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EP2061729 - METHOD OF MAKING LOW RESISTIVITY DOPED ZINC OXIDE COATINGS AND THE ARTICLES FORMED THEREBY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  16.12.2016
Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.12.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 18.01.2017  [2017/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pilkington Group Limited
Prescot Road St. Helens
Merseyside WA10 3TT / GB
For all designated states
Arkema Inc.
2000 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 / US
[2009/22]
Inventor(s)01 / ABRAMS, Michael, B.
508 Ott Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 / US
02 / GUTIERREZ, Guillermo Benito
5 Church View Court
Ormskirk L39 2EG / GB
03 / KOROTKOV, Roman, Y.
3131 Meetinghouse Road no. 0-20
Boothwyn, Pennsylvania 19061 / US
04 / SANDERSON, Kevin, D.
5 Dewberry Fields Upholland
Wigan WN8 OBQ / GB
05 / SILVERMAN, Gary, S.
19 Grouse Trail
Chadds Ford, PA 19317 / US
06 / SMITH, Ryan
12 Buttonwood Drive
Collegeville, PA 19426 / US
07 / STRICKER, Jeffery, L.
203 Stepney Place
Narberth, PA 19072 / US
08 / YE, Liang
29 Norwood Crescent
Southport PR9 7DU / GB
 [2009/31]
Former [2009/22]01 / ABRAMS, Michael, B.
508 Ott Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 / US
02 / GUTIERREZ, Guillermo Benito
5 Church View Court
Ormskirk L39 2EG / GB
03 / KOROTKOV, Roman, Y.
1091 Penn Circle G-503
King of Prussia, PA 19406 / US
04 / SANDERSON, Kevin, D.
5 Dewberry Fields Upholland
Wigan WN8 OBQ / GB
05 / SILVERMAN, Gary, S.
19 Grouse Trail
Chadds Ford, PA 19317 / US
06 / SMITH, Ryan
12 Buttonwood Drive
Collegeville, PA 19426 / US
07 / STRICKER, Jeffery, L.
203 Stepney Place
Narberth, PA 19072 / US
08 / YE, Liang
29 Norwood Crescent
Southport PR9 7DU / GB
Representative(s)Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Joachimsthaler Straße 10-12
10719 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/22]Pfenning, Meinig & Partner GbR
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Joachimstaler Strasse 12
10719 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date07794486.603.05.2007
[2009/22]
WO2007US10621
Priority number, dateUS20060840915P29.08.2006         Original published format: US 840915 P
[2009/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008027085
Date:06.03.2008
Language:EN
[2008/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2061729
Date:27.05.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/22]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.03.2008
ClassificationIPC:C03C17/245
[2009/22]
CPC:
C23C16/407 (EP,US); C03C17/245 (EP,KR,US); C03C2217/214 (EP,US);
C03C2217/216 (EP,US); C03C2217/228 (EP,US); C03C2217/24 (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,   MT,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2009/22]
Extension statesAL26.03.2009
BA26.03.2009
HR26.03.2009
MK26.03.2009
RS26.03.2009
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON DOTIERTEN ZINKOXIDÜBERZÜGEN MIT NIEDRIGEM SPEZIFISCHEM WIDERSTAND UND DADURCH GEBILDETE GEGENSTÄNDE[2009/22]
English:METHOD OF MAKING LOW RESISTIVITY DOPED ZINC OXIDE COATINGS AND THE ARTICLES FORMED THEREBY[2009/22]
French:MÉTHODE DE FABRICATION DE REVÊTEMENTS D'OXYDE DE ZINC DOPÉ DE FAIBLE RÉSISTIVITÉ ET ARTICLES RÉALISÉS SELON LA MÉTHODE[2009/22]
Entry into regional phase26.03.2009National basic fee paid 
26.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
26.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/22]
13.01.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.05.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.01.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.08.2016Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2017/03]
12.09.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2017/03]
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  13.01.2011
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
25.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
25.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
25.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
28.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
27.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
27.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
27.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
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Cited inInternational search[XY]WO0246242  (FIRST SOLAR LLC [US], et al) [X] 1-11,17-19 * abstract * * page 9; example 10 * * page 6, lines 8,9,22,23,13-19 * [Y] 12-16;
 [Y]EP0335769  (SAINT GOBAIN VITRAGE [FR]) [Y] 1-19 * the whole document *;
 [Y]US4751149  (VIJAYAKUMAR PANTHAM S [US], et al) [Y] 1-19 * the whole document *;
 [PA]WO2007029014  (PILKINGTON GROUP LTD [GB], et al) [PA] 1-19 * abstract *
 [X]  - ADACHI K ET AL, "ZnO films deposited by APCVD", PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE. LAS VEGAS, OCT. 7 - 11, 1991, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19911007), VOL. 2 CONF. 22, ISBN 0-87942-636-5, pages 1385 - 1388, XP010039137 [X] 1-11,17-19 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.1991.169434
 [XY]  - CHOI B G ET AL, "Electrical, optical and structural properties of transparent and conducting ZnO thin films doped with Al and F by rf magnetron sputter", JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, BARKING, ESSEX, GB, (2005), vol. 25, no. 12, ISSN 0955-2219, pages 2161 - 2165, XP004934235 [X] 11,17 * the whole document * [Y] 1-19

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.03.023
 [XY]  - ALTAMIRANO-JUAREZ D C ET AL, "Low-resistivity ZnO:F:Al transparent thin films", SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20040501), vol. 82, no. 1-2, ISSN 0927-0248, pages 35 - 43, XP004503266 [X] 11,17 * the whole document * [Y] 1-19

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2004.01.003
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