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EP2543632 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE AGGREGATE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.06.2021 Database last updated on 14.05.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 03.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 29.03.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.10.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	27.04.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 29.05.2024 [2024/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Zeon Corporation 6-2, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8246 / JP
	For all designated states National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 3-1 Kasumigaseki 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8921 / JP
	[2020/32]
Former [2013/02]	For all designated states Zeon Corporation 6-2, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8246 / JP
	For all designated states National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 3-1 Kasumigaseki 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8921 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / TAKAI, Hirokazu c/o ZEON CORPORATION 6-2 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8246 / JP
	02 / UEJIMA, Mitsugu c/o ZEON CORPORATION 6-2 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8246 / JP
	03 / HOANG, The Ban c/o ZEON CORPORATION 6-2 Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8246 / JP
	04 / HATA, Kenji c/o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tsukuba Central 5 1-1 Higashi 1-chome Tsukuba-shi Ibaraki 305-8565 / JP
	05 / YUMURA, Motoo c/o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tsukuba Central 5 1-1 Higashi 1-chome Tsukuba-shi Ibaraki 305-8565 / JP
	[2013/02]
Representative(s)	Maiwald GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2020/32]	Maiwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
Former [2013/02]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11750602.2	28.02.2011
	[2020/32]
	WO2011JP54516
Priority number, date	JP20100219577	29.09.2010 Original published format: JP 2010219577
	JP20100044504	01.03.2010 Original published format: JP 2010044504
	[2013/02]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011108492
	Date:	09.09.2011
	Language:	JA
	[2011/36]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2543632
	Date:	09.01.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2543632
	Date:	05.08.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	09.09.2011
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.08.2015
Classification	IPC:	C01B32/16, B01J37/02, B82Y30/00, B82Y40/00, B01J23/745	[2020/16]
	CPC:	C01B32/16 (EP,KR,US); B01J23/745 (EP,KR,US); B01J37/0217 (EP,KR,US); B01J37/0219 (EP,KR,US); B01J37/0225 (EP,KR,US); B01J37/0244 (EP,KR,US); (+) B82Y30/00 (EP,KR,US); B82Y40/00 (EP,KR,US); C01B32/162 (KR); C01B2202/08 (EP,KR,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2015/38]	C01B31/02, B01J37/02, B01J23/745, B82Y30/00, B82Y40/00
	Former IPC [2013/02]	C01B31/02
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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/02]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES AUSGERICHTETEN KOHLENSTOFFNANORÖHRCHENAGGREGATS	[2013/02]
	English:	METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE AGGREGATE	[2013/02]
	French:	MÉTHODE DE PRODUCTION D'UN AGRÉGAT DE NANOTUBES DE CARBONE ALIGNÉS	[2013/02]
Entry into regional phase	22.08.2012	Translation filed
	19.09.2012	National basic fee paid
	19.09.2012	Search fee paid
	19.09.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.09.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.09.2012	Examination requested [2013/02]
	10.03.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	29.10.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.02.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.03.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.06.2020	Fee for grant paid
	30.06.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.06.2020	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 29.10.2019
Opposition(s)	07.05.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/28]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.02.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.02.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	10.02.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	10.02.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.02.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	13.02.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.02.2020	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	28.02.2011
	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CY	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	MK	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	BE	28.02.2021
	CH	28.02.2021
	IE	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
	[2024/22]
Former [2023/27]	HU	28.02.2011
	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CY	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	BE	28.02.2021
	CH	28.02.2021
	IE	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
Former [2023/24]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CY	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	BE	28.02.2021
	CH	28.02.2021
	IE	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	BE	28.02.2021
	CH	28.02.2021
	IE	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	CH	28.02.2021
	IE	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
Former [2021/47]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
	CH	28.02.2021
	LI	28.02.2021
	LU	28.02.2021
Former [2021/41]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	MC	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/36]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SI	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/34]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	IT	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/28]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SK	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/25]	AL	05.08.2020
	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/23]	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	SM	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/22]	AT	05.08.2020
	CZ	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	EE	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RO	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/20]	AT	05.08.2020
	DK	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/12]	AT	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	NL	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	HR	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	LV	05.08.2020
	PL	05.08.2020
	RS	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	IS	05.12.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	05.08.2020
	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	GR	06.11.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/08]	ES	05.08.2020
	FI	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	SE	05.08.2020
	BG	05.11.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
	PT	07.12.2020
Former [2021/07]	FI	05.08.2020
	LT	05.08.2020
	NO	05.11.2020
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