickness/, XP093194787 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "CONVERSION TABLE OF ZINC COATING", Product Catalog, Melewar Industrial Group Berhad, pages 1 - 1, Product Catalog, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20220328223744if_/http://www.melewar-mig.com/Product_Catalog_07/conversion_table_print07.pdf, XP093251721 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Galvanized Coatings -Surface Area Calculation Tables ", AZOM, (20030214), AZOM, URL: https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1852, XP093194788 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Oxygen", WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), (20190719), WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190719145346/https://www.webelements.com/oxygen/, XP093194778 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Thickness gauge for galvanisation - ", Standard products catalogue IFRC, ICRC, pages 1 - 5, Standard products catalogue IFRC, URL: https://itemscatalogue.redcross.int/detail.aspx?productcode=EMEAGAUG01, XP093251724 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Tin", WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), (20190719), WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190719145420/https://www.webelements.com/tin/, XP093194775 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Zinc", WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), (20190719), WebElements (accessed by the Wayback Machine), URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190719145440/https://www.webelements.com/zinc/, XP093194773 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "ZnO mp-2133", Materials Explorer (v2023.11.1), (20230101), Materials Explorer (v2023.11.1), URL: https://next-gen.materialsproject.org/materials/mp-2133#summary, XP093194783 |
| OPPOSITION | - Naghdi Samira, Rhee Kyong Yop, Hui David, Park Soo Jin, "A Review of Conductive Metal Nanomaterials as Conductive, Transparent, and Flexible Coatings, Thin Films, and Conductive Fillers: Different Deposition Methods and Applications", COATINGS, M D P I AG, CH, CH , vol. 8, no. 8, doi:10.3390/coatings8080278, ISSN 2079-6412, page 278, XP093194769 |
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