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EP2693845 - METAL PARTICLE ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  25.05.2018
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip25.05.2018New entry: Date of cancellation oral proceedings 
25.05.2018Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 27.06.2018  [2018/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8260 / JP
[2014/06]
Inventor(s)01 / FUKUURA, Tomohiro
c/o Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
6, Kitahara
Tsukuba-shi
Ibaraki 300-3294 / JP
 [2014/06]
Representative(s)J A Kemp LLP
80 Turnmill Street
London EC1M 5QU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2014/06]Jackson, Martin Peter
J A Kemp
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Application number, filing date12764351.830.03.2012
WO2012JP58599
Priority number, dateJP2011007947631.03.2011         Original published format: JP 2011079476
JP2011024533709.11.2011         Original published format: JP 2011245337
JP2012001864731.01.2012         Original published format: JP 2012018647
[2014/06]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012133778
Date:04.10.2012
Language:JA
[2012/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2693845
Date:05.02.2014
Language:EN
[2014/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.10.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.10.2014
ClassificationIPC:H05B33/22, B82Y20/00, H01L31/052, H01L33/44, H01L51/50, H01L51/52
[2014/47]
CPC:
G02B5/008 (EP,KR,US); B82Y20/00 (EP,KR,US); H01L31/02168 (EP,KR,US);
H01L31/056 (EP,KR,US); H10K50/85 (US); C08G2261/3142 (EP,KR,US);
C08G2261/3223 (EP,KR,US); C08G2261/3246 (EP,KR,US); C08G2261/3422 (EP,KR,US);
C08G2261/95 (EP,KR,US); H10K50/805 (US); Y02E10/52 (EP,KR,US);
Y10T428/12014 (EP,US); Y10T428/24413 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2014/06]H05B33/22, B82Y20/00, H01L31/052, H01L33/44, H01L51/50
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2014/06]
TitleGerman:METALLPARTIKELANORDNUNG[2014/06]
English:METAL PARTICLE ASSEMBLY[2014/06]
French:AGRÉGAT PARTICULAIRE MÉTALLIQUE[2014/06]
Entry into regional phase04.10.2013Translation filed 
04.10.2013National basic fee paid 
04.10.2013Search fee paid 
04.10.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
04.10.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.10.2013Examination requested  [2014/06]
29.04.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.01.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.05.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.05.2018Application withdrawn by applicant  [2018/26]
24.05.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 04.07.2018
04.07.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  05.01.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
10.03.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
10.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
10.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
13.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP2217913  (3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO [US]) [A] 1-10* the whole document *;
 [XD]  - TOMOHIRO FUKUURA ET AL, "Long Range Enhancement of Molecular Fluorescence by Closely Packed Submicro-scale Ag Islands", E-JOURNAL OF SURFACE SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, (20090101), vol. 7, doi:10.1380/ejssnt.2009.653, pages 653 - 659, XP055132409 [XD] 1-10 * page 655, paragraph B - page 657 * * page 658, column 1, line 27 - line 30 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1380/ejssnt.2009.653
International search[A]JP2007017432  (CANON KK);
 [A]JP2007501391  (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH);
 [A]WO2008082569  (NANOLAMBDA INC [US], et al);
 [A]JP2009074947  (HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP);
 [A]WO2011027830  (UNIV HOKKAIDO NAT UNIV CORP [JP], et al)
by applicantJPH08271431
 WO2005033335
 JP2007139540
    - T. FUKUURA; M. KAWASAKI, "Long Range Enhancement of Molecular Fluorescence by Closely Packed Submicro-scale Ag Islands", E-JOURNAL OF SURFACE SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, (2009), vol. 7, page 653
    - Particle Measurement Technique, NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, LTD., (1994), page 5
    - K. LANCE KELLY ET AL., "The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment", THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, (2003), vol. 107, doi:doi:10.1021/jp026731y, page 668, XP055034185

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp026731y
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