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EP About this file: EP4010511

EP4010511 - COMPONENT HAVING IMPROVED SURFACE CONTACT RESISTANCE AND REACTION ACTIVITY AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.05.2022
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.09.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip03.01.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Treadstone Technologies, Inc.
201 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08540-6449 / US
[2022/24]
Inventor(s)01 / WANG, Conghua
201 Washington Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6449 / US
 [2022/24]
Representative(s)Patentgruppen A/S
Aaboulevarden 31, 4th Floor
8000 Aarhus C / DK
[2022/24]
Application number, filing date21761884.224.02.2021
[2022/24]
WO2021US19315
Priority number, dateUS202062981879P26.02.2020         Original published format: US 202062981879 P
[2022/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021173601
Date:02.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4010511
Date:15.06.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US02.09.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:C23C24/08, C25B9/75, C25B11/02, H01M8/0206, H01M8/0215, H01M8/0228
[2022/45]
CPC:
C23C24/085 (EP,US); C25B11/02 (EP); C25B11/036 (US);
C25B9/75 (EP); H01M8/0206 (EP); H01M8/0215 (EP);
H01M8/0228 (EP,US); Y02E60/50 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/24]C23C16/513, C23C28/00, C23C8/10
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 [2022/24]
TitleGerman:KOMPONENTE MIT VERBESSERTEM OBERFLÄCHENKONTAKTWIDERSTAND UND REAKTIONSWIRKUNG UND VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG[2022/24]
English:COMPONENT HAVING IMPROVED SURFACE CONTACT RESISTANCE AND REACTION ACTIVITY AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME[2022/24]
French:COMPOSANT PRÉSENTANT UNE RÉSISTANCE DE CONTACT DE SURFACE AMÉLIORÉE ET UNE ACTIVITÉ DE RÉACTION AMÉLIORÉE ET PROCÉDÉS POUR SA FABRICATION[2022/24]
Entry into regional phase10.03.2022National basic fee paid 
10.03.2022Search fee paid 
10.03.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
10.03.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.03.2022Examination requested  [2022/24]
13.04.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.04.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
03.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[X]JPH09283115  (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, et al) [X] 1,4,10 * claims 1-6 *;
 [XI]WO0069003  (LYNNTECH INC [US]) [X] 1-4,6,7,10,11,13,15 * claims 1-16 * [I] 5,8,9,12,14,16;
 [XAI]US2004101738  (TAWFIK HAZEM [US], et al) [X] 1,2,6,7,10,11,15 * claims 1-20 * [A] 4 [I] 3,5,8,9,12-14,16;
 [XI]US2009176120  (WANG CONGHUA [US]) [X] 1,2,4-7,10,11,13,15 * claims 1-33 * [I] 3,8,9,12,14,16;
 [XAI]US2011076587  (WANG CONGHUA [US], et al) [X] 1,2,6,7,10,11,15 * claims 1-12 * [A] 4 [I] 3,5,8,9,12-14,16;
 [XI]JP2011077018  (KOBE STEEL LTD) [X] 1,4,7,8,10,11,13,16 * claims 1-10 * * paragraphs [0001] , [0038] - [0039] * [I] 9,14,15;
 [XAI]WO2013126883  (TREADSTONE TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [X] 1,2,5,7,10,11,13 * claims 1-28 * * paragraphs [0003] , [0026] - [0030] * * figures 1,2 * [A] 4,6,8,9,15,16 [I] 3,12,14;
 [XI]EP2642571  (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP]) [X] 1,4,5,7,10,11,13 * claims 1-5 * * paragraphs [0067] - [0070] *[I] 6,8,9,14-16
International search[X]US4460666  (DINKLER LEONARD R [US], et al) [X] 1-3, 19-21 * Abstract, col 2 In 8-11; col 2 In 33-37; col 3 In 9-17; col 3 In 65 - col 4 In 18; col 4 In 40-42; col 4 In 61-64; col 5 In 36-41; col 5 In 58-63; Claim 1; Figure 1; Figure 2. *;
 [A]US5268045  (CLARE JAMES H [US]) [A] 1-3, 19-21 * Entire Document. *;
 [A]US2013011736  (LOVENESS GHYRN E [US], et al) [A] 1-3, 19-21 * Entire Document. *;
 [A]US2016305011  (WANG CONGHUA [US], et al) [A] 1-3, 19-21* Entire Document. *
by applicantEP2642571
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