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EP3959358 - SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLAT PRODUCTS MADE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS CONTAINING COLOR MEASUREMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2022/09]	SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLAT PRODUCTS MADE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS, COMPRISING COLOUR MEASUREMENTS
	[2022/23]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.04.2024 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.05.2023
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 26.10.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 14.09.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.06.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 28.01.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 31.10.2020
Former	unknown Status updated on 06.05.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	12.04.2024	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 15.05.2024 [2024/20]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Speira GmbH Aluminiumstraße 1 41515 Grevenbroich / DE
	[2022/09]
Inventor(s)	01 / ZENTZIS, Dirk Corneliusweg 18 47918 Tönisvorst / DE
	02 / NITZSCHE, Gernot Im Stiefel 19 53340 Meckenheim / DE
	03 / ECKHARD, Kathrin 50969 Köln / DE
	[2023/14]
Former [2022/09]	01 / ZENTZIS, Dirk Corneliusweg 18 47918 Tönisvorst / DE
	02 / NITZSCHE, Gernot Im Stiefel 19 53340 Meckenheim / DE
	03 / ECKHARD, Kathrin Mühlenstraße 29 53347 Alfter / DE
Representative(s)	Cohausz & Florack Patent- & Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Bleichstraße 14 40211 Düsseldorf / DE
	[2022/09]
Application number, filing date	20721231.7	27.04.2020
	[2022/09]
	WO2020EP61619
Priority number, date	EP20190171086	25.04.2019 Original published format: EP 19171086
	[2022/09]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2020216959
	Date:	29.10.2020
	Language:	DE
	[2020/44]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3959358
	Date:	02.03.2022
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3959358
	Date:	07.06.2023
	Language:	DE
	[2023/23]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	29.10.2020
Classification	IPC:	C23G1/12, C23G1/22, C23G1/00, G01N21/89, C23G3/02, G01N21/25	[2022/23]
	CPC:	C23G1/00 (EP); G01N21/25 (EP,US); C23G1/125 (EP,US); C23G1/22 (EP,US); C23G3/02 (EP); G01N21/255 (EP); (+) G01N2021/8918 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2022/09]	C23G1/00, C23G1/12, C23G1/22, C23G3/02, G01N21/25, G01N21/88
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 [2022/09]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	OBERFLÄCHENBEHANDLUNG VON FLACHPRODUKTEN AUS ALUMINIUMLEGIERUNGEN UMFASSEND FARBMESSUNGEN	[2022/09]
	English:	SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLAT PRODUCTS MADE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS CONTAINING COLOR MEASUREMENTS	[2022/23]
	French:	TRAITEMENT DE SURFACE DES PRODUITS PLANS D'ALLIAGES D'ALUMINIUM COMPRENANT DES MESURES DE COULEUR	[2022/23]
	Former [2022/09]	SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLAT PRODUCTS MADE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS, COMPRISING COLOUR MEASUREMENTS
	Former [2022/09]	TRAITEMENT DE SURFACE DE PRODUITS PLATS COMPOSÉS D'ALLIAGES D'ALUMINIUM COMPRENANT DES MESURES DE COULEUR
Entry into regional phase	18.10.2021	National basic fee paid
	18.10.2021	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.10.2021	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.02.2021	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	18.10.2021	Examination requested [2022/09]
	18.10.2021	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	08.06.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.09.2022	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	27.10.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.03.2023	Fee for grant paid
	02.03.2023	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.03.2023	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	08.03.2024	No opposition filed within time limit [2024/20]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.04.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CZ	07.06.2023
	ES	07.06.2023
	HR	07.06.2023
	PL	07.06.2023
	RO	07.06.2023
	RS	07.06.2023
	SK	07.06.2023
	SM	07.06.2023
	NO	07.09.2023
	IS	07.10.2023
	[2024/10]
Former [2024/08]	ES	07.06.2023
	HR	07.06.2023
	RS	07.06.2023
	SK	07.06.2023
	SM	07.06.2023
	NO	07.09.2023
Former [2023/51]	ES	07.06.2023
	HR	07.06.2023
	RS	07.06.2023
	NO	07.09.2023
Former [2023/48]	ES	07.06.2023
	NO	07.09.2023
Former [2023/46]	ES	07.06.2023
Cited in	International search	[X]JPH08304273 (NIPPON STEEL CORP, et al) [X] 1,2,4-12 * page 2, paragraph 1 * * page 2, paragraph 4 - page 4, paragraph 13 * * figures 1-2; example 1; claims 1-2 *;
		[X]EP0898163 (FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG [DE], et al) [X] 1-3,6,13 * column 1, paragraphs 1-4 * * column 3, paragraph 13 - column 4, paragraph 21 * * column 4, paragraph 23 - column 17, paragraph 79; figures 1-11 * * column 17, paragraph 81 - column 19, paragraph 91 * * claims 1-25 *;
		[X]CN1427091 (NIPPON BACALAIJINGU CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,4-9 * the whole document *;
		[I]US2010269854 (BARBIERI PHILIPPE [FR], et al) [I] 1-13 * the whole document *;
		[Y]DE202012012549U (HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND [DE]) [Y] 1,2,4-6,9-13 * page 2, paragraph 1 - page 3, paragraph 11 * * page 4, paragraph 16 - page 5, paragraph 21 * * page 5, paragraph 25 - page 6, paragraph 31; figures 1-3 * * page 6, paragraph 32 - page 8, paragraph 37; examples 1-4; table 1 *;
		[Y]EP2623639 (HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND [DE]) [Y] 1,2,4-6,9-13 * page 2, paragraph 1 - page 3, paragraph 11 * * page 4, paragraphs 16-21 * * page 5, paragraph 25 - page 6, paragraph 28; figures 1-3 * * page 6, paragraph 29 - page 7, paragraph 34; examples 1-4; table 1 * * claims 1-14 *;
		[X]WO2014023283 (PREMIUM AEROTEC GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-9,13 * page 1, paragraph 1 - page 2, paragraph 3 * * page 3, paragraph 1 - page 10, paragraph 2 * * page 11, paragraph 1 - page 20, paragraph 2; figures 2-7 * * claims 1-13 *;
		[A]KR20140023693 (POSCO [KR]) [A] 1-15* abstract *
	by applicant	JP08304273B
		DE202012012549U
		EP2623639
		KR20140023693

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