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EP1728566 - SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING DEVICE AND SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING METHOD USING THEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2006/49]	SEAMLESS PIPE PIERCE-ROLLING PLUG, SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING DEVICE AND SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING METHOD USING THEM
	[2012/19]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.07.2013 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.07.2013	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 07.08.2013 [2013/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	[2013/04]
Former [2006/49]	For all designated states SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / YAMAKAWA, Tomio, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 5410041 / JP
	02 / SHIMODA, Kazuhiro, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 5410041 / JP
	[2012/35]
Former [2006/49]	01 / YAMAKAWA, Tomio, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 5410041 / JP
	02 / SHIMODA, Kazuhiro, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 5410041 / JP
Representative(s)	Jackson, Martin Peter, et al J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
	[2012/35]
Former [2006/49]	Jackson, Martin Peter, et al J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Application number, filing date	05720580.9	11.03.2005
	[2006/49]
	WO2005JP04309
Priority number, date	JP20040069005	11.03.2004 Original published format: JP 2004069005
	JP20040068744	11.03.2004 Original published format: JP 2004068744
	[2006/49]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2005087401
	Date:	22.09.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/38]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1728566
	Date:	06.12.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.09.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/49]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1728566
	Date:	29.08.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/35]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	22.09.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	31.08.2007
Classification	IPC:	B21B25/00, B21B25/06	[2006/49]
	CPC:	B21B25/06 (EP,US); B21B25/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE [2007/25]
Former [2006/49]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG NAHTLOSER ROHRE UND DIESE VERWENDENDES VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG NAHTLOSER ROHRE	[2012/19]
	English:	SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING DEVICE AND SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING METHOD USING THEM	[2012/19]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE PRODUCTION DE TUBES SANS SOUDURE ET MÉTHODE DE PRODUCTION DE TUBE SANS SOUDURE À L'AIDE DE CEUX-CI	[2012/19]
	Former [2006/49]	STOPFEN ZUM LOCHWALZEN NAHTLOSER ROHRE, VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG NAHTLOSER ROHRE UND DIESE VERWENDENDES VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG NAHTLOSER ROHRE
	Former [2006/49]	SEAMLESS PIPE PIERCE-ROLLING PLUG, SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING DEVICE AND SEAMLESS PIPE PRODUCING METHOD USING THEM
	Former [2006/49]	POINÇON DE LAMINAGE AVEC PERCEMENT POUR TUBE SANS SOUDURE, DISPOSITIF DE PRODUCTION DE TUBES SANS SOUDURE ET MÉTHODE DE PRODUCTION DE TUBE SANS SOUDURE À L'AIDE DE CEUX-CI
Entry into regional phase	21.09.2006	Translation filed
	21.09.2006	National basic fee paid
	21.09.2006	Search fee paid
	21.09.2006	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.09.2006	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.09.2006	Examination requested [2006/49]
	26.11.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	28.05.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.06.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	28.07.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.01.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.03.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.04.2012	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.07.2012	Fee for grant paid
	18.07.2012	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 26.11.2007
Opposition(s)	30.05.2013	No opposition filed within time limit [2013/32]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.03.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	15.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[XAY]US1951087 (JAY DUNN JERRY) [X] 7,12 * page 2, line 47 - line 97; figure 1 * [A] 1-6 [Y] 8-11,13-15;
		[A]JPS59225805 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO) [A] 1-15* abstract *;
		[Y]JPS63203205 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [Y] 10,11,14,15 * the whole document *;
		[A]JPH02251304 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [A] 1-15 * abstract *;
		[XAY]JPH09276910 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [X] 7,12 * abstract * [A] 1-6 [Y] 8-11,13-15;
		[Y]JPH10249412 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [Y] 9,13 * abstract *;
		[Y]JPH10277610 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [Y] 8 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]JPH02142604 (SUMITOMO METAL IND);
		[Y]JPH02251304 (SUMITOMO METAL IND);
		[X]JPH09276910 (NIPPON STEEL CORP);
		[Y]JPH10249412 (SUMITOMO METAL IND)

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