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EP1375685 - RAPID COOLING PROCESS FOR STEEL BAND IN CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2004/01]	RAPID COOLING DEVICE FOR STEEL BAND IN CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT
	[2007/10]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.08.2008 Database last updated on 13.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	24.10.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 26.11.2008 [2008/48]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nippon Steel Corporation 6-3, Ohtemachi-2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2007/41]	For all designated states Nippon Steel Corporation 6-3, Ohtemachi-2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
Former [2004/01]	For all designated states NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 6-3, Ohtemachi-2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / OOGUSHI, Keiji c/o Nippon Steel Corporation, Eng. Div. Group 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 804-0002 / JP
	02 / WAKABAYASHI, Hisamoto c/o Nippon Steel Corporation, Eng. Div. Group 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka 804-0002 / JP
	[2007/41]
Former [2007/33]	01 / OOGUSHI, Keiji c/o NIPPON STEEL CO. Eng. Div. Grp. 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuokau 804-0002 / JP
	02 / WAKABAYASHI, Hisamoto c/o NIPPON STEEL Co Eng. Div. Group; 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 804-0002 / JP
Former [2004/16]	01 / OOGUSHI, Keiji c/o NIPPON STEEL CO. Eng. Div. Grp. 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuokau 804-0002 / JP
	02 / WAKABAYASHI, Hisamoto c/o NIPPON STEEL Co Eng. Div. Group; 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shiu, Fukuoka 80 / JP
Former [2004/14]	01 / KEIJI, Oogushi c/o NIPPON STEEL CO. Eng. Div. Group 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuokau 804-0002 / JP
	02 / HISAMOTO, Wakabayashi c/o NIPPON STEEL Co Eng. Div. Group; 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shiu, Fukuoka 80 / JP
Former [2004/01]	01 / OOGUSHI, K.; c/o NIPPON STEEL CO. Eng. Div. Group 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuokau 804-0002 / JP
	02 / WAKABAYASHI, H.; c/o NIPPON STEEL CO. Eng. Div. Group; 46-59, Oaza-Nakabaru, Tobata-ku Kitakyushu-shiu, Fukuoka 80 / JP
Representative(s)	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/35]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
Former [2004/01]	VOSSIUS & PARTNER Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	02708771.7	02.04.2002
	[2004/01]
	WO2002JP03311
Priority number, date	JP20010103735	02.04.2001 Original published format: JP 2001103735
	[2004/01]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO02081760
	Date:	17.10.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/42]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1375685
	Date:	02.01.2004
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.10.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2004/01]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1375685
	Date:	10.10.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/41]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	17.10.2002
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.10.2005
Classification	IPC:	C21D9/573	[2005/49]
	CPC:	C21D9/573 (EP,US); C21D1/613 (EP,US); C21D1/667 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2004/01]	C21D9/573, C21D1/00
Designated contracting states	DE, GB [2007/41]
Former [2004/01]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUM SCHNELLEN ABKÜHLEN VON STAHLBAND IN APPARATUR ZUM KONTINUIERLICHEN GLÜHEN	[2007/10]
	English:	RAPID COOLING PROCESS FOR STEEL BAND IN CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT	[2007/10]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE REFROIDISSEMENT RAPIDE POUR UNE BANDE D'ACIER DANS UN SYSTEME DE RECUIT	[2007/10]
	Former [2004/01]	VORRICHTUNG ZUM SCHNELLEN ABKÜHLEN VON STAHLBAND IN APPARATUR ZUM KONTINUIERLICHEN GLÜHEN
	Former [2004/01]	RAPID COOLING DEVICE FOR STEEL BAND IN CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT
	Former [2004/01]	DISPOSITIF DE REFROIDISSEMENT RAPIDE POUR UNE BANDE D'ACIER DANS UN SYSTEME DE RECUIT
Entry into regional phase	05.08.2003	Translation filed
	04.09.2003	National basic fee paid
	04.09.2003	Search fee paid
	04.09.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.09.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	04.09.2003	Examination requested [2004/01]
	17.05.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.09.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.02.2007	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	05.07.2007	Fee for grant paid
	05.07.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	11.07.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.04.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.05.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.04.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	DE	11.01.2008
	[2008/48]
Documents cited:	Search	[DX]JPS62116724 ;
		[A]JP2001040421 ;
		[A]JPH09194954 ;
		[XA]EP0182050 (NIPPON STEEL CORP [JP]) [X] 1 * page 5, line 33 - line 46; claims 1-3 * * page 6, line 1 - line 41; table 1 * [A] 2;
		[A]EP0614992 (NIPPON KOKAN KK [JP]) [A] 1 * figures 56,57,61; claims 68,69 *;
		[A]EP0815268 (NIPPON STEEL CORP [JP]) [A] 1 * claims 1-3 *
		[DX] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19871029), vol. 011, no. 332, Database accession no. (C - 455), & JP62116724 A 19870528 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [DX] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20010605), vol. 2000, no. 19, & JP2001040421 A 20010213 (NKK CORP) [A] 1 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19971128), vol. 1997, no. 11, & JP09194954 A 19970729 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [A] 1 * abstract *
	International search	[X]JPS62116724 (NIPPON STEEL CORP);
		[A]JPH09194954 (NIPPON STEEL CORP)

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