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EP0898137 - METAL MELTING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/08]METAL MELTING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR
[2002/39]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.02.2004
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.03.2004  [2004/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
16-7, Nishishinbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105 / JP
[1999/08]
Inventor(s)01 / SUWA, Toshio, Nippon Sanso Corp.
3054-3, Simokurosawa, Takane-cho
Kitakoma-gun, Yamanashi 408 / JP
02 / KIKUCHI, Yoshiteru, Nippon Sanso Corp.
3054-3, Simokurosawa, Takane-cho
Kitakoma-gun, Yamanashi 408 / JP
03 / KOBAYASHI, Nobuaki, Nippon Sanso Corp.
3054-3, Simokurosawa, Takane-cho
Kitakoma-gun, Yamanashi 408 / JP
04 / INOUE, Atsushi, Nippon Sanso Corp.
4-320, Tsukagoshi, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210 / JP
05 / HONDA, Hideyuki, Nippon Sanso Corp.
6-2, Kojima-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210 / JP
[1999/08]
Representative(s)Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Nymphenburger Strasse 4
80335 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/08]TER MEER STEINMEISTER & PARTNER GbR
Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date98901055.830.01.1998
[1999/08]
WO1998JP00386
Priority number, dateJP1997002418206.02.1997         Original published format: JP 2418297
[1999/08]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9835196
Date:13.08.1998
Language:EN
[1998/32]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0898137
Date:24.02.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.08.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0898137
Date:02.04.2003
Language:EN
[2003/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP13.08.1998
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.04.1999
ClassificationIPC:F27B3/22, F27D13/00, F27B3/18, F27D7/02
[1999/21]
CPC:
F25J3/04412 (EP,US); F25J3/04557 (EP,US); F25J3/04563 (EP,US);
F25J3/0486 (EP,US); F27B3/18 (EP,US); F27B3/225 (EP,US);
F27D13/002 (EP,US); F27D7/02 (EP,US); F25J2205/60 (EP,US);
F25J2205/90 (EP,US); F25J2215/02 (EP,US); F25J2235/50 (EP,US);
F25J2245/50 (EP,US); F25J2250/20 (EP,US); F25J2290/10 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1999/08]F27D13/00, F27D17/00, F27B3/18
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1999/08]
TitleGerman:METALLSCHMELZVERFAHREN[2002/39]
English:METAL MELTING METHOD[2002/39]
French:PROCEDE DE FUSION DES METAUX[2002/39]
Former [1999/08]METALLSCHMELTVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN
Former [1999/08]METAL MELTING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR
Former [1999/08]APPAREIL DE FUSION DES METAUX ET PROCEDE CORRESPONDANT
Entry into regional phase20.10.1998Translation filed 
20.10.1998National basic fee paid 
20.10.1998Search fee paid 
20.10.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
20.10.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.10.1998Examination requested  [1999/08]
15.03.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.07.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.04.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.12.2002Fee for grant paid
30.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.01.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
17.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
15.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
16.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE2427360  (ASEA AB);
 [A]EP0291701  (KORTEC AG [CH]);
 [A]EP0031160  (KORF IKOSA IND ACO [BR]);
 [D]JPS56501810  (ICOSA IND DE ACO);
 [A]EP0563828  (NIPPON OXYGEN CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]EP0562635  (NIPPON OXYGEN CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]JPH0459013  ;
 [A]JPH02182824  ;
 [A]JPS5429316
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920611), vol. 016, no. 257, Database accession no. (C - 949), & JP04059013 A 19920225 (KIYOUWA KAKOU KK) [A] 1 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19901002), vol. 014, no. 456, Database accession no. (C - 765), & JP02182824 A 19900717 (MUSASHI SEIMITSU IND CO LTD) [A] 1 * abstract *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 79, no. 15, Database accession no. 79-28641, XP002098812 & JPS5429316 A 19790305 (NIIO) [A] 2 * abstract *
International search[A]JPH0534077  (KANKYO SOKEN CONSULTANT KK);
 [A]JPH08200968  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP, et al);
 [AE]JPH09105589  (NIPPON OXYGEN CO LTD)
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