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EP About this file: EP2484743

EP2484743 - Liquid crystal display [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.06.2015
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 01.08.2018  [2018/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
[2012/32]
Inventor(s)01 / Goetz, Achim
Carlo-Mierendorf-Str. 14
64665 Alsbach-Haehnlein / DE
02 / Klasen-Memmer, Melanie
Donnersberstr. 3
67259 Heuchelheim / DE
03 / Derow, Stephan
Willy-Brandt-Allee 57
64347 Griesheim / DE
04 / Schoen, Sabine
August-Schmidt-Str. 35
45701 Herten / DE
05 / Best, Peter
Am Muehlrad 7
64832 Babenhausen-Hergershausen / DE
 [2012/33]
Application number, filing date12002277.729.03.2010
[2012/32]
Priority number, dateDE2009101862523.04.2009         Original published format: DE102009018625
[2012/32]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2484743
Date:08.08.2012
Language:DE
[2012/32]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2484743
Date:16.01.2013
Language:DE
[2013/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2484743
Date:30.07.2014
Language:DE
[2014/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.12.2012
ClassificationIPC:C09K19/30, C09K19/12, C09K19/44, C09K19/34, C09K19/04, C09K19/54, G02F1/1337
[2014/12]
CPC:
C09K19/3003 (EP,KR,US); C09K19/12 (EP,KR,US); C09K19/3001 (EP,US);
C09K19/3066 (EP,US); C09K19/3068 (EP,KR,US); C09K19/3098 (EP,KR,US);
C09K19/3402 (EP,KR,US); C09K19/44 (EP,KR,US); G02F1/1337 (KR,US);
C09K2019/0407 (EP,KR,US); C09K2019/0448 (EP,KR,US); C09K2019/122 (EP,KR,US);
C09K2019/124 (EP,KR,US); C09K2019/3015 (EP,US); C09K2019/3021 (EP,US);
C09K2019/3025 (EP,US); C09K2019/3422 (EP,US); C09K2019/3425 (EP,US);
C09K2019/548 (EP,US); C09K2323/00 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2013/03]C09K19/30, C09K19/12, C09K19/44, C09K19/34
Former IPC [2012/32]C09K19/30, C09K19/12, C09K19/44
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/32]
TitleGerman:Flüssigkristallanzeige[2012/32]
English:Liquid crystal display[2012/32]
French:Dispositif d'affichage à base de cristaux liquides[2014/12]
Former [2012/32]Affichage à cristaux liquides
Examination procedure30.03.2012Examination requested  [2012/32]
20.06.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.02.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.06.2014Fee for grant paid
18.06.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.06.2014Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP10003345.5  / EP2243812
Opposition(s)04.05.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
11.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
12.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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CY30.07.2014
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Documents cited:Search[E]EP2380947  (JNC CORP [JP], et al) [E] 1-10,12-21,23,25-30 * examples 4, 5, 14, 15, 18, 23, 41-48 * * claim - *;
 [Y]DE102008036248  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [Y] 1-30 * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0035]; compound - * * page 20; compounds CY23, CY24 * * page 23; compounds PY17 - PY20 * * paragraph [0091]; compounds DK8 - DK10 * * paragraph [0093]; compounds Y14 - Y16 * * paragraph [0101]; compounds O2, O4 * * page 40; compounds VK1 - VK4 * * paragraph [0110]; compound CC1 * * paragraphs [0007] , [ 17 ] , [ 136 ] , [ 158] - [0161] * * claim - *;
 [Y]WO2008145297  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE], et al) [Y] 1-30 * page 5, line 1 - page 9, line 15; compound - * * page 14, line 5 - page 15, line 30; compound - * * examples 1-20; compounds CPGP.5.3, CCPC.3.4 * * claim - *;
 [Y]EP1889894  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [Y] 1-30 * paragraphs [0010] - [0019] - [0021] , [0034] * * page 18 - page 20; compounds Xa, Xb, XIa, XIb, XIc, XIIa, XIIb,XIV, XV * * paragraph [0050]; compound XVIIIa * * example -; claim - *;
 [Y]DE102008035718  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [Y] 1-30 * page 24; figures CY23, CY24 * * page 27; compounds PY17 - PY20 * * page 29; compounds DK8 - DK10 * * page 43; compounds VK1 - VK4 * * paragraph [0106]; compounds O2, O4 * * paragraphs [0111] , [0115]; compounds CC, CC1 * * paragraphs [0033] , [0141] , [0144] , [0145] * * example -; claim - *;
 [YD]EP1378557  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [YD] 1-30 * page 10; compounds VIa, VIb * * pages 11-12; compounds VIIIa, VIIIb, IXa. IXb, IXc, Xa, Xb, XIII * * example -; claim - *;
 [A]WO2008009417  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-30 * page 44 - page 46; compounds II.8A - II.11B * * page 50; compounds III.8 - III.11 * * page 58; compounds III.10A, III.10B * * page 75, line 15 - line 30; compound - * * page 87, line 15 - page 88, line 5; compound - * * page 100, line 5 - line 11 * * page 102, line 5 - line 15 * * examples 2.1, 2.4; compound CCOC * * page 157, line 25 - line 35 * * claim - *;
 [A]WO2004033584  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-30 * page 3, line 20 - page 13, line 25; compounds I, VII, VIII, IX,X * * pages 26-27; table 1; compound CCPC.3.4 * * claim - *;
 [A]US7425355  (KLASEN-MEMMER MELANIE [DE], et al) [A] 1-30 * example -; claim -; compounds CPYP, CPYG *;
 [A]DE19927627  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-30 * example -; claim -; compounds CPYC-2-3 , CYYC-2-3 *
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