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EP About this file: EP2270249

EP2270249 - AlMgSi-sheet for applications with high shaping requirements [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  24.04.2020
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.04.2020Patent maintained (B2 publication)published on 27.05.2020  [2020/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
Aluminiumstrasse 1
41515 Grevenbroich / DE
[2013/09]
Former [2011/01]For all designated states
Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
Ettore-Bugatti-Strasse 6-14
51149 Köln / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Brinkman, Henk-Jan
Sibyllenstrasse 75
53175 Bonn / DE
02 / Wirtz, Thomas, Dr.
Anderheitsallee 32
22175 Hamburg / DE
03 / Schröder, Dietmar
Neuenhausener Strasse 264
41515 Grevenbroich / DE
04 / Brünger, Eike
Arenzheide 3
41541 Dormagen-Stürzelberg / DE
05 / Karhausen, Kai-Friedrich
Am Schwanenmorgen 11
53121 Bonn / DE
 [2011/01]
Representative(s)Cohausz & Florack
Patent- & Rechtsanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Bleichstraße 14
40211 Düsseldorf / DE
[2020/22]
Former [2013/22]Cohausz & Florack
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Bleichstraße 14
40211 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2011/01]Cohausz & Florack
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Bleichstraße 14
40211 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date09164221.530.06.2009
[2011/01]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2270249
Date:05.01.2011
Language:DE
[2011/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2270249
Date:29.05.2013
Language:DE
[2013/22]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP2270249
Date:27.05.2020
Language:DE
[2020/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.12.2009
ClassificationIPC:C22F1/05, C22C21/02, C22C21/08
[2011/01]
CPC:
B22D7/005 (EP,US); C22F1/05 (EP,KR,US); C22F1/043 (US);
B22D21/007 (EP,US); C21D1/26 (US); C21D1/62 (EP,US);
C22C21/02 (EP,KR,US); C22C21/08 (EP,KR,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2020/22]
Former [2011/01]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,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
Extension statesAL04.07.2011
BA04.07.2011
RS04.07.2011
TitleGerman:AlMgSi-Band für Anwendungen mit hohen Umformungsanforderungen[2011/01]
English:AlMgSi-sheet for applications with high shaping requirements[2011/01]
French:Bande AIMgSi pour applications ayant des exigences de déformation élevées[2011/01]
Examination procedure04.07.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.07.2011Examination requested  [2011/32]
14.12.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.04.2013Fee for grant paid
17.04.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  14.12.2012
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  27.02.2014  10.03.2014  ADMISSIBLE
Novelis Inc.
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30326 / US
Opponent's representative
Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB, et al, et al
Postfach 860 820
81635 München / DE
 [2016/16]
Former [2014/15]
Opponent(s)01  27.02.2014   
Novelis Inc.
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30326 / US
Opponent's representative
Dey, Michael, et al, et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Richard-Strauss-Strasse 80
81679 München / DE
14.04.2014Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
20.10.2014Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
16.12.2015Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
29.07.2019Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
30.01.2020Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
16.04.2020Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition26.02.2016Appeal received No.  T0399/16
26.04.2016Statement of grounds filed
29.07.2019Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
15.02.2016Appeal received No.  T0399/16
21.04.2016Statement of grounds filed
29.07.2019Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
29.07.2019Date of oral proceedings
01.08.2019Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
19.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU30.06.2009
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    - Aluminiumtaschenbuch, 1 Grundlagen und Werkstoffe, 16. Auflage, S.136,137,682-685
OppositionJPH05306440
 US2006032560
 EP0761837
 WO2013037919
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 US2004011438
 US3392062
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    - Shimadzu, "Tensile test for Metallic Materials", URL: http://www2.shimadzu.com/applications/Testing/i244.pdf
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    - Ausdruck Wikipedia 'Zugprobe'
    - D.G.Altenpohl, Aluminium: Technology, Applications, and Environment: A Profile of a Modern Metal, pages 163 - 165
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