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EP1950551 - PROBE AND CANTILEVER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  21.09.2012
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.09.2012Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 24.10.2012  [2012/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
8-22, Shinden 3-chome, Adachi-ku
Tokyo 123-8511 / JP
[2008/31]
Inventor(s)01 / KOYAMA, Kouji
c/o NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8-22, Shinden 3-chome Adachi-ku
Tokyo 123-8511 / JP
02 / KOTAKI, Toshiro
c/o NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8-22, Shinden 3-chome Adachi-ku
Tokyo 123-8511 / JP
03 / SUNAGAWA, Kazuhiko
c/o NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8-22, Shinden 3-chome, Adachi-ku
Tokyo 123-8511 / JP
 [2008/31]
Representative(s)Prinz & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Rundfunkplatz 2
80335 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/02]Prinz & Partner
Patentanwälte Rundfunkplatz 2
80335 München / DE
Former [2008/31]Kitzhofer, Thomas
Prinz & Partner GbR Rundfunkplatz 2
80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date06811462.806.10.2006
[2008/31]
WO2006JP320135
Priority number, dateJP2005029418306.10.2005         Original published format: JP 2005294183
[2008/31]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2007040283
Date:12.04.2007
Language:JA
[2007/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1950551
Date:30.07.2008
Language:EN
[2008/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP12.04.2007
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.12.2009
ClassificationIPC:G01N13/16, G12B21/02
[2008/31]
CPC:
G01Q60/38 (EP,US); G01Q70/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   LI [2008/44]
Former [2008/31]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 
TitleGerman:SONDE UND CANTILEVER[2008/31]
English:PROBE AND CANTILEVER[2008/31]
French:SONDE ET LEVIER[2008/31]
Entry into regional phase06.05.2008Translation filed 
06.05.2008National basic fee paid 
06.05.2008Search fee paid 
06.05.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
06.05.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.05.2008Examination requested  [2008/31]
07.05.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
13.06.2008Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
17.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.06.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.05.2012Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2012/43]
06.06.2012Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2012/43]
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  17.02.2010
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.10.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
26.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
26.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.10.201106   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[XY]EP0468071  (IBM [US]) [X] 1,2,4 * figures 2A-2E * * page 4, line 54 - page 5, line 7 * * page 6, line 40 - page 7, line 21 * [Y] 3;
 [Y]EP0475559  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]) [Y] 3 * figures 1,2 * * column 3, line 58 - column 7, line 3 *;
 [A]  - OLBRICH A ET AL, "High aspect ratio all diamond tips formed by focused ion beam for conducting atomic force microscopy", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B: MICROELECTRONICSPROCESSING AND PHENOMENA, AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY, NEW YORK, NY, US, (19990701), vol. 17, no. 4, ISSN 0734-211X, pages 1570 - 1574, XP012007612 [A] 1-4,2,4 * figures 2,5 * * paragraphs [00II] , [IIIA] *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.590842
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