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EP About this file: EP0587307

EP0587307 - Aluminium alloys [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.10.1997
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
GEC-MARCONI LIMITED
The Grove, Warren Lane Stanmore
Middlesex HA7 4LY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/11]For all designated states
GEC-MARCONI LIMITED
The Grove, Warren Lane
Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LY / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Humpston, Giles
10 Winwood Drive
Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4AZ / GB
02 / Jacobson, David Michael
10 Gabrielle Close
Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 8LP / GB
03 / Sangha, Surinder Pal Singh
18 Whytecroft
Heston, Middlesex, TW5 9MH / GB
[1994/11]
Representative(s)Cockayne, Gillian, et al
Marconi Intellectual Property
Crompton Close
Basildon
Essex SS14 3BA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/18]Cockayne, Gillian, et al
GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB
Former [1994/11]Pope, Michael Bertram Wingate
The General Electric Company, p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB
Application number, filing date93306243.206.08.1993
[1994/11]
Priority number, dateGB1992001840428.08.1992         Original published format: GB 9218404
[1994/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0587307
Date:16.03.1994
Language:EN
[1994/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0587307
Date:27.12.1996
Language:EN
[1996/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.01.1994
ClassificationIPC:C22C21/14, B23K1/00
[1994/11]
CPC:
B23K35/286 (EP); C22C21/14 (EP); C22F1/057 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LU,   NL,   PT [1994/11]
TitleGerman:Aluminium Legierungen[1994/11]
English:Aluminium alloys[1994/11]
French:Alliages d'aluminium[1994/11]
Examination procedure02.09.1994Examination requested  [1994/44]
14.03.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.06.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.08.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.12.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
20.06.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.09.1996Fee for grant paid
09.09.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.09.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
30.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
12.10.1993PT   M01   Fee paid on   22.10.1993
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
ES27.12.1996
GR27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
NL27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
IE06.08.1997
LU31.08.1997
[2008/05]
Former [2003/08]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
ES27.12.1996
GR27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
NL27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
IE06.08.1997
LU31.08.1997
Former [2002/26]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
ES27.12.1996
GR27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
IE06.08.1997
LU31.08.1997
Former [2001/01]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
GR27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
IE06.08.1997
LU31.08.1997
Former [2000/05]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
GR27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
LU31.08.1997
Former [1999/42]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
IT27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
Former [1998/15]BE27.12.1996
DK27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
Former [1997/50]BE27.12.1996
PT27.03.1997
Former [1997/40]BE27.12.1996
Documents cited:Search[X] JP3248777  
 [X] JP4105787  
 [A] JP59064158  
 [A] JP4048045  
 [A] JP1215945  
 [A] JP56109157  
 [X]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 16, no. 044 (M-1207)4 February 1992 & JP-A-32 48 777 ( NISSAN MOTOR CO. ) 6 November 1991 [X]
 [X]   Week 9221, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 92-170625 & JP-A-4 105 787 (SHOWA ALUMINIUM CORP.) 7 April 1992 [X]
 [A]   Week 8421, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 84-130029 & JP-A-59 064 158 (MITSUBISHI METAL KK) 12 April 1984 [A]
 [A]   Week 1392, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 92-102541 & JP-A-4 048 045 (NIPPON LIGHT METAL KK AND NIKKEI GIKEN KK) 18 February 1992 [A]
 [A]   Week 8940, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 89-291163 & JP-A-1 215 945 (KOBE STEEL KK) 29 August 1989 [A]
 [A]   Week 8141, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 81-74801D & JP-A-56 109 157 (TOKYO SHIBAURA ELEC. LTD.) 29 August 1981 [A]
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