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EP About this file: EP0931177

EP0931177 - POST TREATED DIAMOND COATED BODY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.04.2003
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 20.02.2008  [2008/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SANDVIK AKTIEBOLAG
811 81 Sandviken / SE
[2002/24]
Former [1999/30]For all designated states
SANDVIK AKTIEBOLAG
811 81 Sandviken / SE
Inventor(s)01 / REINECK, Ingrid
Ripvägen 3
S-141 72 Huddinge / SE
02 / EDHOLM, Bengt
Hällbygatan 34 C
S-752 28 Uppsala / SE
03 / STRONDL, Christian
Stenbergsvägen 10
S-752 41 Uppsala / SE
[1999/30]
Representative(s)Taquist, Henrik Lennart Emanuel
Sandvik AB
Patent Department
811 81 Sandviken / SE
[N/P]
Former [1999/30]Taquist, Lennart
Sandvik AB Patent Department
811 81 SANDVIKEN / SE
Application number, filing date97945148.109.10.1997
[1999/30]
WO1997SE01689
Priority number, dateSE1996000372110.10.1996         Original published format: SE 9603721
[1999/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9815670
Date:16.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0931177
Date:28.07.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0931177
Date:12.06.2002
Language:EN
[2002/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:SE16.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:C23C16/26, B23B27/20
[1999/30]
CPC:
C04B41/009 (EP,US); C04B41/5346 (EP,US); C04B41/91 (EP,US);
C23C16/27 (EP,US); C23C16/56 (EP,US); Y10T428/24355 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24628 (EP,US); Y10T428/25 (EP,US); Y10T428/252 (EP,US);
Y10T428/30 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C04B41/009, C04B35/52 (US,EP);
C04B41/5346, C04B41/0054 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [1999/30]
TitleGerman:NACHBEHANDELTER DIAMANTBESCHICHTETER KÖRPER[2001/50]
English:POST TREATED DIAMOND COATED BODY[1999/30]
French:SUBSTRAT REVETU D'UNE COUCHE DE DIAMANT ET SOUMIS A UN POST-TRAITEMENT[2001/50]
Former [1999/30]NACHBEHANDELTER DIAMANDBESCHICHTETER KÖRPER
Former [1999/30]CORPS REVETU DE DIAMANT SOUMIS A UN POSTTRAITEMENT
Entry into regional phase18.01.1999National basic fee paid 
18.01.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
18.01.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.04.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: SE
18.01.1999Examination requested  [1999/30]
09.03.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.09.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.11.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
17.12.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.03.2002Fee for grant paid
04.03.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.03.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
11.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR12.06.2002
IT12.06.2002
[2008/08]
Former [2006/14]FR12.06.2002
Former [2003/47]FR24.01.2003
Cited inInternational search[X]JP62158864  ;
 [X]EP0392125  (SHINETSU CHEMICAL CO [JP]);
 [X]EP0614998  (CANON KK [JP]);
 [Y]WO9515258  (KENNAMETAL INC [US]);
 [X]US5500077  (NISHIBAYASHI YOSHIKI [JP], et al)
 [X]  - 198/SPIE, Volume 2286, 1994, IAN LLEWELLYN et al., "Plasma Etching and Deposition as a Method of Polishing CVD Diamond", pages 198-204.
 [X]  - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, Volume 107, No. 26, 28 December 1987, (Columbus, Ohio, USA), page 283, Abstract No. 241265y; & JP,A,62 158 864 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.) 14 July 1987., & JP62158864 A 19870714
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