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EP1841896 - AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND HIGH WEAR-RESISTANT SLIDING MEMBER WITH AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM PROVIDED [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2007/41]	AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND HIGH WEAR-RESISTANT SLIDING MEMBER WITH AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM PROVIDED
	[2014/45]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.09.2015 Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.09.2015	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 14.10.2015 [2015/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1 Yokomichi Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	[2014/42]
Former [2007/41]	For all designated states KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun Aichi-ken, 480-1192 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / ISEKI, Takashi, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	02 / TACHIKAWA, Hideo, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	03 / MORI, Hiroyuki, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	04 / NAKANISHI, Kazuyuki, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENK. 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	05 / MATSUI, Munehisa, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	06 / IGARASHI, Shintaro, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHU KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	07 / SHIMIZU, Fumio, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	08 / TSUCHIYA, Yoshinari, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENK. 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	09 / OSHIMA, Tadashi, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute-shi Aichi-ken 480-1192 / JP
	[2014/45]
Former [2007/41]	01 / ISEKI, Takashi, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagake-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	02 / TACHIKAWA, Hideo, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	03 / MORI, Hiroyuki, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	04 / NAKANISHI, Kazuyuki, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENK. 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	05 / MATSUI, Munehisa, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	06 / IGARASHI, Shintaro, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHU KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	07 / SHIMIZU, Fumio, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	08 / TSUCHIYA, Yoshinari, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENK. 41-1, Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
	09 / OSHIMA, Tadashi, c/o K. K. TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 41-1,Aza Yokomichi, Oaza Nagakute, Nagakute-cho Aichi-gun, Aichi 4801192 / JP
Representative(s)	Kramer Barske Schmidtchen Patentanwälte PartG mbB European Patent Attorneys Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2014/45]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
Former [2008/39]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen European Patent Attorneys Landsberger Strasse 300 80687 München / DE
Former [2007/41]	Kramer - Barske - Schmidtchen Radeckestrasse 43 81245 München / DE
Application number, filing date	05811509.8	24.11.2005
	[2014/45]
	WO2005JP22044
Priority number, date	JP20040340846	25.11.2004 Original published format: JP 2004340846
	[2007/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2006057436
	Date:	01.06.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/22]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1841896
	Date:	10.10.2007
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.06.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2007/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1841896
	Date:	05.11.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/45]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	01.06.2006
Classification	IPC:	C23C16/22, C23C16/26, C23C16/30, C23C16/50, C23C16/503, C23C16/02	[2007/41]
	CPC:	C23C16/26 (EP,US); Y10T428/30 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE [2008/10]
Former [2007/41]	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:	FILM AUS AMORPHEM KOHLENSTOFF, HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR UND HOCHVERSCHLEISSFESTES GLEITELEMENT MIT FILM AUS AMORPHEM KOHLENSTOFF	[2014/45]
	English:	AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND HIGH WEAR-RESISTANT SLIDING MEMBER WITH AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM PROVIDED	[2014/45]
	French:	FILM DE CARBONE AMORPHE, SON PROCEDE DE FORMATION ET ELEMENT COULISSANT A FORTE RESISTANCE A L'USURE EN ETANT FAIT	[2014/45]
	Former [2007/41]	FILM AUS AMORPHEM KOHLENSTOFF, HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR UND HOCHVERSCHLEISSFESTES GLEITELEMENT MIT FILM AUS AMORPHEM KOHLENSTOFF
	Former [2007/41]	AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND HIGH WEAR-RESISTANT SLIDING MEMBER WITH AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM PROVIDED
	Former [2007/41]	FILM DE CARBONE AMORPHE, SON PROCEDE DE FORMATION ET ELEMENT COULISSANT A FORTE RESISTANCE A L'USURE EN ETANT FAIT
Entry into regional phase	22.05.2007	National basic fee paid
	22.05.2007	Designation fee(s) paid
	22.05.2007	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.05.2007	Examination requested [2007/41]
	29.05.2007	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	10.10.2007	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	04.08.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.12.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.01.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.04.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.10.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.02.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.05.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.09.2014	Fee for grant paid
	18.09.2014	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	18.09.2014	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 04.08.2009
Opposition(s)	06.08.2015	No opposition filed within time limit [2015/42]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.11.2007	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.11.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
	18.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Cited in	International search	[XA]EP0874066 (FORD GLOBAL TECH INC [US]) [X] 3,4 * column 5, line 2 - column 6, line 19 * [A] 1,2,5;
		[XA]JPH03240957 ;
		[A]JP2003293136 ;
		[PXA]EP1486695 (TOYODA CHUO KENKYUSHO KK [JP]) [PX] 3,4 * example 8; table 4 * [PA] 1,2,5;
		[XA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920124), vol. 016, no. 029, Database accession no. (C - 0904), & JP03240957 A 19911028 (TOYOTA CENTRAL RES & DEV LAB INC) [X] 3,4 * abstract * [A] 1,2,5
		[XA] - ABBAS G A ET AL, "A study of ta-C, a-C:H and Si-a:C:H thin films on polymer substrates as a gas barrier", DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (200404), vol. 13, no. 4-8, ISSN 0925-9635, pages 1342 - 1345, XP004507971 [X] 3,4 * page 1342, column RIGHT, paragraph 2 * * page 1345, column LEFT, paragraph 4 * [A] 1,2,5 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2003.10.084
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20031205), vol. 2003, no. 12, & JP2003293136 A 20031015 (RIKEN CORP) [A] 1,2,5 * abstract *
		[A] - PAPAKONSTANTINOU P ET AL, "The effects of Si incorporation on the electrochemical and nanomechanical properties of DLC thin films", DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (200203), vol. 11, no. 3-6, ISSN 0925-9635, pages 1074 - 1080, XP004357078 [A] 1-5 * page 1080, column LEFT, paragraph 5; table 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-9635(01)00656-2
	by applicant	EP0874066
		JPH03240957
		- G.A. ABBAS ET AL., DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, (2004), vol. 13, no. 4-8, pages 1342 - 1345

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