NANOPHASE PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENED AL ALLOYS PROCESSED THROUGH THE AMORPHOUS STATE - Patent 1499753

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EP 1 499 753 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/04

(21)	Application number: 03757253.4

(22)	Date of filing: 24.04.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C22C 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/012622

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/104505 (18.12.2003 Gazette 2003/51)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

24.04.2002 US 375940 P
25.02.2003 US 450114 P

(71)	Applicant: Questek Innovations LLC
	Evanston, IL 60201 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	OLSON, Gregory, B. Riverwoods, IL 60015 (US) TANG, Weijia Wilmette, IL 60091 (US) QIU, Caian Wilmette, IL 60091 (US) JOU, Herng-Jeng Wilmette, IL 60091 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hall, Matthew Benjamin
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	NANOPHASE PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENED AL ALLOYS PROCESSED THROUGH THE AMORPHOUS STATE