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METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM STRIP AND CASTING-ROLLING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM STRIP

Publication No. EP4380736

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App No. EP22735373

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Filed by SMS group GmbH

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Filed on 2022-06-15

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Issued/Published on 2025-08-06

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Publication No. EP4380736 A1

Application No. EP22735373 Filed: 2022-06-15

Grant Date 2025-08-06 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

B21B1/46, B21B37/00

Priority Claims

DE 202110208437 Date: 2021-08-04

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Applicants

SMS group GmbH

Am SMS Campus 1, 41069 Mönchengladbach

SMS Group GmbH

Eduard-Schloemann-Str. 4, 40237 Düsseldorf

Inventors (4)

FISCHER, Markus

57271 Hilchenbach

FICK, Guido

57223 Kreuztal

SCHÄFER, Michael

57076 Siegen

BREUER, Michael

57271 Hilchenbach

Representatives / Agents

Richly & Ritschel Patentanwälte PartG mbB

Sattlerweg 20, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach

Kross, Ulrich

Hemmerich & Kollegen, Patentanwälte

Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB

Postfach 860 820, 81635 München

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Request-For-Examination 2024-03-04

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-08-06

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-03-26

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

- "Rolling Aluminum: From the Mine Through the Mill; 3rd Edtion", 1 January 2008, THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION, article "cover page and table of contents", pages: whole book, XP009566805

- OSTERMANN, FRIEDRICH: "Anwendungstechnologie Aluminium", 1 January 1998, SPRINGER VERLAG , DE , ISBN: 978-3-662-05789-6, article FRIEDRICH OSTERMANN: "Front matter / Table of Contents", pages: 1 - 17, XP009566806, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05788-9

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DE	DE102021208437A1	A1	2023-02-09	Espacenet
US	US20250121429A1	A1	2025-04-17	Espacenet
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ZA	ZA202400907B	B	2025-02-26	Espacenet

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METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM STRIP AND CASTING-ROLLING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM STRIP

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