The patent EP2660043 was granted to Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products on Mar 3, 2021. The application was originally filed on May 4, 2012 under application number EP12166843A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Revoked".

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| Citation Phase | Publication Number |
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| DESCRIPTION | WO2010000666 |
| OPPOSITION | EP1067213 |
| OPPOSITION | US2007204935 |
| OPPOSITION | US2008227029 |
| OPPOSITION | US2009020944 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2010000666 |
| OTHER | US2008227029 |
| OTHER | US2009209444 |
| SEARCH | JPH04100674 |
| SEARCH | JPH04100696 |
| SEARCH | JPH05154693 |
| SEARCH | US5102033 |
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| Citation Phase | Reference Text |
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| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "ASM Specialty Handbook ", Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, (19930101), pages 460 - 462, Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, (20170720), XP055392709 |
| OPPOSITION | - David M Jacobson, Et Al., "Principles of Brazing", ASM International, (20050801), pages 133 - 135, XP055392719 |
| OPPOSITION | - "International Alloy Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Wrought Aluminum and Wrought Aluminum Alloys", Teal Sheets of The Aluminum Association, (200604), XP055810793 |
| OPPOSITION | - WOOTTON ERIC, GOETTINGEN ALCAN, "The surface treatment and coil coating of aluminium", URL: http://www.eaa.net/eaa/education/TALAT/5000/5300.htm, (20070215), XP002420652 |
| OPPOSITION | - G. Humpston, Et Al., "New filler metals and process for fluxless brazing of aluminium engineering alloys", MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Taylor & Francis, GB, GB , (19951101), vol. 11, no. 11, doi:10.1179/mst.1995.11.11.1161, ISSN 0267-0836, pages 1161 - 1168, XP055392725 |
| OTHER | - "Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys", ASM Specialty Handbook, ASM International, (19930000), pages 420 - 422,424,460-461 |
| OTHER | - DAVID JACOBSON; GILES HUMPSTON, Principles of Brazing, ASM International, (20050800), pages 133 - 135 |
| OTHER | - Registration Record Series Teal Sheets, The Aluminum Association, (20060400), page 5 |
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