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EP0954398 - SAND CORE REMOVAL AND CASTING HEAT TREATMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.04.2006 Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states PROCEDYNE CORPORATION 11 Industrial Drive New Brunswick NJ 08901 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1999/45]	For all designated states PROCEDYNE CORPORATION 11 Industrial Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BICKFORD, Karin, Staffin 172 Sayre Drive Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
	02 / STAFFIN, Herbert, Kenneth 36 Avalon Drive Colonia, NJ 07067 / US
	03 / ROAPER, Robert, Bernard, II 350 Oak Hill Road Barrington Illinois 60010 / US
	[1999/45]
Representative(s)	Lomas, Geoffrey Michael, et al Barker Brettell LLP Medina Chambers Town Quay Southampton SO14 2AQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1999/45]	Lomas, Geoffrey Michael, et al Barker Brettell Medina Chambers, Town Quay Southampton SO14 7AQ / GB
Application number, filing date	97901226.7	06.01.1997
	[1999/45]
	WO1997IB00103
Priority number, date	US19960724542	30.09.1996 Original published format: US 724542
	[1999/45]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9814291
	Date:	09.04.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/14]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0954398
	Date:	10.11.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/45]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0954398
	Date:	01.06.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/22]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	09.04.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.07.2003
Classification	IPC:	B22D29/00, C21D1/53, C21D9/00	[1999/45]
	CPC:	C22F1/04 (EP,US); B22D29/003 (EP,US); C21D1/53 (EP,US); C21D9/005 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL, PT, SE [2005/20]
Former [1999/45]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	SANDKERNENTFERNUNG UND WÄRMEBEHANDLUNG EINES GUSSSTÜCKES	[1999/45]
	English:	SAND CORE REMOVAL AND CASTING HEAT TREATMENT	[1999/45]
	French:	PROCEDE D'ELIMINATION DE NOYAU EN SABLE ET TRAITEMENT THERMIQUE DE PIECES COULEES	[1999/45]
Entry into regional phase	30.04.1999	National basic fee paid
	30.04.1999	Search fee paid
	30.04.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	30.04.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.04.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	30.04.1999	Examination requested [1999/45]
	29.01.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	30.07.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.12.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.03.2005	Fee for grant paid
	24.03.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	02.03.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/21]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.04.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.01.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	16.01.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	IT	01.06.2005
	NL	01.06.2005
	DK	01.09.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
	ES	12.09.2005
	PT	03.11.2005
	IE	06.01.2006
	[2008/07]
Former [2006/49]	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	NL	01.06.2005
	DK	01.09.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
	ES	12.09.2005
	PT	03.11.2005
	IE	06.01.2006
Former [2006/26]	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	NL	01.06.2005
	DK	01.09.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
	ES	12.09.2005
	PT	03.11.2005
Former [2006/22]	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	NL	01.06.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
	ES	12.09.2005
	PT	03.11.2005
Former [2006/14]	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
	ES	12.09.2005
	PT	03.11.2005
Former [2006/13]	AT	01.06.2005
	BE	01.06.2005
	FI	01.06.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
Former [2005/52]	FI	01.06.2005
	SE	01.09.2005
Former [2005/50]	SE	01.09.2005
Documents cited:	Search	[ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed
	International search	[A]FR2448573 (PHYSIQUE APPLIQUEE IND);
		[A]JPS63108941 (KOMATSU MFG CO LTD);
		[Y]US5294094 (CRAFTON PAUL M [US], et al);
		[A]US5332139 (HEATH JAMES E [US], et al);
		[Y]US5423370 (BONNEMASOU RONALD [BR], et al)

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