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EP About this file: EP2500443

EP2500443 - NI-TI semi-finished products and related methods [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.06.2016
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 21.11.2018  [2018/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SAES Smart Materials
4355 Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, NY 13413 / US
[2012/38]
Inventor(s)01 / Sczerzenie, Francis E.
49a, Lake Pleasant
New York, NY 12108 / US
02 / Paul Graeme, William
1717 W Cimarron Ln
Spokane, WA 99208-5090 / US
 [2013/01]
Former [2012/44]01 / Sczerzenie, Francis E.
49a, Lake Pleasant
New York, NY 12108 / US
02 / Paul Graeme, William
7202 Stearns Road
Rome, NY 13440 / US
Former [2012/38]01 / Sczerzenie, Francis E.
49a, Lake Pleasant
New York, NY 12108 / US
02 / Paul Graeme, William
Stearns Road
Rome, NY 13440 / US
Representative(s)Concone, Emanuele
Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A.
Via Carducci 8
20123 Milano / IT
[2015/31]
Former [2012/38]Concone, Emanuele
Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. Via Carducci 8
20123 Milano / IT
Application number, filing date12167433.728.10.2010
[2012/38]
Priority number, dateUS20090257195P02.11.2009         Original published format: US 257195 P
US20100308236P25.02.2010         Original published format: US 308236 P
[2012/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2500443
Date:19.09.2012
Language:EN
[2012/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2500443
Date:29.07.2015
Language:EN
[2015/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.08.2012
ClassificationIPC:C22C19/00
[2012/38]
CPC:
C22C19/007 (EP,US); C22C19/03 (EP,KR,US); C22C19/05 (EP,US);
C22F1/006 (EP,US); Y10T428/12021 (EP,US); Y10T428/12292 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2015/31]
Former [2012/38]AL,  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,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:NI-TI-halbgefertigte Produkte und entsprechende Verfahren[2012/38]
English:NI-TI semi-finished products and related methods[2012/38]
French:Produits semi-finis NI-TI et procédés associés[2012/38]
Examination procedure21.02.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.02.2013Examination requested  [2013/14]
21.03.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.07.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.09.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.10.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.12.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.01.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.05.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.03.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.06.2015Fee for grant paid
18.06.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.06.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP10827498.6  / EP2496724
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 (EP20100827498) is  13.03.2015
Opposition(s)02.05.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
09.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
15.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU28.10.2010
AL29.07.2015
AT29.07.2015
BE29.07.2015
BG29.07.2015
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DK29.07.2015
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    - M. NISHIDA ET AL., "Precipitation Processes in Near-Equiatimic TiNi Shape Memory Alloys", METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A, (198609), vol. 17A, pages 1505 - 1515
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-9795(97)00100-3
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