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EP0885466 - LOW COST STABLE AIR ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.07.2002
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.02.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SE
published on 14.04.2004  [2004/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
4400 N. Alafaya Trl.
Orlando, FL 32826 / US
[1999/26]
Former [1998/52]For all designated states
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Westinghouse Building Gateway Center
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222 / US
Inventor(s)01 / KUO, Lewis, J., H.
Apartment 314, 100 Oxford Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146 / US
02 / SINGH, Prabhakar
2227 Woodmont Drive
Export, PA 15632 / US
03 / RUKA, Roswell, J.
51 Churchill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15235 / US
04 / VASILOW, Theodore, R.
445 Manor Road
Delmont, PA 15626 / US
05 / BRATTON, Raymond, J.
445 Manor Road
Delmont, PA 15626 / US
[1998/52]
Representative(s)Shaya, Darrin Maurice
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/52]Shaya, Darrin Maurice
Marks & Clerk, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date97908745.927.02.1997
[1998/52]
WO1997US03019
Priority number, dateUS1996060888929.02.1996         Original published format: US 608889
[1998/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9732349
Date:04.09.1997
Language:EN
[1997/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0885466
Date:23.12.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0885466
Date:12.09.2001
Language:EN
[2001/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.09.1997
ClassificationIPC:H01M4/88, H01M8/12, C04B35/01, H01M4/86
[1998/52]
CPC:
H01M4/9033 (EP,US); H01M4/88 (KR); C04B35/016 (EP,US);
H01M4/8621 (EP,US); H01M4/8885 (EP,US); H01M4/9016 (EP,US);
H01M2004/8689 (EP,US); H01M2008/1293 (EP,US); H01M2300/0074 (EP,US);
Y02E60/50 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1998/52]
TitleGerman:KOSTENGÜNSTIGES STABILES LUFTELEKTRODEMATERIAL FÜR HOCHTEMPERATUR-FESTOXID ELEKTROCHEMISCHE ZELLEN[2001/37]
English:LOW COST STABLE AIR ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS[1998/52]
French:MATERIAU D'ELECTRODE OXYDOREDUCTRICE, STABLE ET PEU COUTEUX, POUR PILES ELECTROCHIMIQUES A ELECTROLYTES OXYDES SOLIDES FONCTIONNANT A HAUTE TEMPERATURE[1998/52]
Former [1998/52]KOSTGÜNSTIGES STABILES LUFTELEKTRODEMATERIAL FÜR HOCHTEMPERATUR-FESTOXID ELEKTROCHEMISCHE ZELLEN
Entry into regional phase25.08.1998National basic fee paid 
25.08.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
25.08.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.09.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.08.1998Examination requested  [1998/52]
04.01.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.07.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.03.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.05.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.12.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.03.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.05.2001Fee for grant paid
18.05.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.06.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/36]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
11.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
28.02.200105   M06   Fee paid on   27.03.2001
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE12.09.2001
NL12.09.2001
DK12.12.2001
SE12.12.2001
ES26.03.2002
[2004/16]
Former [2004/04]BE12.09.2001
NL12.09.2001
DK12.12.2001
ES26.03.2002
Former [2003/46]BE12.09.2001
NL12.09.2001
DK12.12.2001
Former [2003/09]BE12.09.2001
NL12.09.2001
Former [2002/29]BE12.09.2001
Cited inInternational search[A]JPH07138069  ;
 [A]JPH042609  ;
 [A]EP0593281  (NGK INSULATORS LTD [JP]) [A] 12 * page 2, line 27 - line 37; claims 1,4 *;
 [A]DE4406276  (KYOCERA CORP [JP]) [A] 12,13,19,20 * claims 5,9,12 * * example 5; table 8 * * page 5, line 43 - line 49 * * page 7, line 50 - line 64 *;
 [A]EP0633619  (NGK INSULATORS LTD [JP]) [A] * claims 1,5 *;
 [A]EP0641749  (NGK INSULATORS LTD [JP]) [A] 12 * page 4, line 18 - line 58; claims 1-8,10,11,13 * * page 5, line 17 - line 21 *;
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950929), vol. 095, no. 008, & JP07138069 A 19950530 (CENTRAL RES INST OF ELECTRIC POWER IND;OTHERS: 01) [A] 12 * abstract *
    [ ] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19951016), vol. 123, no. 16, Database accession no. 204350 [ ] * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 92, no. 07, Database accession no. 92-054142, XP002034123 & JPH042609 A 19920107 (SHINETSU CHEM IND CO LTD) [A] 1 * abstract *
    [ ] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19920518), vol. 116, no. 20, Database accession no. 197097 [ ] * abstract *
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