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EP2034043
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| EP2034043 - Surface treating process, surface treating apparatus, vapor-depositing material, and rare earth metal-based permanent magnet with surface treated [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.09.2013 Database last updated on 15.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.09.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 23.10.2013 [2013/43] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hitachi Metals, Ltd. 1-2-1, Shibaura Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8614 / JP | [2009/11] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Nishiuchi, Takeshi 2-30, Mishimaoka, Ibaraki-shi Osaka 567-0021 / JP | 02 /
Tochishita, Yoshimi 672, Deai Hei, Sekinomiya-cho, Yabu-gun Hyogo / JP | 03 /
Kikui, Fumiaki 13-15, Satsukinohigashi 1-chome Mihara-cho, Minamikawachi-gun Osaka / JP | 04 /
Kizawa, Mitsuo 19-26, Shimoohichihigashimachi, Nishinomiya-shi Hyogo / JP | [2012/47] |
| Former [2012/45] | 01 /
Nishiuchi, Takeshi 2-30, Mishimaoka, Ibaraki-shi Osaka 567-0021 / JP | ||
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Tochishita, Yoshimi 672, Deai Hei, Sekinomiya-cho, Yabo-gun Hyogo / JP | |||
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Kikui, Fumiaki 13-15, Satsukinohigashi 1-chome Mihara-cho, Minamikawachi-gun Osaka / JP | |||
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Kizawa, Mitsuo 19-26, Shimoohichihigashimachi, Nishinomiya-shi Hyogo / JP | |||
| Former [2009/23] | 01 /
Nishiuchi, Takeshi 2-30, Mishimaoka Ibaraki-shi Osaka 567-0021 / JP | ||
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Tochishita, Yoshimi 672, Deai Hei, Sekinomiya-cho, Yabu-gun Hyogo Hyogo / JP | |||
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Kikui, Fumiaki 13-15, Satsukinohigashi 1-chome Mihara-cho, Minamikawachi-gun Osaka Osaka / JP | |||
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Kizawa, Mitsuo 19-26, Shimoohichihigashimachi, Nishinomiya-shi Hyogo Hyogo / JP | |||
| Former [2009/11] | 01 /
Nishiuchi, Takeshi 10-16, Mitsukeyama 1-chome, Ibaraki-shi Osaka Hyogo / JP | ||
| 02 /
Tochishita, Yoshimi 672, Deai Hei, Sekinomiya-cho, Yabu-gun Hyogo Hyogo / JP | |||
| 03 /
Kikui, Fumiaki 13-15, Satsukinohigashi 1-chome Mihara-cho, Minamikawachi-gun Osaka Osaka / JP | |||
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Kizawa, Mitsuo 19-26, Shimoohichihigashimachi, Nishinomiya-shi Hyogo Hyogo / JP | Representative(s) | Thun, Clemens Mitscherlich PartmbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Karlstraße 7 80333 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/46] | Thun, Clemens Mitscherlich & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Sonnenstrasse 33 80331 München / DE | ||
| Former [2009/11] | Thun, Clemens Mitscherlich & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Sonnenstrasse 33 80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 08167699.1 | 04.05.2000 | [2009/11] | Priority number, date | JP19990134998 | 14.05.1999 Original published format: JP 13499899 | JP19990134999 | 14.05.1999 Original published format: JP 13499999 | JP20000117771 | 19.04.2000 Original published format: JP 2000117771 | [2009/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2034043 | Date: | 11.03.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/11] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2034043 | Date: | 14.11.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/46] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.01.2009 | Classification | IPC: | C23C14/24, C23C14/16, H01F41/02 | [2009/11] | CPC: |
C23C14/223 (EP,US);
C23C14/16 (EP,US);
C23C14/246 (EP,US);
C23C14/505 (EP,US);
H01F41/026 (EP,US);
Y10S428/928 (EP,US);
Y10S428/938 (EP,US);
Y10T428/12063 (EP,US);
Y10T428/12465 (EP,US);
Y10T428/12778 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FI, FR, GB, NL [2009/11] | Title | German: | Oberflächenbehandlungsverfahren, Oberflächenbehandlungsvorrichtung, Aufdampfmaterial und Seltenerd-Dauermagnet auf Metallbasis mit behandelter Oberfläche | [2009/11] | English: | Surface treating process, surface treating apparatus, vapor-depositing material, and rare earth metal-based permanent magnet with surface treated | [2009/11] | French: | Procédé de traitement de surfaces, appareil de traitement de surfaces, matériau de dépôt à la vapeur, et aimant permanent à base de métal des terres rares dont la surface est traitée | [2009/11] | Examination procedure | 31.03.2009 | Examination requested [2009/20] | 06.05.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 10.07.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.03.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.07.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.06.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.09.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 26.09.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP00109513.2 / EP1055744 | 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 (EP20000109513) is 27.05.2008 | Opposition(s) | 15.08.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 29.05.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 30.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 30.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 30.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 13 |
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| Former [2013/22] | FI | 14.11.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US4837114 (HAMADA TAKAKI [JP], et al) [X] 1-3,6 * column 3, lines 9-21,39-44,49-60 * * column 7, lines 49-55 * * column 8, lines 2-4,13-29 * * column 20, lines 26-35 * * column 25, line 47 - column 26, line 19 * * column 27, lines 46-58 * * column 29, lines 59-68 * * column 33, lines 58-65 *; | [X]EP0811994 (SUMITOMO SPEC METALS [JP]) [X] 1-3,6 * page 3, lines 12-14,23-25 * * page 4, lines 5-9,45-53 * * page 5, lines 11-18,35-46 * * page 6, lines 44-50 * * page 7, line 58 - page 8, line 6 *; | [X] - AHMED N A G ET AL, "ION VAPOUR DEPOSITION FOR CORROSION PROTECTION OF PERMANENT MAGNETS", MODERN MAGNETIC MATERIALS. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, (19890620), pages 8301 - 8309, XP000675705 [X] 1-3,6 * the whole document * | [X] - DHERE N G ET AL, "Purity and morphology of aluminium films", THIN SOLID FILMS SWITZERLAND, (197512), vol. 30, no. 2, ISSN 0040-6090, pages 267 - 279, XP002394992 [X] 1 * page 268, paragraph 2.1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-6090(75)90091-7 | [X] - DHERE N G ET AL, "The morphology of thick evaporated aluminium films and their purity as determined by proton-induced X-ray analysis", THIN SOLID FILMS SWITZERLAND, (19770701), vol. 44, no. 1, ISSN 0040-6090, pages 29 - 42, XP002394993 [X] 1 * page 30, paragraph 2 * * page 33, paragraph 3.2 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-6090(77)90025-6 | [X] - WYTENBURG W J ET AL, "LONG-LIVED ALUMINIUM EVAPORATION SOURCE FOR CONTROLLED, REPRODUCIBLE DEPOSITION OF CLEAN ULTRATHIN FILMS UNDER ULTRAHIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: PART A, AVS /AIP, MELVILLE, NY, US, (19921101), vol. 10, no. 6, ISSN 0734-2101, pages 3597 - 3598, XP000322761 [X] 1 * page 3597, column L, paragraph 3 * | [X] - LOVE R B ET AL, "Thick deposits of ultrahigh-purity aluminium", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY USA, (197411), vol. 11, no. 6, ISSN 0022-5355, pages 1124 - 1127, XP002394996 [X] 1 * page 1124, column R * * page 1126, column R, paragraph L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.1318693 |