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EP About this file: EP2347024

EP2347024 - A HARD-METAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.11.2020
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.09.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18
36151 Burghaun / DE
[2020/03]
Former [2013/30]For all designated states
Element Six GmbH
Städeweg 18-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
Former [2011/30]For all designated states
Element Six Holding Gmbh
Staedeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KONYASHIN, Igor Yuri
Städeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
02 / RIES, Bernd Heinrich
Städeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
03 / LACHMANN, Frank Friedrich
Städeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
 [2020/03]
Former [2011/30]01 / KONYASHIN, Igor Yuri
Staedeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
02 / RIES, Bernd Heinrich
Staedeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
03 / LACHMANN, Frank Friedrich
Staedeweg 12-24
36151 Burghaun / DE
Representative(s)Rollinson, Gabrielle Mary Joy, et al
Element Six (UK) Limited
Global Innovation Centre
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Oxford
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
[2020/03]
Former [2014/33]Reeve, Anna Elizabeth, et al
Element Six Limited
Group Intellectual Property
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Campus
Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QR / GB
Former [2011/30]Reeve, Anna Elizabeth
Element Six Limited 3rd Floor, Building 4, Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Road
GB-London W4 5YE / GB
Application number, filing date09787198.215.09.2009
[2011/30]
WO2009IB54024
Priority number, dateGB2008001683715.09.2008         Original published format: GB 0816837
[2011/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2010029518
Date:18.03.2010
Language:EN
[2010/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2347024
Date:27.07.2011
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.03.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2011/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2347024
Date:15.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.03.2010
ClassificationIPC:C22C26/00
[2011/30]
CPC:
C22C26/00 (EP,US); B22F2998/00 (EP,US)
C-Set:
B22F2998/00, B22F1/18 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2020/03]
Former [2011/30]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HARTMETALL[2011/30]
English:A HARD-METAL[2011/30]
French:MÉTAL DUR[2011/30]
Entry into regional phase04.03.2011National basic fee paid 
04.03.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
04.03.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.03.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.03.2011Examination requested  [2011/30]
22.04.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.08.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.12.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.06.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.09.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.11.2019Fee for grant paid
29.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.11.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  22.04.2016
Opposition(s)16.10.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
20.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
20.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
26.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
25.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 07
22.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 08
26.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 09
25.09.2018Renewal fee patent year 10
24.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU15.09.2009
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Cited inInternational search[YA]US4378975  (TOMLINSON PETER N [ZA], et al) [Y] 15-18 * example 1 * * example 2 * * column 1, lines 1-8 * * column 3, lines 4-12 * * column 4, lines 5-24 * * column 4, lines 32,33 * * column 4, lines 38-42 * * column 4, lines 57,58 *[A] 1-14;
 [Y]EP0774527  (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [Y] 1,2,10 * page 4, lines 16-35 * * claim 18 *;
 [Y]US2006093859  (KONYASHIN IGOR [DE], et al) [Y] 1,3-9,11-18 * paragraph [0017] * * paragraph [0022] * * paragraph [0024] * * paragraph [0025] * * claim 30 * * claim 44 *;
 [Y]US2007051354  (SUNG CHIEN-MIN [TW]) [Y] 1-14 * paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0034] * * paragraph [0101] * * paragraph [0102] *
ExaminationUS5723177
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