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EP About this file: EP3257810

EP3257810 - FORMED HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE BODY, HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE GRANULATES FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.09.2020
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  11.10.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.08.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.09.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.06.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  17.11.2017
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
3M Innovative Properties Company
3M Center
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[2017/51]
Inventor(s)01 / Uibel, Krishna
Zettlerstrasse 11
87448 Waltenhofen / DE
02 / Zimmer, Jan Christoph
Mühlweg 3
87439 Kempten / DE
03 / Lesniak, Christoph
Jörg-Funk-Str. 1
87474 Buchenberg / DE
04 / Schädel, Robert
Freudenberg 9
87435 Kempten / DE
 [2017/51]
Representative(s)Mössner, Brigitte
3M Deutschland GmbH
Office of Intellectual Property Counsel
(PC 072P)
Carl-Schurz-Strasse 1
41453 Neuss / DE
[2017/51]
Application number, filing date16174825.616.06.2016
[2017/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3257810
Date:20.12.2017
Language:EN
[2017/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3257810
Date:13.11.2019
Language:EN
[2019/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.10.2016
ClassificationIPC:C01B21/064, C04B35/583, C04B35/626
[2019/32]
CPC:
C04B35/583 (EP,US); C01B21/064 (EP,US); C01B21/0648 (EP,US);
C04B35/62695 (EP,US); C01P2002/72 (EP,US); C01P2004/03 (EP,US);
C01P2004/50 (EP,US); C01P2004/61 (EP,US); C01P2004/62 (EP,US);
C01P2006/10 (EP,US); C01P2006/12 (EP,US); C04B2235/3409 (EP,US);
C04B2235/386 (US); C04B2235/5292 (EP,US); C04B2235/5296 (EP,US);
C04B2235/5409 (EP,US); C04B2235/5472 (US); C04B2235/608 (EP,US);
C04B2235/61 (US); C04B2235/72 (EP,US); C04B2235/767 (EP,US);
C04B2235/77 (EP,US); C04B2235/96 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/51]C01B21/064, C04B35/583
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 [2018/30]
Former [2017/51]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:GEFORMTER HEXAGONALER BORNITRIDKÖRPER, HEXAGONALE BORNITRIDGRANULATE ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON[2017/51]
English:FORMED HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE BODY, HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE GRANULATES FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME[2017/51]
French:CORPS DE NITRURE DE BORE DE FORME HEXAGONALE , GRANULÉS DE NITRURE DE BORE HEXAGONAL POUR SA FABRICATION ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION[2017/51]
Examination procedure16.06.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.06.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.06.2018Examination requested  [2018/30]
19.09.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.01.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.10.2019Fee for grant paid
07.10.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
07.10.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)14.08.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
13.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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GB16.06.2020
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 [XA]US5898009  (SHAFFER GREGORY W [US], et al) [X] 10-12 * the whole document *[A] 1-9,13-15;
 [XA]WO2009030411  (ESK CERAMICS GMBH & CO KG [DE], et al) [X] 1-8,15 * claims 1-4 * * page 3, lines 14-23 * * page 7, line 3 - page 10, line 34 * [A] 9-14;
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