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EP About this file: EP0760727

EP0760727 - ALUMINUM-SCANDIUM ALLOYS AND USES THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  09.05.2002
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.08.2008Change - representativepublished on 24.09.2008  [2008/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ashurst Coporation
Denver Corporate Tower III, Suite 1100, 7900 East Union Avenue
Denver, CO 80237 / US
[1997/11]
Inventor(s)01 / TACK, William Troy
4561 Diamondleaf Drive
Castle Rock, CO 80104 / US
02 / HANSSON, Inge L.H.
399 Naomi Crescent
Mississauga, Ontario 15B 3S4 / CA
[1997/11]
Representative(s)WP Thompson
8th Floor
1 Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/39]W.P. Thompson & Co.
Coopers Building Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Former [1997/11]W.P. THOMPSON & CO.
Coopers Building, Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Application number, filing date95921434.724.05.1995
[1997/11]
WO1995US06684
Priority number, dateUS1994024902325.05.1994         Original published format: US 249023
US1995041080127.03.1995         Original published format: US 410801
[1997/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9532074
Date:30.11.1995
[1995/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0760727
Date:12.03.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.11.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.03.1996
ClassificationIPC:C22C21/02, C22C21/06, C22C21/10, C22C21/12
[2000/15]
CPC:
B23K35/286 (EP); C22C21/00 (EP); C22C21/02 (EP);
C22C21/10 (EP); C22C21/16 (EP)
Former IPC [1997/11]B23K35/28
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/11]
TitleGerman:ALUMINIUM-SCANDIUM LEGIERUNGEN UND VERWENDUNGEN[1997/11]
English:ALUMINUM-SCANDIUM ALLOYS AND USES THEREOF[1997/11]
French:ALLIAGES ALUMINIUM-SCANDIUM ET LEURS UTILISATIONS[1997/11]
Entry into regional phase21.11.1996National basic fee paid 
21.11.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
21.11.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.12.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
21.11.1996Examination requested  [1997/11]
13.06.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.10.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.09.2001Observations by third parties
02.10.2001Date of oral proceedings
26.10.2001Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2002/26]
26.10.2001Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
05.11.2001Application refused, date of legal effect [2002/26]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.05.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
30.05.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
26.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
25.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
29.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[Y]RU1417487  ;
 [Y]US3619181  (WILLEY LOWELL A) [Y] 1,11,23 * the whole document *;
 [Y]US4689090  (SAWTELL RALPH R [US], et al) [Y] 1,11,23 * the whole document *;
 [Y]US4869870  (RIOJA ROBERTO J [US], et al) [Y] 23 * column 3, lines 52-60; claim - *;
 [Y]EP0368005  (ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA [US]) [Y] 11 * claim - *;
 SU1657538  [ ] (INST METALLURGII IMENI AA BAIK [SU]);
 [A]US5061327  (DENZER DIANA K [US], et al);
 [Y]WO9424326  (ALCAN INT LTD [CA], et al) [Y] 11 * page 4, line 4; claim - *;
 [PX]WO9526420  (COLLIN JEAN PIERRE [FR]) [PX] 1-26* claims 1-6 *;
 [Y]  - ROYANOV, A. A. ET AL, "Aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloy", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19920224), vol. 116, no. 8, Database accession no. 64940, XP002130495 [Y] 1 * abstract *
 [Y]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1994, no. 13, Database accession no. 1994-107663, XP002130496 & SU1417487 A 19930723 (FRIDLYANDER ET AL) [Y] 23 * abstract *
 [A]  - KHARAKTEROVA M L ET AL, "PRECIPITATION HARDENING IN TERNARY ALLOYS OF THE AL-SC-CU AND AL-SC-SI SYSTEMS", ACTA METALLURGICA & MATERIALIEN,GB,PERGAMON / ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, (19940101), vol. 42, no. 7, ISSN 0956-7151, pages 2285 - 2290, XP000563099

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0956-7151(94)90307-7
International search[Y]JPH01138094  ;
 [AD]US3619181  (WILLEY LOWELL A);
 [A]EP0489408  (ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA [US])
 [X]  - A.G. BRATUKHIN ET AL, "Structure and mechanical properties of welded joints in aluminium-lithium alloys in welding with experimental fillers with scandium", PATON WELDING JOURNAL, KIEV, vol. 5, no. 12, pages 717 - 721 [X] 1-66,160-166 * the whole document *
 [X]  - T.M. LABUR ET AL, "Effect of the composition of filler wire on the failure resistance of welded joints in 01421 aluminium-lithium alloy", PATON WELDING JOURNAL, KIEV, vol. 4, no. 5, pages 318 - 320 [X] 1-3,8,14,21-25,30-32,37,38,43,44,160,161 * the whole document *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890830), vol. 13, no. 392, Database accession no. (M - 865), & JP01138094 A 19890530 (TOSOH CORP) [Y] 160 * abstract *
 [Y]  - I.N. FRIDLYANDER ET AL, "Soviet Al-Li Alloys of Aerospace Application", PROC. INT. ALUM.-LITHIUM CONF.(1991), MOSCOW, vol. 1, pages 35 - 42 [Y] 160 * page 36, lines 34-35; table 8 *
 [A]  - A.M. DRITS ET AL, "Influence of fine transition-metal particles and grain structure on fracture behavior of Al-Cu-Mg alloys", RUSSIAN METALLURGY, MOSCOW, no. 4, pages 147 - 151
otherUS5055257
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