EP2416150 - ULTRASOUND FLAW DETECTION DEVICE FOR PIPE ENDS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.06.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 03.07.2020 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.04.2020 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 12.10.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.06.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Nippon Steel Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP | [2019/25] |
Former [2013/04] | For all designated states Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP | ||
Former [2012/06] | For all designated states Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
FUJIWARA Kenji c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 02 /
KUBOTA Hiroshi c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 03 /
OBATA Tomoyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 04 /
YAMANO Masaki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | [2020/32] |
Former [2012/06] | 01 /
FUJIWARA Kenji c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | ||
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KUBOTA Hiroshi c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | |||
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OBATA Tomoyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | |||
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YAMANO Masaki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 5410041 / JP | Representative(s) | Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE | [2020/32] |
Former [2012/06] | Zimmermann & Partner Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10761493.5 | 15.02.2010 | [2020/32] | WO2010JP52146 | Priority number, date | JP20090081422 | 30.03.2009 Original published format: JP 2009081422 | [2012/06] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2010116791 | Date: | 14.10.2010 | Language: | JA | [2010/41] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2416150 | Date: | 08.02.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2416150 | Date: | 05.08.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/32] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 14.10.2010 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.11.2015 | Classification | IPC: | G01N29/04, G01N29/28, G01N29/275 | [2016/01] | CPC: |
G01N29/28 (EP,US);
G01N29/225 (EP,US);
G01N29/275 (EP,US);
G01N2291/052 (EP,US);
G01N2291/056 (EP,US);
G01N2291/103 (EP,US);
G01N2291/2634 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2012/06] | G01N29/04, G01N29/28 | Designated contracting states | 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 [2012/06] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | RS | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ULTRASCHALLGERÄT ZUR ERKENNUNG VON DEFEKTEN AN ROHRENDEN | [2020/12] | English: | ULTRASOUND FLAW DETECTION DEVICE FOR PIPE ENDS | [2012/06] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE DÉTECTION DE DÉFAUTS PAR ULTRASONS POUR EXTRÉMITÉS DE TUBE | [2012/06] |
Former [2012/06] | ULTRASCHALLGERÄT ZUR ERKENNUNG VON SCHWACHSTELLEN AN ROHRENDEN | Entry into regional phase | 27.09.2011 | Translation filed | 27.09.2011 | National basic fee paid | 27.09.2011 | Search fee paid | 27.09.2011 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.09.2011 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 27.09.2011 | Examination requested [2012/06] | 18.02.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 16.10.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.01.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.04.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.06.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 23.06.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 23.06.2020 | Receipt 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 16.10.2018 | Opposition(s) | 07.05.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/28] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.02.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.02.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.02.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 28.02.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 26.02.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 27.02.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.02.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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NO | 05.11.2020 | Documents cited: | Search | [I]GB2139353 (FROUDE CONSINE LTD) [I] 1-3 * abstract ** page 1, line 71 - page 2, line 15 *; | [XI]JPH112627 (HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY) [X] 1,3 * abstract * * paragraph [0004] * [I] 2; | [I]DE102007039326 (GE INSPECTION TECH GMBH [DE]) [I] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0021] - [0026] * | International search | [Y]JPS6029278U (MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.); | [Y]JP2005207795 (IHI AEROSPACE CO LTD); | [Y]JP2008139191 (SUMITOMO METAL IND, et al) | by applicant | JP2008139191 | - "Ultrasonic Testing Series (III) Ultrasonic Testing Method for Seamless Steel Pipe", IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, (19880415), pages 95 - 96 |