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EP2961549 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WORK PIECES HAVING A TAILORED MICROSTRUCTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.01.2022
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.02.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  31.01.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.12.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.09.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip06.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SLM Solutions Group AG
Estlandring 4
23560 Lübeck / DE
[2018/25]
Former [2016/01]For all designated states
SLM Solutions Group AG
Roggenhorster Strasse 9c
23556 Lübeck / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SCHWARZE, Dieter
c/o SLM SOLUTIONS Group AG
Estlandring 4
23560 Luebeck / DE
 [2019/01]
Former [2016/01]01 / SCHWARZE, Dieter
c/o SLM SOLUTIONS GMBH
Roggenhorster Strasse 9c
23556 Luebeck / DE
Representative(s)Schicker, Silvia
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2016/01]Schicker, Silvia
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date13708729.227.02.2013
[2016/01]
WO2013EP53946
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014131444
Date:04.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2961549
Date:06.01.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2961549
Date:17.03.2021
Language:EN
[2021/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.09.2014
ClassificationIPC:B29C64/153, B23K103/04, B22F3/105
[2020/39]
CPC:
B29C64/153 (EP,US); B22F10/28 (EP,US); B22F10/36 (EP,US);
B22F10/362 (EP,US); B22F10/366 (EP,US); B22F10/368 (EP,US);
B22F10/38 (EP,US); B22F12/13 (EP,US); B22F12/40 (EP,US);
B22F12/44 (EP,US); B22F12/50 (EP,US); B23K26/0006 (US);
B23K26/144 (US); B23K26/342 (US); B23K26/60 (US);
B23K26/70 (US); B22F10/322 (EP,US); B23K2103/05 (EP,US);
B33Y10/00 (US); B33Y30/00 (US); Y02P10/25 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/01]B22F3/105, B29C67/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2016/01]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON WERKSTÜCKEN MIT MASSGESCHNEIDERTER MIKROSTRUKTUR[2016/01]
English:APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WORK PIECES HAVING A TAILORED MICROSTRUCTURE[2016/01]
French:APPAREIL ET MÉTHODE DE PRODUCTION DE PIÈCES DE FABRICATION AVEC UNE MICROSTRUCTURE SUR MESURE[2016/01]
Entry into regional phase11.08.2015National basic fee paid 
11.08.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
11.08.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.08.2015Examination requested  [2016/01]
26.11.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.08.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.11.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.04.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.09.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.12.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
07.12.2020Fee for grant paid
07.12.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.02.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.02.2021Receipt 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  06.08.2018
Opposition(s)20.12.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2022/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
18.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
20.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
20.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
26.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
27.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
23.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU27.02.2013
AL17.03.2021
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Cited inInternational search[X]EP0861927  (SULZER INNOTEC AG [CH]) [X] 1-3,7-10,14,15 * page 2, lines 3-56 * * page 3, line 23 - page 5, line 17 * * figures 1-4 *;
 [XA]US2001014403  (BROWN LAWRENCE EVANS [US], et al) [X] 15 * paragraphs [0001] , [0008] , [0033] - [0039] - [0041] - [0043] - [0045] , [0049] * * figures 1-11 *[A] 1-14;
 [X]WO2004039531  (TOYSERKANI EHSAN [CA], et al) [X] 1-4,8-11,15 * page 1, line 1 - page 2, line 13 * * page 4, line 23 - page 6, line 7 * * page 8, line 23 - page 10, line 19 * * page 12, line 3 - page 16, line 17 * * page 26, line 15 - page 27, line 24 * * figures 1-11 *;
 [X]EP1424158  (ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD [CH]) [X] 1-4,6,8-11,13,15 * paragraphs [0002] , [0009] , [0013] , [0014] , [0017] , [0023] - [0029] * * figures 1,3,5 *;
 [X]US2011042031  (FURLONG MICHAEL THOMAS [GB], et al) [X] 1,2,5,8,9,12,15 * paragraphs [0002] , [0003] , [0033] , [0041] - [0046] - [0050] - [0064] - [0074] , [0077] - [0086] - [0092] * * figures 1-5 *;
 [X]DE102009051479  (MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-4,8-11,15 * paragraphs [0007] , [0008] , [0010] - [0014] - [0017] - [0022] * * figure 1 *
by applicantEP1793979
 EP2335848
    - J.D. HUNT, "Steady State Columnar and Equiaxed Growth of Dendrites and Eutectic", MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, (1984), vol. 65, doi:doi:10.1016/0025-5416(84)90201-5, pages 75 - 83, XP024084717

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-5416(84)90201-5
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