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EP0996759 - AMORPHOUS MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ALLOY WITH LOW COBALT CONTENT AND METHOD FOR ANNEALING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2005
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT
published on 16.04.2008  [2008/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Vacuumschmelze GmbH
Grüner Weg 37
63450 Hanau / DE
[2000/18]
Inventor(s)01 / HERZER, Giselher
Röntgenstrasse 11
D-63486 Bruchköbel / DE
[2000/18]
Representative(s)Boff, James Charles, et al
Phillips & Leigh
5 Pemberton Row
London EC4A 3BA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/18]Boff, James Charles, et al
c/o Phillips & Leigh 7 Staple Inn Holborn
London WC1V 7QF / GB
Application number, filing date98935009.501.07.1998
[2000/18]
WO1998EP04052
Priority number, dateUS1997089061209.07.1997         Original published format: US 890612
[2000/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9902748
Date:21.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0996759
Date:03.05.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.01.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0996759
Date:27.10.2004
Language:EN
[2004/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP21.01.1999
ClassificationIPC:C22C45/02, C22C45/04, G08B13/24, H01F1/153, C21D1/04
[2000/18]
CPC:
G08B13/2408 (EP,US); C22C45/02 (KR); C21D1/04 (EP,US);
C22C45/008 (EP,US); G08B13/244 (EP,US); G08B13/2442 (EP,US);
G08B13/2488 (EP,US); H01F1/15308 (EP,US); C21D6/001 (EP,US);
C21D6/007 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/18]
TitleGerman:AMORPHE, MAGNETOSTRIKTIVE LEGIERUNG MIT NIEDRIGEM KOBALTGEHALT UND GLÜHVERFAHREN[2000/18]
English:AMORPHOUS MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ALLOY WITH LOW COBALT CONTENT AND METHOD FOR ANNEALING SAME[2000/18]
French:ALLIAGE MAGNETOSTRICTIF AMORPHE A FAIBLE TENEUR EN COBALT ET PROCEDE DE RECUIT CORRESPONDANT[2000/18]
Entry into regional phase01.02.2000National basic fee paid 
01.02.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
01.02.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.11.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
01.02.2000Examination requested  [2000/24]
15.01.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.02.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.08.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.08.2004Fee for grant paid
13.08.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.07.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.06.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
12.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
12.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
14.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
14.07.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK27.01.2005
GR27.01.2005
PT27.03.2005
CY01.07.2005
LU01.07.2005
[2008/16]
Former [2007/29]DK27.01.2005
GR27.01.2005
CY01.07.2005
LU01.07.2005
Former [2007/21]DK27.01.2005
GR27.01.2005
CY01.07.2005
Former [2005/46]DK27.01.2005
GR27.01.2005
Former [2005/26]GR27.01.2005
Cited inInternational search[XD]US4268325  (O'HANDLEY ROBERT C, et al) [XD] 49,51 * Claim 1; Example 1 *;
 [YD]US4510489  (ANDERSON III PHILIP M [US], et al) [YD] 33-35,39,43-48 * Claims; Figures *;
 [A]US5011553  (RAMANAN V R V [US]) [A] 8,9 * Claim 1; Table II, samples 5 and 6 *;
 [XDY]US5628840  (HASEGAWA RYUSUKE [US]) [XD] 1-3,7,11-19,23,27-32,49,51 * Col.3, lines 2-42; Col.5, lines 3-19; Col.8, lines 10-13; Table V * [Y] 33-35,39,43-48,50,52;
 [Y]  - HERZER G, "Magnetomechanical damping in amorphous ribbons with uniaxial anisotropy", NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAPIDLY QUENCHED AND METASTABLE MATERIALS, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA, 25-30 AUG. 1996, ISSN 0921-5093, Materials Science & Engineering A (Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing), 15 June 1997, Elsevier, Switzerland, vol. A226-228, pages 631 - 635, XP002081184 [Y] 50,52 * Page 633, Experimental *
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