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EP1683886 - Vacuum vapor deposition apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 21.12.2012 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	21.12.2012	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 23.01.2013 [2013/04]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 16-5, Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8215 / JP
	[2006/30]
Inventor(s)	01 / Sato, Keiichi Hiroshima Research & Dvpt Center Mitsubishi Heavy I. 6-22 Kan-on-shin-machi 4-chome Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima / JP
	02 / Kobayashi, Toshiro Hiroshima Research& Dvpt Center Mitsubishi Heavy I. 6-22 Kan-on-shin-machi 4-chome Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima / JP
	03 / Kato, Mitsuo Hiroshima Research & Dvpt Center Mitsubishi Heavy I. 6-22 Kan-on-shin-machi 4-chome Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima / JP
	04 / Kamikawa, Susumu Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery 4-10-1 Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo / JP
	05 / Wada, Kouzou Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery 4-10-1 Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo / JP
	[2006/30]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2006/30]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date	06001097.2	19.01.2006
	[2006/30]
Priority number, date	JP20050013673	21.01.2005 Original published format: JP 2005013673
	JP20050355652	09.12.2005 Original published format: JP 2005355652
	[2006/30]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1683886
	Date:	26.07.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/30]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1683886
	Date:	02.05.2007
	[2007/18]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	29.03.2007
Classification	IPC:	C23C14/24, C23C14/54	[2006/30]
	CPC:	C23C14/243 (EP,US); A46B17/02 (KR); C23C14/543 (EP,US); A46B2200/1066 (KR)
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, NL, PL [2008/02]
Former [2006/30]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Vorrichtung zum Vakuum-Aufdampfen	[2006/30]
	English:	Vacuum vapor deposition apparatus	[2006/30]
	French:	Appareillage pour dépôt sous vide en phase vapeur	[2006/30]
Examination procedure	19.01.2006	Examination requested [2006/30]
	11.09.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	19.10.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	28.02.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.08.2012	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2013/04]
	06.09.2012	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2013/04]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 19.10.2010
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.01.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.01.2009	Renewal fee patent year 04
	26.01.2010	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.01.2012	07 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]JPH0813137 ;
		[X]US2005011443 (MATSUKAZE NORIYUKI [JP], et al) [X] 2,6,10-12 * page 6, paragraph 56 - paragraph 58; figures 3,5 * * page 7, paragraph 63 *;
		[X]US3725045 (ROBLIN J, et al) [X] 1,2,7 * column 3, line 27 - line 40; figures 1,2; claims 1-28 *;
		[X]US3405251 (SPRIGGS REUBEN S, et al) [X] 4,8 * column 2, line 12 - line 15; figures 1,2; claims 1-9 * * column 2, line 44 - line 72 *;
		[X]GB706003 (BRITISH AMERICAN RES LTD, et al) [X] 3,4 * page 1, line 65 - page 2, line 40; figures 1,4,5; claims 1,2 * * page 2, line 60 - line 80 *;
		[Y]US6830626 (SMITH GARY L [US]) [Y] 1,2,6 * column 6, line 64 - column 7, line 15; figures 3,7 * * column 9, line 54 - column 10, line 35; claims 1,12 *;
		[Y]EP1408135 (GALILEO VACUUM SYSTEMS S R L [IT]) [Y] 1,2,6 * column 5, line 34 - line 48; figures 1-5; claims 1,2,12,13 *;
		[Y]US3746502 (ERHART F, et al) [Y] 1,2,6 * column 2, line 27 - line 47; figures 1a,1b,2 * * column 3, line 25 - column 4, line 6 *;
		[Y]US2962538 (PAUL ALEXANDER) [Y] 1,2,6 * figures 1-5; claims 1-9 *;
		[A]US4426569 (MILLER MARK C [US], et al) [A] 1-12 * figure 1 *
		[XY] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960531), vol. 1996, no. 05, & JP08013137 A 19960116 (HITACHI CHEM CO LTD) [X] 2,6 * abstract * [Y] 1
	by applicant	US3405251

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