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EP0874917 - PROCESS TO ENHANCE THE PAINTBAKE RESPONSE AND AGING STABILITY OF ALUMINUM SHEET MATERIALS AND PRODUCT THEREFROM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1998/45]	PROCESS AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE THE PAINTBAKE RESPONSE AND AGING STABILITY OF ALUMINUM SHEET MATERIALS AND PRODUCT THEREFROM
	[2010/41]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 26.08.2011 Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	16.12.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 18.01.2012 [2012/03]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Reynolds Metals Company Reynolds Metals Building, 6601 West Broad Street Richmond Virginia 23230-1701 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1998/45]	For all designated states REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY Reynolds Metals Building, 6601 West Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23230-1701 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BRYANT, J., Daniel 2304 Birnam Woods Terrace Midlothian, VA 23112 / US
	02 / YOSHIDA, Hideo 1-18-5, Yukimi-cho Showa-ku Nagoya 466 / JP
	03 / UCHIDA, Hidetoshi 2-16, Shoei-cho Mizuho-ku Nagoya Aichi / JP
	[1998/45]
Representative(s)	Lenzing Gerber Stute PartG von Patentanwälten m.b.B. Bahnstrasse 9 40212 Düsseldorf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2010/09]	Lenzing Gerber Stute Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten Bahnstrasse 9 40212 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2008/37]	Stute, Ivo Peter, et al Patentanwalt Postfach 200 221 40100 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2008/15]	Stute, Ivo Peter, et al Alt-Niederkassel 75 40547 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2004/42]	Bergen, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwalt, Postfach 11 01 23 40501 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2002/47]	Blake, John Henry Francis, et al Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB
Former [2001/26]	Blake, John Henry Francis, et al Brookes & Martin High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London WC1V 6SE / GB
Former [1998/45]	Woodcraft, David Charles BROOKES & MARTIN High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London, WC1V 6SE / GB
Application number, filing date	96944361.3	17.12.1996
	[1998/45]
	WO1996US19878
Priority number, date	US19950573895	18.12.1995 Original published format: US 573895
	[1998/45]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9722724
	Date:	26.06.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/27]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0874917
	Date:	04.11.1998
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.06.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/45]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0874917
	Date:	07.05.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/19]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	26.06.1997
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.06.1999
Classification	IPC:	C22F1/05	[2010/41]
	CPC:	C21D9/56 (EP,US); C22F1/04 (EP,US); C22F1/05 (EP,US); C21D9/60 (EP,US); Y02P10/25 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1998/45]	C21D9/46
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, SE [1998/45]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ERHÖHUNG DER WÄRMEBESTÄNDIGKEIT UND DER ALTERUNGSSTABILITÄT VON ALUMINIUMBLECHEN UND DARAUS HERGESTELLTER PRODUKTE	[2010/41]
	English:	PROCESS TO ENHANCE THE PAINTBAKE RESPONSE AND AGING STABILITY OF ALUMINUM SHEET MATERIALS AND PRODUCT THEREFROM	[2010/41]
	French:	PROCEDE D'AMELIORATION DE LA TENUE DU RENFORCEMENT A CHAUD ET DE LA STABILITE AU VIEILLISSEMENT DES TOLES D'ALUMINIUM ET DES PRODUITS DERIVES DE CES TOLES	[2010/41]
	Former [1998/45]	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERHÖHUNG DER WÄRMEBESTÄNDIGKEIT UND DER ALTERUNGSSTABILITÄT VON ALUMINIUMBLECHEN UND DARAUS HERGESTELLTER PRODUKTE
	Former [1998/45]	PROCESS AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE THE PAINTBAKE RESPONSE AND AGING STABILITY OF ALUMINUM SHEET MATERIALS AND PRODUCT THEREFROM
	Former [1998/45]	PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF D'AMELIORATION DE LA TENUE DU RENFORCEMENT A CHAUD ET DE LA STABILITE AU VIEILLISSEMENT DES TOLES D'ALUMINIUM ET DES PRODUITS DERIVES DE CES TOLES
Entry into regional phase	14.07.1998	National basic fee paid
	14.07.1998	Search fee paid
	14.07.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.07.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.07.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	14.07.1998	Examination requested [1998/45]
	25.08.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.02.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.06.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	08.10.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.01.2003	Fee for grant paid
	09.01.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH Opponent's representative Marsh, Roy David Hoffmann Eitle ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE
		02 05.02.2004 25.02.2004 ADMISSIBLE Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 DUFFEL / BE Opponent's representative Schinkel, Reta, et al, et al Müller Schupfner & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB Bavariaring 11 80336 München / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2010/08]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH Opponent's representative Marsh, Roy David Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
		02 05.02.2004 25.02.2004 ADMISSIBLE Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 DUFFEL / BE Opponent's representative Schinkel, Reta, et al, et al Müller Schupfner & Partner Patentanwälte Bavariaring 11 80336 München / DE
	Former [2007/04]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH Opponent's representative Marsh, Roy David Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
		02 05.02.2004 25.02.2004 ADMISSIBLE Corus Aluminium NV A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 Duffel / BE Opponent's representative Haselhorst, Reta, et al, et al Müller Schupfner Patentanwälte Bavariaring 11 80336 München / DE
	Former [2006/43]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH Opponent's representative Marsh, Roy David Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
		02 05.02.2004 Corus Aluminium NV A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 Duffel / BE Opponent's representative van der Donk, Henricus Matheus, et al, et al Corus Technology BV P.O.Box 10000 1970 CA IJmuiden / NL
	Former [2005/13]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
		02 05.02.2004 Corus Aluminium NV A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 Duffel / BE Opponent's representative van der Donk, Henricus Matheus, et al, et al Corus Technology BV P.O.Box 10000 1970 CA IJmuiden / NL
	Former [2004/14]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2004 15.10.2004 ADMISSIBLE Alcan Technology and Management Limited Badische Bahnhofstrasse 16 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
		02 05.02.2004 Corus Aluminium NV A. Stocletlaan 87 2570 Duffel / BE
	17.03.2004	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	17.09.2004	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	06.02.2007	Date of oral proceedings
	15.03.2007	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	11.04.2007	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	11.03.2010	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	14.09.2010	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	12.05.2011	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	22.05.2011	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2011/39]
Appeal following opposition	12.06.2007	Appeal received No. T0956/07
	03.08.2007	Statement of grounds filed
	11.03.2010	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	08.06.2007	Appeal received No. T0956/07
	11.03.2010	Date of oral proceedings
	19.03.2010	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.12.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	GB	17.12.2010
	IT	17.12.2010
	SE	18.12.2010
	FR	03.01.2011
	[2012/03]
Former [2012/01]	GB	17.12.2010
	SE	18.12.2010
	FR	03.01.2011
Former [2011/47]	SE	18.12.2010
	FR	03.01.2011
Former [2011/45]	SE	18.12.2010
Documents cited:	Search	[X]EP0616044 (NIPPON KOKAN KK [JP], et al) [X] 1-10 * page 6, line 20 - line 25; example 1; claim 1 *
	International search	[Y]US5441582 (FUJITA TAKESHI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4282044 (ROBERTSON KING G, et al);
		[Y]US4838958 (KOMATSUBARA TOSHIO [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4840852 (HYLAND M ELISE [US], et al);
		[Y]US3135633 (CLAUDE HORNUS JEAN);
		[Y]US5362341 (PALMER SCOTT L [US], et al)

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