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EP About this file: EP0587409

EP0587409 - Removal method of glass adhered to sintered object [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.12.1998
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.12.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.01.1999 [1999/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NGK Insulators, Ltd.
2-56, Suda-Cho, Mizuho-ku
Nagoya City, Aichi Pref. / JP
[N/P]
Former [1994/11]For all designated states
NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
2-56, Suda-cho, Mizuho-ku
Nagoya City Aichi Pref. / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Narukawa, Akira
879-6, Nakano-cho
Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-13 / JP
02 / Watanabe, Mitsuyoshi
2301, Houjin, 5-chome, Minato-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 455 / JP
[1994/11]
Representative(s)Paget, Hugh Charles Edward, et al
Mewburn Ellis LLP
City Tower
40 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5DE / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/11]Paget, Hugh Charles Edward, et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date93307057.507.09.1993
[1994/11]
Priority number, dateJP1992023950108.09.1992         Original published format: JP 23950192
[1994/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0587409
Date:16.03.1994
Language:EN
[1994/11]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0587409
Date:08.03.1995
Language:EN
[1995/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0587409
Date:28.01.1998
Language:EN
[1998/05]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.01.1995
ClassificationIPC:C04B35/64, C04B41/53
[1994/11]
CPC:
C04B41/91 (EP,US); C03C15/00 (EP,US); C04B35/6455 (EP,US);
C04B41/5353 (EP,US)
C-Set:
C04B41/5353, C04B41/459, C04B41/5022 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   SE [1997/27]
Former [1994/11]DE,  IT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zum Entfernen von an Sinterteilen anhaftendem Glas[1994/11]
English:Removal method of glass adhered to sintered object[1994/11]
French:Méthode pour enlever du verre adhéré à un objet fritté[1994/11]
Examination procedure01.09.1995Examination requested  [1995/44]
29.11.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.06.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.06.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.10.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
06.03.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.05.1997Fee for grant paid
28.05.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.10.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1999/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
23.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
23.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[DY]EP0320927  (ASEA CERAMA AB [SE]) [DY] 1-6 * example 1; claim - *;
 [Y]FR2444523  (ASEA AB [SE]) [Y] 1-6 * claim - *;
 [PX]EP0503854  (NGK INSULATORS LTD [JP]) [PX] 1-6 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0118702  (ASEA AB [SE]) [A] 1-6 * claim - *;
 [A]GB2200317  (AE PLC) [A] 1-6 * claim - *;
 [DA]JPS5888177
 [Y]  - O.V. MAZURIN ET AL, Handbook of Glass Data, Part C, AMSTERDAM NL, ELSEVIER, (1987) [Y] 1-6 * page 488; table 2 * * page 487; table 2 *
 [DA]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 83, no. 27, Database accession no. 83-702244, & JPS5888177 A 19830526 (KOBE STEEL KK) [DA] 1-6 * abstract *
 [A]  - H. SCHOLZE, GLAS, BERLIN DE, SPRINGER-VERLAG, (1988) [A] 1 * tables 41-42 *
 [A]  - C.T. LYNCH, Practical Handbook of Materials Science, BOCA RATON US, CRC PRESS, (1989) [A] 1 * page 283, column R, paragraph 2 - paragraph 3 *
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