RE:RE:PYR Patent update Thor this NR refers to HPQ Silicon filing for a second application and I am having trouble finding HPQ applications in the USPTO site. It can be finicky re spelling, names, etc.
I have a PYR application which may be the "first" one but it was originally filed in February 2018 and has pub # 20180237306. A brief description is as follows: ( no reference to current terminology of PureVap and QRR):
1. An apparatus for producing silicon from silica, comprising a vacuum electric arc furnace adapted to receive feedstock therein, a vacuum system for providing vacuum in the furnace, wherein a plasma arc created in the furnace is adapted to provide energy to reduce silica to silicon.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a mixture of silica containing material, for instance quartz, and a reducing agent, for instance carbon, is adapted to be fed to the furnace.
Last USPTO action was in April 2020
Mail Non-Final Rejection
Date | Transaction Description |
04-02-2020 | Electronic Review |
04-02-2020 | Email Notification |
04-02-2020 | |
15/750,331 | SILICA TO HIGH PURITY SILICON PRODUCTION PROCESS | P3409US01 | |