EP2256535 - retention mechanism for immersion medium, and manufacturing method thereof [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2010/48] | Immersion objective lens, retention mechanism for immersion medium, and manufacturing method thereof | ||
[2012/04] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.05.2013 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, LU | published on 19.08.2015 [2015/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states OLYMPUS CORPORATION 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2010/48] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Harada, Mitsuo c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | 02 /
Namba, Akihiro c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | 03 /
Fukuoka, Morinao c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | [2012/27] |
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Harada, Mitsuo c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | ||
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Namba, Akihiro c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | |||
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Fukuoka, Morinao c/o Intellectual Property Support Department Olympus Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 2-3, Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 / JP | Representative(s) | Gunzelmann, Rainer Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2012/27] | Gunzelmann, Rainer Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | ||
Former [2010/48] | Gunzelmann, Rainer Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10008757.6 | 15.02.2005 | [2010/48] | Priority number, date | JP20040038500 | 16.02.2004 Original published format: JP 2004038500 | [2010/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2256535 | Date: | 01.12.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2256535 | Date: | 04.07.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.10.2010 | Classification | IPC: | G02B21/33 | [2012/04] | CPC: |
G02B21/33 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49826 (EP,US);
Y10T436/25 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2010/48] | G02B21/00, G02B21/02 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2010/48] | Title | German: | Rückhaltemechanismus für ein Immersionsmedium und Herstellungsverfahren dafür | [2012/04] | English: | retention mechanism for immersion medium, and manufacturing method thereof | [2012/04] | French: | mécanisme de rétention du milieu d'immersion et méthode de production du même | [2012/04] |
Former [2010/48] | Immersionsobjektivlinse, zurückhaltemechanismus für ein Immersionsmedium und Herstellungsverfahren dafür | ||
Former [2010/48] | Immersion objective lens, retention mechanism for immersion medium, and manufacturing method thereof | ||
Former [2010/48] | Lentille d'objectif immersion, mécanisme de rétenue de milieu d'immersion et methode de production pour cela | Examination procedure | 23.08.2010 | Examination requested [2010/48] | 20.05.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.01.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.05.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 15.05.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP05710206.3 / EP1717628 | 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 (EP20050710206) is 12.04.2010 | Opposition(s) | 05.04.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/24] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 17.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 20.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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Former [2012/51] | SI | 04.07.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US3837731 (AMOS L, et al) [A] 1-10* column 2, line 8 - column 3, line 2; figures 1-3 *; | [A]DD221563 (MIKROELEKTRONIK ZT FORSCH TECH [DD]) [A] 1-10 * pages 10-16 *; | [AD]WO02093232 (EVOTEC AG [DE], et al) [AD] 1-10 * pages 8-10; figures 1,2 * | by applicant | US6071748 | WO02093232 |