EP2803741A4 - ALLOY STEEL - Google Patents

ALLOY STEEL

Info

Publication number: EP2803741A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: alloy steel; alloy; steel
Prior art date: 2012-01-12
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP12864721.1A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2803741B1 (en

EP2803741A1 (en

Inventor

Hiroyuki Hirata

Tomohiko Omura

Kenji Kobayashi

Kaori Kawano

Kota Tomatsu

Kazuhiro Ogawa

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Nippon Steel Corp

Original Assignee

Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2012-01-12

Filing date

2012-12-17

Publication date

2015-12-02

2012-12-17 Application filed by Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp filed Critical Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

2014-11-19 Publication of EP2803741A1 publication Critical patent/EP2803741A1/en

2015-12-02 Publication of EP2803741A4 publication Critical patent/EP2803741A4/en

2019-08-07 Application granted granted Critical

2019-08-07 Publication of EP2803741B1 publication Critical patent/EP2803741B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2032-12-17 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

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- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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EP12864721.1A 2012-01-12 2012-12-17 Method of post weld heat treatment of a low alloy steel pipe Active EP2803741B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2012004204A JP5370503B2 (en)	2012-01-12	2012-01-12	Low alloy steel
PCT/JP2012/082608 WO2013105396A1 (en)	2012-01-12	2012-12-17	Low alloy steel

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2803741A1 EP2803741A1 (en)	2014-11-19
EP2803741A4 true EP2803741A4 (en)	2015-12-02
EP2803741B1 EP2803741B1 (en)	2019-08-07

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EP12864721.1A Active EP2803741B1 (en)	2012-01-12	2012-12-17	Method of post weld heat treatment of a low alloy steel pipe

Country Status (9)

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US (1)	US20150047749A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2803741B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP5370503B2 (en)
CN (1)	CN104040005A (en)
AU (1)	AU2012365129B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR112014017219A8 (en)
CA (1)	CA2861740C (en)
MX (1)	MX2014007692A (en)
WO (1)	WO2013105396A1 (en)

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