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EP About this file: EP0469044

EP0469044 - CONTINUOUS-USE MOLTEN METAL INCLUSION SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.09.1995
Database last updated on 26.03.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR		published on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
R. GUTHRIE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC.
328 Roslyn Avenue Westmount
Quebec H3Z 2L6 / CA
For all designated states
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku
Osaka-Shi Osaka 541 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1992/06]For all designated states
R. GUTHRIE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC.
328 Roslyn Avenue
Westmount Quebec H3Z 2L6 / CA
For all designated states
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
5-33, Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku
Osaka-Shi Osaka 541 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / GUTHRIE, Roderick I. L.
328 Roslyn Avenue, Westmount
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2L6 / CA
02 / NAKAJIMA, Hidemasa
2-2-4-304, Minatogaoka, Kashima-machi
Kashima-gun, Ibaragi Prf. 314 / JP
[1992/06]
Representative(s)Bowles, Sharon Margaret, et al
BOWLES HORTON
Felden House
Dower Mews
High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/06]Bowles, Sharon Margaret, et al
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Application number, filing date90906799.327.04.1990
[1992/06]
WO1990CA00141
Priority number, dateJP1989010887227.04.1989         Original published format: JP 10887289
[1992/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9013015
Date:01.11.1990
Language:EN
[1990/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0469044
Date:05.02.1992
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.11.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1992/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0469044
Date:30.11.1994
Language:EN
[1994/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.11.1990
ClassificationIPC:G01N15/12
[1992/06]
CPC:
G01N15/12 (EP,KR,US); G01N15/13 (EP,US); G01N2015/135 (EP,US);
G01N33/205 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1992/06]
TitleGerman:EINSCHLUSSSENSOR FÜR METALLSCHMELZEN ZUR KONTINUIERLICHEN VERWENDUNG[1992/06]
English:CONTINUOUS-USE MOLTEN METAL INCLUSION SENSOR[1992/06]
French:DETECTEUR A USAGE EN CONTINU POUR LA DETECTION D'INCLUSIONS DANS DU METAL EN FUSION[1992/06]
Entry into regional phase14.11.1991National basic fee paid 
14.11.1991Designation fee(s) paid 
14.11.1991Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.11.1990Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
14.11.1991Examination requested  [1992/06]
01.06.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.11.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
21.04.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.07.1994Fee for grant paid
22.07.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)31.08.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.04.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
16.04.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
11.04.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE30.11.1994
DK30.11.1994
ES30.11.1994
FR30.11.1994
IT30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
SE28.02.1995
[2006/14]
Former [2002/25]BE30.11.1994
DK30.11.1994
ES30.11.1994
IT30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
SE28.02.1995
FR28.04.1995
Former [1999/42]BE30.11.1994
DK30.11.1994
IT30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
SE28.02.1995
FR28.04.1995
Former [1998/15]BE30.11.1994
DK30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
SE28.02.1995
FR28.04.1995
Former [1996/03]BE30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
SE28.02.1995
FR28.04.1995
Former [1995/41]BE30.11.1994
NL30.11.1994
FR28.04.1995
Former [1995/41]NL30.11.1994
FR28.04.1995
Former [1995/35]NL30.11.1994
Cited inInternational searchEP0165035  [ ] (ALCAN INT LTD [CA]);
 EP0245010  [ ] (SPOJENE OCELARNY NP [CS])
    [ ] - Canadian Metallurgical Quaterly, Volume 28, No. 1, January-March 1989, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Pergamon Press plc, (GB), S. KUYUCAK et al.: "On the Measurement of Inclusions in Copper-Based Melts", pages 41-48 see figures 1,3; page 41, column 1, paragraph 3; page 41, column 2; page 43, column 2, paragraphs 3,4; page 44, column 1, paragraph 2; page 44, column 2, paragraph 1
    [ ] - 2nd Int. Symp. on the Effects and Control of Inclusion and Residual in Steels, 17-20 August 1986, Toronto, CA, S. KUYUCAK et al.: "On-Line Inclusion Detection and Measurement in a Transformer Steel", pages I-44-I-61 see page I-47
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