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EP About this file: EP0398046

EP0398046 - Process for making a flexible ceramic element and flexible ceramic element obtained thereby [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.10.1996
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ZIRCOA, INC.
31501 Solon Road Solon
Ohio 44139 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/47]For all designated states
ZIRCOA, INC.
31501 Solon Road
Solon Ohio 44139 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Searle, Ralph
34476 Blue Heron Drive
Solon, Ohio 33139 / US
02 / Leistner, Hans, Dr.
Selztalstrasse 153
D-6507 Ingelheim / DE
03 / Brückner, Raimund
Gartenfeldstrasse 21a
D-6272 Engenhahn / DE
04 / Mentesh, Ibrahim
1536 Laclede, South Euclid
Ohio 44121 / US
05 / Levadnuk, Edward
1217 Coldstream Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615 / US
[1990/47]
Representative(s)Brückner, Raimund
Didier-Werke AG Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 1
65189 Wiesbaden / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/47]Brückner, Raimund, Dipl.-Ing.
c/o Didier-Werke AG Lessingstrasse 16-18
D-65189 Wiesbaden / DE
Application number, filing date90107809.725.04.1990
[1990/47]
Priority number, dateUS1989035332315.05.1989         Original published format: US 353323
[1990/47]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0398046
Date:22.11.1990
Language:DE
[1990/47]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0398046
Date:11.12.1991
Language:DE
[1991/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0398046
Date:06.12.1995
Language:DE
[1995/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.10.1991
ClassificationIPC:B28B1/00, B28B11/12, F16F1/02, F16F1/04
[1991/50]
CPC:
F16F1/022 (EP,US); B28B1/00 (EP,US); B28B11/12 (EP,US);
F16F1/04 (EP,US); Y10T428/131 (EP,US); Y10T428/24479 (EP,US);
Y10T428/2457 (EP,US); Y10T428/2978 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1990/47]B28B1/00, F16F1/02
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/47]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Herstellung eines flexiblen keramischen Elements sowie flexibles keramisches Element[1990/47]
English:Process for making a flexible ceramic element and flexible ceramic element obtained thereby[1990/47]
French:Procédé pour la fabrication d'un élément flexible en matière céramique et élément flexible en matière céramique ainsi obtenu[1990/47]
Examination procedure10.05.1990Examination requested  [1990/47]
11.05.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.11.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.08.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.01.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.07.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.05.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.06.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.07.1995Fee for grant paid
18.07.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.09.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.04.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
13.04.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
11.04.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
04.04.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
GR06.12.1995
IT06.12.1995
NL06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
ES17.03.1996
[2008/01]
Former [2004/03]BE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
GR06.12.1995
IT06.12.1995
NL06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
ES17.03.1996
Former [2003/07]BE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
GR06.12.1995
IT06.12.1995
NL06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
Former [2000/04]BE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
GR06.12.1995
IT06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
Former [1999/42]BE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
IT06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
Former [1998/15]BE06.12.1995
DK06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
Former [1996/32]BE06.12.1995
SE06.03.1996
Former [1996/31]BE06.12.1995
Documents cited:Search[A]JP61088033  ;
 [A]JP1021233  ;
 [A]JP1006537  ;
 [A]FR1248541  ;
 [A]FR2182597  (CENTRE NAT ETD SPATIALES [FR]);
 [A]EP0220769  (ELECTRONIQUE & PHYSIQUE [FR], et al);
 [Y]WO8801723  (COORS PORCELAIN CO [US]);
 [Y]US4735638  (CILIBERTI DAVID F [US], et al);
 [X]US4742030  (MASAKI TAKAKI [JP], et al)
 [A]  - WORLD PATENT INDEX LATEST, AN 86-153587, Woche 8624, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; & JP-A-61 088 033 (KYOCERA CORP.) 6. Mai 1986, & JP61088033 A 00000000
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 13, no. 194 (M-823)(3542) 10. Mai 1989; & JP-A-1 021 233 (MEIWA KOGYO K.K. ) 24. Januar 1989, & JP1021233 A 00000000
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 13, no. 177 (M-818)(3525) 26. April 1989; & JP-A-1 006 537 (IBIDEN CO LTD ) 11. Januar 1989, & JP1006537 A 00000000
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