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EP1941551 - PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  10.01.2014
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.01.2014Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 12.02.2014  [2014/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Imperial Innovations Limited
Level 12 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Building Imperial College
London SW7 2AZ / GB
[2008/28]
Inventor(s)01 / BARNHAM, Keith, William, John
7 Ringford House West Hill
London SW18 1RT / GB
02 / MAZZER, Massimo
Via A. Aleardi 41
I-31029 Vittorio Veneto / IT
03 / BALLARD, Ian, Mark
125 Nottage Crescent Braintree
Essex CM7 2TF / GB
 [2008/28]
Representative(s)Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House
8 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8AP / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/51]Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2008/28]Palmer, Jonathan R., et al
Boult Wade Tennant, Verulam Gardens, 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date06779550.026.09.2006
[2008/28]
WO2006GB03574
Priority number, dateGB2005001959926.09.2005         Original published format: GB 0519599
[2008/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007034228
Date:29.03.2007
Language:EN
[2007/13]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1941551
Date:09.07.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.03.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2008/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP21.06.2007
ClassificationIPC:H01L31/072, H01L31/068, H01L31/075, H01L31/078, H01L31/16
[2008/28]
CPC:
H01L31/078 (EP,US); H01L31/04 (KR); H01L31/043 (EP,US);
H01L31/0475 (EP,US); H01L31/061 (EP,US); H02S10/30 (EP,US);
H01L27/14647 (EP,US); H01L2924/0002 (EP,US); Y02E10/52 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2008/28]
TitleGerman:PHOTOVOLTAISCHE ZELLEN[2008/28]
English:PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS[2008/28]
French:CELLULES PHOTOVOLTAIQUES[2008/28]
Entry into regional phase27.03.2008National basic fee paid 
27.03.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
27.03.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.03.2008Examination requested  [2008/28]
13.08.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.04.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.06.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.06.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
09.09.2013Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2014/07]
08.10.2013Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2014/07]
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  13.08.2008
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
30.04.2009Request for further processing filed
30.04.2009Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.09.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
23.09.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
23.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
23.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
24.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[X]WO8602463  (ZARUDIANSKY ALAIN) [X] 1,8-23,32-38 * the whole document *;
 [XY]EP0848433  (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US]) [X] 1,8-23,32-38 * page 3, line 56 - page 6, line 26; figures 1-3 * [Y] 2-7,24-31;
 [DA]EP0894494  (AMWAY CORP [US]) [DA] 1-38* the whole document *;
 [Y]US6154034  (LOVELADY JAMES N [US], et al) [Y] 2-7,24-31 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - DAVIES P A ET AL, "SOLAR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS: BRIEF REVIEW AND A NEW LOOK", SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19940501), vol. 33, no. 1, ISSN 0927-0248, pages 11 - 22, XP000452199 [A] 1-38 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0927-0248(94)90284-4
 [A]  - SHIMOKAWA R ET AL, "SUPPLEMENTARY-LIGHT METHOD FOR MEASURING THE CONVERSION EFFICIENCY OF MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS, TOKYO, JP, (19890501), vol. 28, no. 5, PART 2, ISSN 0021-4922, pages L845 - L848, XP000030461 [A] 1-38 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.28.L845
ExaminationGB2083705
 WO8602493
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