METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1552029

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EP 1 552 029 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28

(21)	Application number: 03792956.9

(22)	Date of filing: 08.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C22C 47/06, C22C 47/08, C22C 49/06, C04B 35/80, B22D 19/14, F16D 55/22

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/021089

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/018725 (04.03.2004 Gazette 2004/10)

(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:

20.08.2002 US 404729 P
31.03.2003 US 403339

(71)	Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
	St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	GRETHER, Michael F., Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(74)	Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER
	Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München 81675 München (DE)

(54)	METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME