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EP2495347 - ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.08.2019 Database last updated on 17.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.09.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.01.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.06.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	01.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	[2013/04]
Former [2012/36]	For all designated states Nippon Steel Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / HONDA Kazuhiko c/o NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	02 / SUZUKI Noriyuki c/o NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	03 / IKEMATSU Yoichi c/o NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	[2012/36]
Representative(s)	Hart-Davis, Jason, et al Cabinet Beau de Loménie 158, rue de l'Université 75340 Paris Cedex 07 / FR
	[2018/41]
Former [2012/36]	Hart-Davis, Jason, et al Cabinet Beau de Loménie 158, rue de l'Université 75340 Paris Cedex 07 / FR
Application number, filing date	10826404.5	12.07.2010
	[2018/41]
	WO2010JP61797
Priority number, date	JP20090245871	26.10.2009 Original published format: JP 2009245871
	[2012/36]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011052269
	Date:	05.05.2011
	Language:	JA
	[2011/18]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2495347
	Date:	05.09.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/36]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2495347
	Date:	10.10.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/41]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	05.05.2011
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	C23C22/18, C23C2/40, C23C2/06, C23C2/28, B32B15/01, C22C18/00, C22C38/00, C22C38/02, C22C38/04, C22C38/06, C22C38/14, C23C28/00	[2016/43]
	CPC:	C22C18/00 (EP,KR,US); C23C2/06 (EP,KR,US); B32B15/013 (EP,KR,US); C22C38/001 (EP,KR,US); C22C38/02 (EP,US); C22C38/04 (EP,KR,US); (+) C22C38/06 (EP,KR,US); C22C38/14 (EP,KR,US); C23C2/261 (EP,KR,US); C23C2/28 (EP,US); C23C2/40 (EP,KR,US); C23C22/182 (EP,KR,US); C23C28/321 (EP,KR,US); C23C28/345 (EP,KR,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2012/36]	C23C2/06, C22C18/00, C22C38/00, C22C38/14, C23C2/28, C23C2/40, C23C22/07, C23C22/08, C23C28/00
Designated contracting states	AL, 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, SM, TR [2012/36]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	FEUERVERZINKTES STAHLBLECH AUS EINER LEGIERUNG UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG	[2012/36]
	English:	ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	[2012/36]
	French:	TÔLE D'ACIER ALLIÉ, GALVANISÉ PAR IMMERSION À CHAUD, ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION ASSOCIÉ	[2012/36]
Entry into regional phase	26.03.2012	Translation filed
	26.03.2012	National basic fee paid
	26.03.2012	Search fee paid
	26.03.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.03.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.03.2012	Examination requested [2012/36]
	20.04.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.06.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	28.09.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.01.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.05.2018	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	14.05.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	19.06.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.08.2018	Fee for grant paid
	20.08.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	20.08.2018	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 14.06.2017
Opposition(s)	11.07.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.05.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.05.2013	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.05.2014	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.06.2015	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.05.2016	Renewal fee patent year 07
	16.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 08
	31.05.2018	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	12.07.2010
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	MK	10.10.2018
	MT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
	[2022/31]
Former [2021/34]	HU	12.07.2010
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	MT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2021/32]	HU	12.07.2010
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2021/26]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2020/17]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2020/14]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/50]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/40]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/37]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/35]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/34]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/26]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/24]	AT	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/23]	AT	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/22]	FI	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/21]	FI	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/20]	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	NO	10.01.2019
Former [2019/17]	NL	10.10.2018
Documents cited:	Search	JP2000328221 [ ];
		JP2003286556 [ ];
		JPH0413816 [ ];
		[A]EP0231653 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO [JP]) [A] 5,13-15* page 16, paragraph 4 - page 23 *;
		[Y]JPH0413816 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [Y] 7-11 * table 1 *;
		[XY]US5525431 (KANAMARU TATSUYA [JP], et al) [X] 1-4,6,12 * abstract * * columns 1,2 * * column 21, line 10 - line 12 * * column 14, line 55 - column 15, line 41 * * column 5, line 3 - line 6 * * column 9, line 54 * [Y] 5,7-11,13-15;
		[Y]JP2000328221 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [Y] 5,13-15 * the whole document *;
		[A]JP3139231B (NIPPON KOKAN KK) [A] 5,13-15 * see automatic translation D6 in the Annex; paragraphs [0001] , [0002] , [0038] , [0043] *;
		[Y]JP2003286556 (NISSHIN STEEL CO LTD) [Y] 5,13-15 * the whole document *;
		[L]WO2011052268 (NIPPON STEEL CORP [JP], et al) [L] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		EP2495346 [ ] (NIPPON STEEL CORP [JP])
		[ ] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2001, no. 16, Database accession no. 2001-151714, & JP2000328221 A 20001128 (SUMITOMO METAL IND LTD) [ ] * abstract *
		[ ] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2004, no. 01, Database accession no. 2004-002685, & JP2003286556 A 20031010 (NISSHIN STEEL CO LTD) [ ] * abstract *
		[ ] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1992, no. 09, Database accession no. 1992-069578, & JPH0413816 A 19920117 (SUMITOMO METAL IND LTD) [ ] * abstract *
	International search	[Y]JPH01184227 (SUMITOMO METAL IND);
		[Y]JPH03274251 (NIPPON STEEL CORP);
		[Y]JPH0413816 (SUMITOMO METAL IND);
		[Y]JPH08296065 (NIPPON STEEL CORP);
		[Y]JPH10510322 (METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG.);
		[Y]JP2002105657 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO);
		[Y]JP2002226976 (SUMITOMO METAL IND);
		[Y]JP2003293168 (NISSHIN STEEL CO LTD);
		[Y]JP2007297705 (NIPPON STEEL CORP)
	by applicant	JPS5974231
		JPS59190332

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