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EP1676932 - High strength thin steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.08.2016 Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.11.2016	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR	published on 14.12.2016 [2016/50]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) 10-26, Wakinohama-cho 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi Hyogo 651-8585 / JP
	[2009/49]
Former [2006/27]	For all designated states KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO 10-26, Wakinohama-cho 2-chome, Chuo-ku Kobe-shi Hyogo 651-8585 / JP
	For all designated states Shinshu TLO Co. Ltd. 5-1, Tokida 3-chome Ueda-shi Nagano 386-8567 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Yuse, Fumio, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	02 / Ikeda, Shushi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	03 / Mukai, Yoichi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kakogawa Works Kanazawa-cho 1 Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0137 / JP
	04 / Akamizu, Hiroshi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kakogawa Works Kanazawa-cho 1 Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0137 / JP
	05 / Kinugasa, Junichiro, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	06 / Saito, Kenji, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	07 / Sugimoto, Koichi, c/o Shinshu University Faculty of Engineering 17-1, Wakasato 4-chome Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-8553 / JP
	08 / Hojo, Tomohiko, c/o Shinshu University Faculty of Engineering 17-1, Wakasato 4-chome Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-8553 / JP
	[2015/43]
Former [2006/27]	01 / Yuse, Fumio, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	02 / Ikeda, Shushi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	03 / Mukai, Yoichi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kakogawa Works, Kanazawa-cho 1 Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0137 / JP
	04 / Akamizu, Hiroshi, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kakogawa Works, Kanazawa-cho 1 Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo 675-0137 / JP
	05 / Kinugasa, Junichiro, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	06 / Saito, Kenji, c/o Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Corp.Research Laboratories 1-5-5,Takatsukadai Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2271 / JP
	07 / Sugimoto, Koichi, c/o Shinshu University Faculty of Engineering, 17-1, Wakasato 4-chome Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-8553 / JP
	08 / Hojo, Tomohiko, c/o Shinshu University Faculty of Engineering, 17-1, Wakasato 4-chome Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-8553 / JP
Representative(s)	Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München / DE
	[2015/43]
Former [2006/27]	Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte Grafinger Strasse 2 81671 München / DE
Application number, filing date	05028444.7	23.12.2005
	[2006/27]
Priority number, date	JP20040381230	28.12.2004 Original published format: JP 2004381230
	JP20040381231	28.12.2004 Original published format: JP 2004381231
	JP20040381232	28.12.2004 Original published format: JP 2004381232
	JP20050147238	19.05.2005 Original published format: JP 2005147238
	JP20050147239	19.05.2005 Original published format: JP 2005147239
	JP20050147240	19.05.2005 Original published format: JP 2005147240
	[2006/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1676932
	Date:	05.07.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1676932
	Date:	21.10.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/43]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.03.2006
Classification	IPC:	C22C38/02, C22C38/04	[2006/27]
	CPC:	C22C38/02 (EP,US); C22C38/04 (EP,US); C22C38/06 (EP,US); C22C38/08 (EP,US); C22C38/12 (EP,US); C22C38/16 (EP,US); (+) C21D2211/002 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, DE, FR, GB [2015/43]
Former [2007/11]	AT, DE, FR, GB
Former [2006/27]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Hochfestes dünnes Stahlblech mit hohem Widerstand gegen Wasserstoffversprödung	[2006/27]
	English:	High strength thin steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property	[2006/27]
	French:	Tôle d'acier mince à haute résistance, possedant une résistance accrue à la fragilisation par l'hydrogène	[2006/27]
Examination procedure	05.01.2006	Examination requested [2006/27]
	26.09.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.01.2007	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	29.01.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.04.2007	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	12.06.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	16.10.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.11.2010	Date of oral proceedings
	03.12.2010	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
	03.12.2010	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	03.03.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.04.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.06.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.09.2015	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	10.09.2015	Fee for grant paid
	10.09.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination	31.01.2011	Appeal received No. T1462/11
	28.03.2011	Statement of grounds filed
	17.10.2013	Result of appeal procedure: continuation of examination procedure
	17.10.2013	Date of oral proceedings
	29.10.2013	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 26.09.2006
Opposition(s)	22.07.2016	No opposition filed within time limit [2016/39]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.12.2007	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.12.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.12.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	28.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.12.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
	23.12.2014	Renewal fee patent year 10
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
	09.02.2007	BE M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	BG M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	CH M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	CY M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	CZ M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	DK M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	EE M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	ES M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	FI M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	GR M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	HU M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	IE M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	IS M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	IT M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	LT M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	LU M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	LV M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	MC M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	NL M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	PL M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	PT M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	RO M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	SE M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	SI M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	SK M01 Not yet paid
	09.02.2007	TR M01 Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FR	31.12.2015
	GB	21.01.2016
	[2016/50]
Former [2016/47]	GB	21.01.2016
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JP2004332099 ;
		[A]JP2001020030 ;
		[A]JP2004332100 ;
		[A]EP0674014 (NIPPON STEEL CORP [JP]) [A] 1 * claims 1,2 *;
		[PX]EP1553202 (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP], et al) [PX] 1-9 * paragraphs [0055] - [0065]; example Q; claims 1-10; tables 1-6 *;
		[PA]EP1589126 (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP], et al) [PA] 1 * claims 1-9 *;
		[X] - SUGIMOTO K ET AL, "RETAINED AUSTENITE CHARACTERISTICS AND TENSILE PROPERTIES IN A TRIP TYPE BAINITIC SHEET STEEL", ISIJ INTERNATIONAL, TOKYO, JP, (2000), vol. 40, no. 9, pages 902 - 908, XP009048166 [X] 1-4 * the whole document * * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [03.2]; figures 3-8 *
		[A] - H.K. YALCI ET AL, "The effect of hydrgen on the bainite transformation", JOURNAL OF MATERIAL SCIENCE, UK, (1999), no. 34, pages 711 - 717, XP002369558 [A] 1-4 * paragraph [0003]; figures 3,6 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004508526562
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20031205), vol. 2003, no. 12, & JP2004332099 A 20041125 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [A] 1-7 * abstract *
		[A] - HOJO TOMOHIKO ET AL, "Hydrogen Embrittlement of Ultra High Strength Low Alloy TRIP-aided Steels", COMPENDEX, ENGINEERING INFORMATION, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US, Database accession no. E2004208160147, XP002369564 [A] 1-9 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20010508), vol. 2000, no. 16, & JP2001020030 A 20010123 (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-3 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20031205), vol. 2003, no. 12, & JP2004332100 A 20041125 (NIPPON STEEL CORP) [A] 1-7 * abstract *
		[ ] - TETSU TO HAGANE; TETSU-TO-HAGANE/JOURNAL OF THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN MARCH 2004, (200403), vol. 90, no. 3, pages 177 - 182
	by applicant	JPH11293383
		JP2003166035
		- NISSIN STEEL TECHNICAL REPORT, (198012), no. 43, pages 1 - 10
		- TOMOHIKO HOJO, "Hydrogen Embrittlement of High Strength Low Alloy TRIP Steel (Part 1: Hydrogen Absorbing Characteristic and Ductility", THE SOCIETY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, (2002), vol. 8, pages 17 - 18
		- TOMOHIKO HOJO, INFLUENCE OF AUSTEMPERING TEMPERATURE ON HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT OF HIGH

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