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EP1166370 - SUPERCONDUCTOR COMPOSITE WIRE FOR CURRENT LIMITERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.05.2012 Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	29.06.2012	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 01.08.2012 [2012/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION Two Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 / US
	For all designated states ABB Technology AG Affolternstrasse 44 8050 Zürich / CH
	[N/P]
Former [2011/26]	For all designated states AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION Two Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 / US
	For all designated states ABB Technology AG Affolternstrasse 44 8050 Zürich / CH
Former [2002/27]	For all designated states AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION Two Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 / US
	For all designated states ABB Technology AG Affolternstrasse 44 8050 Zürich / CH
Former [2002/01]	For all designated states AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION Two Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 / US
	For all designated states ABB Transmission & Distribution Technologies Ltd. Affolternstrasse 52 8050 Zürich / CH
Inventor(s)	01 / MASON, Ralph, P. 38 Cambridge Street Chelmsford, MA 01824 / US
	02 / CHRISTOPHERSON, Craig, J. 26 Anthony Drive Holden, MA 01520 / US
	03 / ROBERTS, Peter, R. P.O. Box 1027 Groton, MA 10450 / US
	04 / FLESHLER, Steven 531 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02446 / US
	05 / RILEY, Gilber, N., Jr. 630 Hemenway Street Marlborough, MA 01752 / US
	06 / KALSI, Swarn, S. 22 Minuteman Way Schrewsbury, MA 01545 / US
	07 / SNITCHLER, Gregory, L. 64 Ireta Road Shrewsbury, MA 01545 / US
	08 / DIEHL, Robert, C. 41 Hemlock Drive Holden, MA 01520 / US
	09 / PAUL, Willi Bahnhofstrasse 103 A CH-5430 Wettingen / CH
	10 / LAKNER, Martin Bollstrasse 28 CH-5413 Birmenstorf / CH
	11 / BONMANN, Dietrich Siebengebirgsring 62 D-53340 Meckenheim / DE
	12 / ZUEGER, Harry 7 Ch. de l'Etang CH-1219 Geneva / CH
	13 / OTTO, Alexander 92 Garrison Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 / US
	[2002/10]
Former [2002/01]	01 / MASON, Ralph, P. 79 Maplewood Avenue Marlborough, MA 01752 / US
	02 / CHRISTOPHERSON, Craig, J. 6 Wall Street, Apt. 2 Worcester, MA 01604 / US
	03 / ROBERTS, Peter, R. P.O. Box 1027 Groton, MA 10450 / US
	04 / FLESHLER, Steven 259 Lexington Street Watertown, MA 02472 / US
	05 / RILEY, Gilber, N., Jr. 630 Hemenway Street Marlborough, MA 01752 / US
	06 / KALSI, Swarn, S. 22 Minuteman Way Schrewsbury, MA 01545 / US
	07 / SNITCHLER, Gregory, L. 64 Ireta Road Shrewsbury, MA 01545 / US
	08 / DIEHL, Robert, C. 41 Hemlock Drive Holden, MA 01520 / US
	09 / PAUL, Willi Bahnhofstrasse 103 A CH-5430 Wettingen / CH
	10 / LAKNER, Martin Bollstrasse 28 CH-5413 Birmenstorf / CH
	11 / BONMANN, Dietrich Siebengebirgsring 62 D-53340 Meckenheim / DE
	12 / ZUEGER, Harry 7 Ch. de l'Etang CH-1219 Geneva / CH
	13 / OTTO, Alexander 92 Garrison Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 / US
Representative(s)	ABB Patent Attorneys C/o ABB Schweiz AG Intellectual Property CH-IP Brown Boveri Strasse 6 5400 Baden / CH
	[N/P]
Former [2009/26]	ABB Patent Attorneys C/o ABB Schweiz AG Intellectual Property (CH-LC/IP), Brown Boveri Strasse 6 5400 Baden / CH
Former [2002/08]	ABB Patent Attorneys c/o ABB Business Services Ltd, Intellectual Property (SLE-I), Haselstrasse 16/699 5401 Baden / CH
Former [2002/01]	Kaiser, Helmut, Dr. ABB Business Services Ltd., Intellectual Property (SLE-I), Haselstrasse 16/699 5401 Baden / CH
Application number, filing date	00931914.6	22.03.2000
	[2002/01]
	WO2000US07530
Priority number, date	US19990274438	22.03.1999 Original published format: US 274438
	US20000488742	20.01.2000 Original published format: US 488742
	[2002/01]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO0057493
	Date:	28.09.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/39]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1166370
	Date:	02.01.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.09.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/01]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1166370
	Date:	29.06.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/26]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	23.11.2000
Classification	IPC:	H01L39/16	[2010/46]
	CPC:	H01B12/16 (EP,US); H10N60/30 (EP,US); H01F2027/2819 (EP,US); Y02E40/60 (EP,US); Y10S505/881 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/01]	H01L39/16, H02H9/02
Designated contracting states	DE, DK, FR, GB, IT [2004/20]
Former [2002/01]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	SUPRALEITER-VERBUNDDRAHT FÜR STROMBEGRENZER	[2002/01]
	English:	SUPERCONDUCTOR COMPOSITE WIRE FOR CURRENT LIMITERS	[2002/01]
	French:	MATERIAU COMPOSITE LIMITEUR DE COURANT	[2002/01]
Entry into regional phase	08.10.2001	National basic fee paid
	08.10.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.10.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.10.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	08.10.2001	Examination requested [2002/01]
	10.12.2001	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	01.04.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.11.2008	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	06.01.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.06.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.10.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.04.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	10.05.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.12.2010	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.02.2011	Fee for grant paid
	22.02.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 01.04.2008
Opposition(s)	30.03.2012	No opposition filed within time limit [2012/23]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	06.01.2009	Request for further processing filed
	06.01.2009	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.02.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
	13.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.03.2009	Renewal fee patent year 10
	26.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 11
	24.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 12
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.03.2003	04 M06 Fee paid on 23.05.2003
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	DK	29.06.2011
	[2012/31]
Cited in	International search	[Y]JPH06309955 ;
		[YA]US4700257 (BEKHALED MOHAMMED [FR]);
		[A]WO9403955 (ARCH DEV CORP [US]);
		JPH06309955 [ ] (HITACHI CABLE);
		[Y]DE19746975 (ABB RESEARCH LTD [CH]);
		[PX]US5912607 (KALSI SWARN S [US], et al);
		[PXPA]WO0010176 (AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP [US], et al);

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