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EP3279340 - METHOD OF OPERATING TOP AND BOTTOM BLOWING CONVERTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2018/06]	METHOD FOR OPERATING TOP-BLOWN CONVERTER
	[2020/40]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.2021 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.10.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.07.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.11.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 05.01.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 15.09.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	14.07.2023	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU	published on 16.08.2023 [2023/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states JFE Steel Corporation 2-3, Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	[2018/06]
Inventor(s)	01 / Takahashi Yukio c/o Intellectual Property Dept. JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	02 / Amano Shota c/o Intellectual Property Dept. JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	03 / Tawa Toshinori c/o Intellectual Property Dept. JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	04 / Uchida Yuichi c/o Intellectual Property Dept. JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	05 / Miki Yuji c/o Intellectual Property Dept. JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0011 / JP
	[2018/06]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2018/06]
Application number, filing date	16772595.1	25.03.2016
	[2018/06]
	WO2016JP59541
Priority number, date	JP20150068542	30.03.2015 Original published format: JP 2015068542
	[2018/06]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016158714
	Date:	06.10.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/40]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3279340
	Date:	07.02.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3279340
	Date:	18.11.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	06.10.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.11.2017
Classification	IPC:	C21C5/35, C21C5/46, C21C5/48	[2018/06]
	CPC:	C21C5/35 (EP,KR); C21C5/48 (EP,KR); C21C5/4606 (EP,KR)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/06]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEBEN DES OBEREN UND UNTEREN BLASKONVERTERS	[2020/40]
	English:	METHOD OF OPERATING TOP AND BOTTOM BLOWING CONVERTER	[2020/40]
	French:	MÉTHODE DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN CONVERTISSEUR À SOUFFLAGE PAR LE HAUT ET LE BAS	[2020/40]
	Former [2018/06]	VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES AUFBLASKONVERTERS
	Former [2018/06]	METHOD FOR OPERATING TOP-BLOWN CONVERTER
	Former [2018/06]	PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN CONVERTISSEUR À SOUFFLAGE PAR LE HAUT
Entry into regional phase	15.09.2017	Translation filed
	15.09.2017	National basic fee paid
	15.09.2017	Search fee paid
	15.09.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	15.09.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.09.2017	Examination requested [2018/06]
	15.09.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	26.06.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	19.11.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	05.09.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.01.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	11.05.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.07.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	12.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.10.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	19.08.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.03.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.03.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	18.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	25.03.2016
	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CY	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
	HR	18.11.2020
	IT	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
	[2023/33]
Former [2023/30]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CY	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
	HR	18.11.2020
	IT	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
	HR	18.11.2020
	IT	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
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	IT	18.11.2020
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	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2022/10]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
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	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
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	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2022/08]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	ES	18.11.2020
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	HR	18.11.2020
	IT	18.11.2020
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	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	GB	25.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
	LU	25.03.2021
	FR	31.03.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
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	IT	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
	IE	25.03.2021
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	AT	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
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	LT	18.11.2020
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	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SI	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
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	DK	18.11.2020
	EE	18.11.2020
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	IT	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
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	MC	18.11.2020
	NL	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
Former [2021/46]	AL	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
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	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
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	RO	18.11.2020
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	SM	18.11.2020
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	PT	18.03.2021
Former [2021/45]	AL	18.11.2020
	AT	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
	FI	18.11.2020
	HR	18.11.2020
	LT	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	MC	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
Former [2021/37]	AT	18.11.2020
	CZ	18.11.2020
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	EE	18.11.2020
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	LV	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
	RO	18.11.2020
	RS	18.11.2020
	SE	18.11.2020
	SK	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
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Former [2021/35]	AT	18.11.2020
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	SE	18.11.2020
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	RS	18.11.2020
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	NO	18.02.2021
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	LT	18.11.2020
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	SE	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
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	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
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	HR	18.11.2020
	LV	18.11.2020
	PL	18.11.2020
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	SE	18.11.2020
	SM	18.11.2020
	BG	18.02.2021
	NO	18.02.2021
	GR	19.02.2021
	IS	18.03.2021
	PT	18.03.2021
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	HR	18.11.2020
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	SE	18.11.2020
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	PT	18.03.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO8201012 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO [JP], et al) [X] 1-5 * abstract * * figure 3 * * page 3, line 8 - line 11 * * example 1 * * table 1 *;
		[A]JP2000309816 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [A] 1-5* paragraph [0075] - paragraph [0081] *;
		[I]JP2013142189 (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORP) [I] 1-5 * paragraph [0007] - paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0017] * * claim 1 *
	International search	[A]JP2000309816 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [A] 1-5* , (Family: none) *;
		[X]JP2002105525 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO) [X] 1-5 * , claim 1; paragraphs [0007], [0011], [0020]; fig. 1 to 2, 4 (Family: none) *

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