EP2746761 - METHOD FOR MAGNETIC FLAW DETECTION AND MAGNETIC FLAW DETECTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.03.2020 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 12.04.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.01.2019 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.11.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Nippon Steel Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP | [2019/25] |
Former [2014/26] | For all designated states Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SUZUMA, Toshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 02 /
NAKAO, Yoshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 03 /
SAKAMOTO, Makoto c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP | 04 /
OOTA, Yoshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0041 / JP | [2014/50] |
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SUZUMA Toshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | ||
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NAKAO Yoshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | |||
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SAKAMOTO Makoto c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | |||
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OOTA Yoshiyuki c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP | Representative(s) | Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE | [2019/20] |
Former [2014/26] | Zimmermann & Partner Josephspitalstr. 15 80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 12823776.5 | 15.08.2012 | [2019/20] | WO2012JP70723 | Priority number, date | JP20110178915 | 18.08.2011 Original published format: JP 2011178915 | [2014/26] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2013024858 | Date: | 21.02.2013 | Language: | JA | [2013/08] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2746761 | Date: | 25.06.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/26] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2746761 | Date: | 15.05.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/20] | Type: | B8 Corrected title page of specification | No.: | EP2746761 | Date: | 21.08.2019 | [2019/34] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 21.02.2013 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.02.2015 | Classification | IPC: | G01N27/83 | [2014/26] | CPC: |
G01N27/83 (EP,US);
G01N27/82 (US);
G01N27/902 (US)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2014/26] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN FÜR MAGNETISCHE RISSPRÜFUNG UND MAGNETISCHER RISSDETEKTOR | [2014/26] | English: | METHOD FOR MAGNETIC FLAW DETECTION AND MAGNETIC FLAW DETECTOR | [2014/26] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION DES DÉFAUTS MAGNÉTIQUES ET DÉTECTEUR AFFÉRENT | [2014/26] | Entry into regional phase | 03.02.2014 | Translation filed | 03.02.2014 | National basic fee paid | 03.02.2014 | Search fee paid | 03.02.2014 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.02.2014 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.02.2014 | Examination requested [2014/26] | 15.07.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 28.11.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.03.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.01.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.04.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 02.04.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 02.04.2019 | 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 28.11.2016 | Opposition(s) | 18.02.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/17] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.08.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.08.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.08.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 31.08.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 31.08.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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