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EP3598100 - METHOD FOR ESTIMATING HARDNESS OF COLD WORKED PART, AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING HARDNESS/EQUIVALENT PLASTIC STRAIN CURVE OF STEEL MATERIAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  29.04.2022
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nippon Steel Corporation
6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
[2020/04]
Inventor(s)01 / YAMAGATA Mitsuharu
c/o NIPPON STEEL&SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
02 / YOSHIKAWA Nobuo
c/o NIPPON STEEL&SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
03 / TSUKANO Yasushi
c/o NIPPON STEEL&SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
 [2020/04]
Representative(s)Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 330 920
80069 München / DE
[2020/04]
Application number, filing date18766888.415.03.2018
[2020/04]
WO2018JP10309
Priority number, dateJP2017005100516.03.2017         Original published format: JP 2017051005
[2020/04]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018169013
Date:20.09.2018
Language:JA
[2018/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3598100
Date:22.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP20.09.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.12.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01N3/40, G01N3/00, G01N3/08, G01N3/42
[2021/03]
CPC:
G01N3/42 (EP,US); G01N3/40 (EP,KR); G01N3/04 (KR);
G01N3/06 (KR); G01N3/08 (EP,KR); G01N2203/0019 (EP);
G01N2203/0078 (EP,US); G01N2203/0216 (EP); G01N2203/0218 (EP);
G01N2203/0252 (EP); G01N2203/0282 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2020/04]G01N3/40, G01N3/00
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 [2020/04]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM SCHÄTZEN DER HÄRTE EINES KALTBEARBEITETEN TEILS UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERLANGEN DER HÄRTE/ÄQUIVALENTEN PLASTISCHEN DEHNUNGSKURVE VON STAHLMATERIAL[2020/04]
English:METHOD FOR ESTIMATING HARDNESS OF COLD WORKED PART, AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING HARDNESS/EQUIVALENT PLASTIC STRAIN CURVE OF STEEL MATERIAL[2020/04]
French:PROCÉDÉ D'ESTIMATION DE LA DURETÉ D'UNE PIÈCE USINÉE À FROID ET PROCÉDÉ D'ACQUISITION DE COURBE DE DURETÉ/DÉFORMATION PLASTIQUE ÉQUIVALENTE D'UN MATÉRIAU EN ACIER[2020/04]
Entry into regional phase16.10.2019Translation filed 
16.10.2019National basic fee paid 
16.10.2019Search fee paid 
16.10.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
16.10.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.10.2019Examination requested  [2020/04]
12.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.11.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.06.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.02.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
24.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
23.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
10.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
29.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[IDY]JPH07333127  (DAIDO STEEL CO LTD) [ID] 1,2,4-8 * paragraphs [0007] , [0010] , [0013] - paragraph [0022]; figure 2 * [Y] 3;
 [YA]EP2796221  (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORP [JP], et al) [Y] 3 * paragraphs [0052] , [0053] , [0092]; figures 1A,9 * [A] 6;
 [A]  - ZHUBIN HE ET AL, "Study on the Formability and Deformation Behavior of AZ31B Tube at Elevated Temperature by Tube Bulging Test", JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE, SPRINGER US, BOSTON, (20100817), vol. 20, no. 7, doi:10.1007/S11665-010-9744-8, ISSN 1544-1024, pages 1278 - 1284, XP019954294 [A] 6 * section 3.3;; figure 8 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11665-010-9744-8
International search[A]JPH06288884  (NIPPON METAL IND) [A] 1-8 * , *;
 [A]JP2005249681  (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1-8* , *;
 [A]JP2009174886  (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1-8 * , *
by applicantJPH07333127
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