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EP About this file: EP1137504

EP1137504 - PROCESS CHAMBER FOR SELECTIVE LASER FUSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.01.2004
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 22.09.2004  [2004/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27c
80686 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2003/47]For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27 c
80686 München / DE
Former [2001/40]For all designated states
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Leonrodstrasse 54
80636 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / MEINERS, Wilhelm
Försterstrasse 25
D-52072 Aachen / DE
02 / WISSENBACH, Konrad
Rumpener Strasse 95
D-52134 Herzogenrath / DE
03 / GASSER, Andres
Am Pappelweiher 32
D-52066 Aachen / DE
 [2001/40]
Representative(s)Gagel, Roland
Patentanwalt Dr. Roland Gagel
Landsberger Strasse 480a
81241 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/40]Gagel, Roland, Dr.
Patentanwalt Dr. Roland Gagel, Landsberger Strasse 480a
81241 München / DE
Application number, filing date99960926.616.11.1999
[2001/40]
WO1999DE03670
Priority number, dateDE1998105394723.11.1998         Original published format: DE 19853947
[2001/40]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0030789
Date:02.06.2000
Language:DE
[2000/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1137504
Date:04.10.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.06.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1137504
Date:26.03.2003
Language:DE
[2003/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.06.2000
ClassificationIPC:B22F3/105, B23K26/00, B29C67/00
[2001/40]
CPC:
B23K26/12 (EP,US); B22F10/28 (EP,US); B22F12/38 (EP,US);
B22F12/70 (EP,US); B23K26/123 (EP,US); B23K26/127 (EP,US);
B23K26/142 (EP,US); B23K26/1476 (EP,US); B29C64/153 (EP,US);
B33Y30/00 (EP,US); B22F10/322 (EP,US); B22F12/67 (EP,US);
B22F2999/00 (EP,US); B29C2791/005 (EP,US); Y02P10/25 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
B22F2999/00, B22F10/28, B22F10/322, B22F2201/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU [2003/13]
Former [2001/40]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:PROZESSKAMMER FÜR DAS SELEKTIVE LASER-SCHMELZEN[2001/40]
English:PROCESS CHAMBER FOR SELECTIVE LASER FUSION[2001/40]
French:CHAMBRE DE PROCESSUS POUR LA FUSION SELECTIVE PAR LASER[2001/40]
Entry into regional phase21.04.2001National basic fee paid 
21.04.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
21.04.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.05.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
21.04.2001Examination requested  [2001/40]
25.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.11.2002Fee for grant paid
02.11.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.12.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
21.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipLU16.11.2003
[2004/39]
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0289116  (WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP [US]) [A] 1 * claim - * * figure - *;
 [AD]DE19649865  (FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG [DE]) [AD] 1 * column 9, line 9 - line 59 * * claim - * * figures 6A-7B *;
 [A]US5837960  (LEWIS GARY K [US], et al) [A] 1 * figure 2 * * column 7, line 59 - column 8, line 40 *;
 [A]  - MAAREN A J P ET AL, "A HIGH VACUUM SYSTEM FOR LASER INDUCED DEPOSITION OF TUNGSTEN", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: PART B,US,AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. NEW YORK, (19910101), vol. 9, no. 1, ISSN 0734-211X, pages 89 - 94, XP000176191 [A] 1 * page 89, column 2, line 31 - page 90, column 1, line 2 * * figures 2,3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.585794
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