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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS

Publication No. EP4408595

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App No. EP22799874

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Filed by SMS group GmbH

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Filed on 2022-09-29

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Issued/Published on 2026-01-28

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Publication No. EP4408595 A1

Application No. EP22799874 Filed: 2022-09-29

Grant Date 2026-01-28 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, // B21B45/00 B21B1/46

Priority Claims

DE 202110211091 Date: 2021-10-01

DE 202210208767 Date: 2022-08-24

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

Parties & Representation

Applicants

SMS group GmbH

Am SMS Campus 1, 41069 Mönchengladbach

SMS Group GmbH

Eduard-Schloemann-Str. 4, 40237 Düsseldorf

Inventors (3)

FUCHS, Wolfgang

57271 Hilchenbach

PADBERG, Georg

59757 Arnsberg

PETERS, Matthias

57223 Kreuztal

Representatives / Agents

Richly & Ritschel Patentanwälte PartG mbB

Sattlerweg 20, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach

Kross, Ulrich

Hemmerich & Kollegen, Patentanwälte

Metals@Linz

Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Intellectual Property Upstream IP UP

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-05-02

Mention Of Grant Published 2026-01-28

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-08-20

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CN	CN118043146A	A	2024-05-14	Espacenet
DE	DE102022208767A1	A1	2023-04-06	Espacenet
EP	EP4755540A1	A1	2026-06-10	Espacenet
JP	JP2024533794A	A	2024-09-12	Espacenet
JP	JP7797631B2	B2	2026-01-13	Espacenet
US	US20250129444A1	A1	2025-04-24	Espacenet
WO	WO2023052500A1	A1	2023-04-06	Espacenet

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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

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Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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