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EP0702097 - Sliding members [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1996/12]Sliding members and a method of preparation thereof
[1998/49]
StatusOpposition rejected
Status updated on  28.06.2002
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.06.2002Opposition rejectedpublished on 14.08.2002  [2002/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
13-5, Kudan-Kita 1-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0073 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1999/45]For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
13-5, Kudan-Kita 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073 / JP
Former [1996/12]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKEN
13-5, Kudan-Kita 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Komuro, Toshiro, c/o Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
Kashiwazaki Branch, 1-37, Hokuto-cho
Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken / JP
02 / Ooya, Masaki, c/o Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
Kashiwazaki Branch, 1-37, Hokuto-cho
Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken / JP
03 / Imai, Teruo, c/o Kabushiki Kaisha Riken
Kashiwazaki Branch, 1-37, Hokuto-cho
Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken / JP
[1996/12]
Representative(s)Serjeants LLP
Dock
75 Exploration Drive
Leicester, LE4 5NU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/12]SERJEANTS
25, The Crescent King Street
Leicester, LE1 6RX / GB
Application number, filing date94306000.415.08.1994
[1996/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0702097
Date:20.03.1996
Language:EN
[1996/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0702097
Date:10.11.1999
Language:EN
[1999/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.02.1995
ClassificationIPC:C23C14/06, C23C30/00, F02F5/00
[1996/12]
CPC:
F16C33/12 (EP); C23C14/0641 (EP); F02B2075/027 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   IT [1996/12]
TitleGerman:Gleitkörper[1998/49]
English:Sliding members[1998/49]
French:Corps de glissement[1998/49]
Former [1996/12]Gleitkörper sowie Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
Former [1996/12]Sliding members and a method of preparation thereof
Former [1996/12]Corps de glissement et méthode de leur fabrication
Examination procedure01.04.1996Examination requested  [1996/23]
20.01.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.11.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.03.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.10.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.01.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.03.1999Fee for grant paid
29.03.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  10.08.2000  24.08.2000  ADMISSIBLE
Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh
Bürgermeister-Schmidt-Strasse 17
51399 Burscheid / DE
Opponent's representative
Becker Kurig & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Bavariastraße 7
80336 München / DE
 [N/P]
Former [2000/46]
Opponent(s)01  10.08.2000  24.08.2000  ADMISSIBLE
Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh
Bürgermeister-Schmidt-Strasse 17
51399 Burscheid / DE
Opponent's representative
Becker Kurig Straus
Patentanwälte Bavariastrasse 7
80336 München / DE
Former [2000/40]
Opponent(s)01  10.08.2000  24.08.2000  ADMISSIBLE
Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh
Bürgermeister-Schmidt-Strasse 17
51399 Burscheid / DE
Opponent's representative
Schön, Alfred, Dr.
Patentanwälte Müller-Boré, Deufel, Schön, Hertel Lewald, Otto Isartorplatz 6 Postfach 26 02 47
80059 München / DE
20.09.2000Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
19.01.2001Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
24.01.2002Date of oral proceedings
15.03.2002Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
15.03.2002Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
25.03.2002Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2002/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
18.08.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
17.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
21.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[Y]GB2243162  (KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKEN) [Y] 1-10 * page 8; claims 1-9 *;
 [Y]  - WANG ET AL., "The morphology and orientation of Cr-N films deposited by reactive ion plating", THIN SOLID FILMS., LAUSANNE CH, (199003), vol. 185, no. 2, doi:doi:10.1016/0040-6090(90)90086-S, pages 219 - 230, XP025831258 [Y] 1-10 *section 3.2*

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-6090(90)90086-S
 [A]  - Dubiel, Dietmar, "Characterization of sputtered chromium nitride coatings", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19890417), vol. 110, no. 16, Database accession no. 139641 [A] 1-10 * abstract *
    [ ] - SONDERB. PRAKT. METALLOGR. (1988), 19(METALLOGRAPHIE), 187-200 CODEN: PMSODC;ISSN: 0343-3579, (1988) [ ] *sections 3.1,3.4*
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