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EP1303729
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1303729 - ITEM STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2003/17] | RETICLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | ||
| [2007/17] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.09.2008 Database last updated on 03.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.02.2011 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 30.03.2011 [2011/13] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. 15 Elizabeth Drive Chelmsford, MA 01824 / US | [2006/17] |
| Former [2003/17] | For all designated states Pri Automation, Inc. 805 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica, MA 01821-3986 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DENKER, Jeffrey, M. 7 Pond Terrace Woburn, MA 01801 / US | 02 /
WEISS, Mitchell 523 Brook Street Carlisle, MA 01741 / US | 03 /
HICKEY, John, T. 47 Profile Circle Nashua, NH 03060 / US | 04 /
TEAGUE, Peter, J., B. 13 Lattimer Street Marblehead, MA 01945 / US | 05 /
JORDAN, David 102 Turnpike Road Ashby, MA 01431 / US | 06 /
GORDAN, Jonathan 377 King Street, 3 Littleton, MA 01460 / US | [2003/17] | Representative(s) | Schurack, Eduard F., et al ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/17] | Schurack, Eduard F., et al Hofstetter, Schurack & Skora Balanstrasse 57 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 01952466.9 | 06.07.2001 | [2003/17] | WO2001US21376 | Priority number, date | US20000216194P | 06.07.2000 Original published format: US 216194 P | [2003/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO0208831 | Date: | 31.01.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/05] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1303729 | Date: | 23.04.2003 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.01.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2003/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1303729 | Date: | 21.11.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/47] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 30.05.2002 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.08.2005 | Classification | IPC: | G03F7/20, F24F3/16 | [2005/40] | CPC: |
G03F7/70741 (EP,KR,US);
G03F7/7075 (EP,KR,US);
G03F7/70866 (EP,KR,US);
H01L21/67359 (EP,KR,US);
H01L21/67769 (EP,KR,US);
Y10S414/135 (EP,KR,US)
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| Former IPC [2003/17] | F24F3/16 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IE, IT [2004/21] |
| Former [2003/17] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | Title | German: | ANORDNUNG ZUM LAGERN UND ENTLADEN VON OBJEKTEN | [2007/19] | English: | ITEM STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | [2007/17] | French: | SYSTÈME DE STOCKAGE ET D'EXTRACTION D'OBJETS | [2007/17] |
| Former [2003/17] | ANORDNUNG ZUM LAGERN UND ENTLAGERN VON PHOTOMASKEN | ||
| Former [2003/17] | RETICLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | ||
| Former [2003/17] | SYST ME DE STOCKAGE ET D'EXTRACTION DE R TICULE | Entry into regional phase | 22.01.2003 | National basic fee paid | 22.01.2003 | Search fee paid | 22.01.2003 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.01.2003 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.02.2002 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 22.01.2003 | Examination requested [2003/18] | 02.01.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.06.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.06.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.10.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 04.10.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 22.08.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/44] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.07.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.07.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.07.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.07.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.07.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | GB | 06.07.2008 | IE | 07.07.2008 | IT | 31.07.2008 | [2011/13] |
| Former [2009/34] | GB | 06.07.2008 | |
| IE | 07.07.2008 | ||
| Former [2009/29] | GB | 06.07.2008 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4757355 (IIZUKA KAZUO [JP], et al) [A] 1-14 * column 3, line 47 - column 5, line 68; figures 1,3A *; | [XA]US4867629 (IWASAWA YOSHIYUKI [JP], et al) [X] 1,8 * column 4, line 36 - column 6, line 38; figures 2,3 * [A] 2-7,9-14; | [A]US5997398 (YAMADA YOSHIAKI [JP], et al) [A] 1-14* column 4, line 22 - column 6, line 17; figures 3,5 * | International search | [A]US5431599 (GENCO ROBERT M [US]); | [A]US5944602 (GRUNDY DAVID A [US]); | [AE]US6284020 (MIZUNO AYAKO [JP], et al) |