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EP2636462 - METHOD OF DETECTING DEFECTS IN ROTARY PIERCING, SEAMLESS PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.11.2017 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	17.07.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL	published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8071 / JP
	[2013/37]
Inventor(s)	01 / FUJIWARA Masakazu c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0041 / JP
	[2013/37]
Representative(s)	Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE
	[2017/02]
Former [2013/37]	Zimmermann & Partner Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11838008.8	01.11.2011
	[2017/02]
	WO2011JP75148
Priority number, date	JP20100246168	02.11.2010 Original published format: JP 2010246168
	[2013/37]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012060358
	Date:	10.05.2012
	Language:	JA
	[2012/19]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2636462
	Date:	11.09.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/37]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2636462
	Date:	11.01.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	10.05.2012
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.06.2015
Classification	IPC:	B21B19/04, B21C51/00	[2013/37]
	CPC:	B21B37/78 (EP,US); B21B19/04 (EP,US); B21C51/00 (EP,US); B21B2265/12 (EP,US); B21B38/00 (EP,US); B21B38/08 (EP,US)
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 [2013/37]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ERKENNUNG VON FEHLERN BEI DREHPERFORATIONEN, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES NAHTLOSEN ROHRES	[2016/43]
	English:	METHOD OF DETECTING DEFECTS IN ROTARY PIERCING, SEAMLESS PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD	[2013/37]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION DES DÉFAUTS DANS LE LAMINAGE-PERÇAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN TUBE SANS SOUDURE	[2013/37]
	Former [2013/37]	VERFAHREN ZUR ERKENNUNG VON FEHLERN IN BEI DREHPERFORATIONEN, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES NAHTLOSEN ROHRES
Entry into regional phase	31.05.2013	Translation filed
	31.05.2013	National basic fee paid
	31.05.2013	Search fee paid
	31.05.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.05.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	31.05.2013	Examination requested [2013/37]
	22.01.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.08.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.09.2016	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	21.09.2016	Fee for grant paid
	21.09.2016	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	06.10.2016	Information about intention to grant a patent
	06.10.2016	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 02.08.2016
Opposition(s)	12.10.2017	No opposition filed within time limit [2017/51]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	01.11.2011
	AL	11.01.2017
	AT	11.01.2017
	CY	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	MK	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	TR	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
	[2020/34]
Former [2020/15]	HU	01.11.2011
	AT	11.01.2017
	CY	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	MK	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	TR	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2019/51]	HU	01.11.2011
	AT	11.01.2017
	CY	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	MK	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2019/46]	HU	01.11.2011
	AT	11.01.2017
	CY	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2019/31]	HU	01.11.2011
	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2018/33]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	MC	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2018/14]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SI	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2017/51]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	SM	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2017/50]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	DK	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2017/49]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	EE	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RO	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	SK	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2017/48]	AT	11.01.2017
	CZ	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Former [2017/40]	AT	11.01.2017
	ES	11.01.2017
	FI	11.01.2017
	HR	11.01.2017
	LT	11.01.2017
	LV	11.01.2017
	NL	11.01.2017
	PL	11.01.2017
	RS	11.01.2017
	SE	11.01.2017
	BG	11.04.2017
	NO	11.04.2017
	GR	12.04.2017
	IS	11.05.2017
	PT	11.05.2017
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPS5970424 (TOSHIBA KK) [A] 1-9 * abstract *;
		[A]JPS59118206 (KAWASAKI STEEL CO) [A] 1-9 * abstract *;
		[A]JPH0313222 (SUMITOMO METAL IND) [A] 1-9 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]JP2000000605 (NIPPON KOKAN KK);
		[Y]JP2000246311 (NIPPON KOKAN KK);
		[Y]JP2000334506 (NIPPON KOKAN KK);
		[Y]JP2001162307 (NIPPON KOKAN KK);
		[X]JP2002192229 (SUMITOMO METAL IND)

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