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EP2896724 - Tin-plated copper-alloy terminal material [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.05.2017
Database last updated on 17.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL
published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
3-2, Otemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8117 / JP
[2015/30]
Inventor(s)01 / INOUE, Yuki
c/o Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Central Research Institute
1002-14 Mukohyama
Naka-shi, Ibaraki 311-0102 / JP
02 / KATO, Naoki
c/o Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Corporate Marketing & Overseas Business
Development Dept. Corporate Strategy Div.
3-2 Otemachi 1-Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8117 / JP
03 / NAKAYA, Kiyotaka
c/o Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Central Research Institute
1002-14 Mukohyama
Naka-shi, Ibaraki 311-0102 / JP
 [2015/30]
Representative(s)Gille Hrabal Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Patentanwälte
Brucknerstraße 20
40593 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2015/30]Gille Hrabal
Brucknerstrasse 20
40593 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date14200007.423.12.2014
[2015/30]
Priority number, dateJP2013027170327.12.2013         Original published format: JP 2013271703
JP2014021065815.10.2014         Original published format: JP 2014210658
[2015/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2896724
Date:22.07.2015
Language:EN
[2015/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2896724
Date:13.07.2016
Language:EN
[2016/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.06.2015
ClassificationIPC:C25D5/12, C25D7/00, H01R13/03, C25D3/14, C25D5/50, H01B1/02, C23C28/02, // C25D3/12, C25D3/30, C25D3/38
[2016/09]
CPC:
C25D5/611 (EP,US); H01R13/03 (EP,CN,US); C23C28/021 (US);
C25D3/14 (EP,US); C25D5/12 (EP,US); C25D5/505 (EP,US);
H01B1/02 (US); H01B1/026 (US); C25D3/12 (EP,US);
C25D3/30 (EP,US); C25D3/38 (EP,US); Y10T428/12438 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2015/30]C25D5/12, C25D7/00, H01R13/03, // C25D5/50
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 [2016/04]
Former [2015/30]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 
TitleGerman:Verzinntes Klemmenmaterial aus Kupferlegierung[2015/30]
English:Tin-plated copper-alloy terminal material[2015/30]
French:Matériau de borne en alliage de cuivre étamé[2015/30]
Examination procedure21.12.2015Examination requested  [2016/04]
23.02.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.05.2016Fee for grant paid
27.05.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
27.05.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)18.04.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/25]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU23.12.2014
AL13.07.2016
AT13.07.2016
BE13.07.2016
CY13.07.2016
CZ13.07.2016
DK13.07.2016
EE13.07.2016
ES13.07.2016
FI13.07.2016
HR13.07.2016
LT13.07.2016
LV13.07.2016
MC13.07.2016
MK13.07.2016
NL13.07.2016
PL13.07.2016
RO13.07.2016
RS13.07.2016
SE13.07.2016
SI13.07.2016
SK13.07.2016
SM13.07.2016
TR13.07.2016
BG13.10.2016
NO13.10.2016
GR14.10.2016
IS13.11.2016
PT14.11.2016
IE23.12.2016
LU23.12.2016
MT23.12.2016
[2018/46]
Former [2018/45]HU23.12.2014
AT13.07.2016
BE13.07.2016
CY13.07.2016
CZ13.07.2016
DK13.07.2016
EE13.07.2016
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SK13.07.2016
SM13.07.2016
TR13.07.2016
BG13.10.2016
NO13.10.2016
GR14.10.2016
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PT14.11.2016
IE23.12.2016
LU23.12.2016
MT23.12.2016
Former [2018/43]HU23.12.2014
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BG13.10.2016
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BG13.10.2016
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Documents cited:Search[E]EP2874239  (MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP [JP]) [E] 1-3 * abstract * * figure 1 *;
 [AP]EP2682263  (MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP [JP]) [AP] 1-3 * abstract * * figures 6,8 *;
 [AP]EP2784184  (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP]) [AP] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0050] - [0052]; table 1 * * claims 1-16 *;
 [A]EP2369688  (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0077] - [0082] - [0086]; examples 101-116 *;
 [A]JP2007258156  (KOBE STEEL LTD) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * figures 1,3,4 * * tables 1-4 *;
 [A]EP2351875  (MITSUBISHI SHINDO KK [JP]) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * figures 1,7 *;
 [A]EP1788585  (KOBE STEEL LTD [JP]) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0041] - [0043] - [0053] , [0067] , [0070] , [0075] , [0080] *;
 [A]JP2009057630  (MITSUBISHI SHINDO KK) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0025] - [0030]; figures 1,2 * * tables 1-4 *
by applicantJPH11102739
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 JP2004225070
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