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EP About this file: EP0820528

EP0820528 - IRON SMELTING PROCESS AND PLANT ACCORDING TO THE MULTIPLE ZONE SMELTING PROCESS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.09.2000
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 22.09.2004  [2004/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
Turmstrasse 44
4020 Linz / AT
[N/P]
Former [1998/05]For all designated states
Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau Gmbh
Turmstrasse 44
4020 Linz / AT
Inventor(s)01 / DIMITROV, Stefan
Rintstrasse 8
A-4030 Linz / AT
02 / RAMASEDER, Norbert
Robert-Stolzstrasse 14
A-4020 Linz / AT
03 / PIRKLBAUER, Wilfried
Schmidberg 13
A-4491 Niederneukirchen / AT
04 / FRITZ, Ernst
Scheibenpogenstrasse 61
A-4020 Linz / AT
05 / MÜLLER, Heinz
Tassilostrasse 1
A-4501 Neuhofen / AT
[1998/05]
Representative(s)Kopecky, Helmut, et al
Kopecky & Schwarz Patentanwälte Wipplingerstrasse 30
1010 Wien / AT
[N/P]
Former [1998/05]Kopecky, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing. Kopecky & Schwarz Patentanwälte, et al
Wipplingerstrasse 32/22
1010 Wien / AT
Application number, filing date96908911.909.04.1996
[1998/05]
WO1996AT00067
Priority number, dateAT1995000062610.04.1995         Original published format: AT 62695
[1998/05]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9632505
Date:17.10.1996
Language:DE
[1996/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0820528
Date:28.01.1998
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.10.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/05]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0820528
Date:03.11.1999
Language:DE
[1999/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.10.1996
ClassificationIPC:C21C5/52, C21C5/56, F27B3/08
[1998/05]
CPC:
C21C5/5229 (EP,US); C21C5/52 (KR); C21C5/5252 (EP,US);
C21C5/56 (KR); C21C5/562 (EP,US); F27B3/08 (KR);
F27B3/085 (EP,US); Y02P10/20 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/05]
TitleGerman:ANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON EISENSCHMELZEN NACH DEM MEHRZONENSCHMELZVERFAHREN[1998/05]
English:IRON SMELTING PROCESS AND PLANT ACCORDING TO THE MULTIPLE ZONE SMELTING PROCESS[1998/05]
French:PROCEDE ET INSTALLATION DE PRODUCTION DE FONTES EN FER SELON LE PROCEDE DE FUSION EN ZONES MULTIPLES[1998/05]
Entry into regional phase10.11.1997National basic fee paid 
10.11.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
10.11.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.10.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.11.1997Examination requested  [1998/05]
06.02.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.03.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.08.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.09.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.04.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.05.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.07.1999Fee for grant paid
15.07.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.08.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
23.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
GR03.11.1999
NL03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
DK03.02.2000
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
LU09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
[2004/39]
Former [2004/07]ES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
GR03.11.1999
NL03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
DK03.02.2000
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2003/46]ES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
NL03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
DK03.02.2000
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2003/17]ES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
NL03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
MC30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2003/09]ES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
NL03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2002/27]ES03.11.1999
FI03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2002/23]FI03.11.1999
SE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2002/10]FI03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
AT09.04.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
IE19.07.2000
Former [2002/02]FI03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
BE30.04.2000
CH30.04.2000
LI30.04.2000
Former [2001/29]FI03.11.1999
IE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
BE30.04.2000
Former [2001/22]IE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
FI04.02.2000
BE30.04.2000
Former [2001/12]IE03.11.1999
PT03.02.2000
FI04.02.2000
Former [2000/43]PT03.02.2000
FI04.02.2000
Former [2000/23]FI04.02.2000
Cited inInternational search[A]FR1482929  (SIDERURGIE FSE INST RECH) [A] 1,18 * the whole document *;
 [A]DE1800131  (CONZINC RIOTINTO LTD) [A] 1,18 * column 5, line 58 - column 6, line 44; figure -; claim - *;
 [AD]AT295566B  (CONZINC RIOTINTO LTD [AU]);
 [A]EP0074270  (BRITISH STEEL CORP [GB]) [A] 1,18* page 7, line 1 - page 9, line 14; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]EP0240485  (VOEST ALPINE AG [AT]) [A] 1,18 * abstract *;
 [A]FR2611876  (CLECIM SA [FR]) [A] 1,18 * figure -; claim - *;
 [A]EP0548041  (VOEST ALPINE IND ANLAGEN [AT]) [A] 1,18 * abstract *
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