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EP0767021 - Ladle cover for vacuum refining process [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.01.2002 Database last updated on 07.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	25.01.2002	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 13.03.2002 [2002/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 1-28, Kitahonmachidori 1-chome Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi Hyogo 651 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2001/12]	For all designated states Kawasaki Steel Corporation 1-28, Kitahonmachidori 1-chome Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651 / JP
Former [1997/15]	For all designated states KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 1-28, Kitahonmachidori 1-chome Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Tamura, Nozomu, c/o Kawasaki Steel Corp. Chiba Works, 1, Kawasakicho, Chuo-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 260 / JP
	02 / Yamada, Sumio, c/o Kawasaki Steel Corp. Chiba Works, 1, Kawasakicho, Chuo-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 260 / JP
	03 / Washio, Masaru, c/o Kawasaki Steel Corp. Chiba Works, 1, Kawasakicho, Chuo-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 260 / JP
	04 / Kanatani, Toshio, c/o Kawasaki Steel Corp. Chiba Works, 1, Kawasakicho, Chuo-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 260 / JP
	[1997/15]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1997/15]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	96111953.4	24.07.1996
	[1997/15]
Priority number, date	JP19950193609	28.07.1995 Original published format: JP 19360995
	[1997/15]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0767021
	Date:	09.04.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/15]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0767021
	Date:	27.05.1998
	[1998/22]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0767021
	Date:	21.03.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/12]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.04.1998
Classification	IPC:	B22D41/00, C21C7/10, F27D1/18	[1998/22]
	CPC:	C21C7/10 (EP,KR,US); B22D41/00 (EP,US); F27D1/18 (KR)
	Former IPC [1997/15]	B22D41/00, C21C7/10
Designated contracting states	BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, SE [1997/15]
Title	German:	Deckel für eine Vakuumraffinationspfanne	[1997/15]
	English:	Ladle cover for vacuum refining process	[1997/15]
	French:	Couvercle pour poche utilisée dans un procédé d'affinage sous vide	[1997/15]
Examination procedure	26.05.1998	Examination requested [1998/30]
	29.07.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.12.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.05.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.11.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.05.2000	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	21.09.2000	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.11.2000	Fee for grant paid
	30.11.2000	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	22.12.2001	No opposition filed within time limit [2002/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	26.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA] JPH01234514 [A] 9,10,14,16
		[YA] JPS59207870 [A] 9-11,15,16,18
		[YA] JPH01162714 [A] 8,9,11,13,15,18
		[YA] JPS58115073 [A] 13,17
		[YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 562 (C - 665) 13 December 1989 (1989-12-13) [Y] 1,3-5,2-5 * abstract *[A] 9,10,14,16
		[YA] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8502, Derwent World Patents Index; Class L02, AN 85-009402, XP002060278 [Y] 1,3-5 * abstract * [A] 9-11,15,16,18
		[YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 423 (C - 638) 20 September 1989 (1989-09-20) [Y] 2-5 * abstract *[A] 8,9,11,13,15,18
		[YA] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8333, Derwent World Patents Index; Class L02, AN 83-737982, XP002060279 [Y] 2-5 * abstract * [A] 13,17

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