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EP2926387 - ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH HYBRID HETEROJUNCTION BETWEEN A PLANAR AND A GRADED LAYER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2015/41]HYBRID PLANAR-GRADED HETEROJUNCTION FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS
[2020/23]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.10.2021
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.10.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.06.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip22.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 24.08.2022  [2022/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
Office of Technology Transfer
1600 Huron Parkway 2nd Floor
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 / US
[2015/41]
Inventor(s)01 / FORREST, Stephen, R.
336 Rock Creek Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 / US
02 / ZIMMERMAN, Jeramy, D.
271 Shipley Street
Apt. 1
San Francisco, CA 94147 / US
03 / XIAO, Xin
3595 Greenbrier Blvd.
Apt. 107C
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 / US
04 / LASSITER, Brian, E.
271 Shipley Street
Apt. 1
San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
 [2015/41]
Representative(s)Finnegan Europe LLP
1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BG / GB
[2020/48]
Former [2015/41]Finnegan Europe LLP
16 Old Bailey
London EC4M 7EG / GB
Application number, filing date13802835.227.11.2013
[2015/41]
WO2013US72309
Priority number, dateUS201261730687P28.11.2012         Original published format: US 201261730687 P
[2015/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014085639
Date:05.06.2014
Language:EN
[2014/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2926387
Date:07.10.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.06.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2926387
Date:25.11.2020
Language:EN
[2020/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.06.2014
ClassificationIPC:H01L51/42
[2015/41]
CPC:
B82Y10/00 (EP,CN,US); H10K30/30 (EP,CN,US); H10K30/50 (EP,CN);
H10K85/211 (EP,CN,US); H10K85/311 (EP,CN,US); Y02E10/549 (EP,US);
Y02P70/50 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2015/41]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:ORGANISCHE FOTOVOLTAIKVORRICHTUNG MIT HYBRIDEM HETEROÜBERGANG ZWISCHEN EINER PLANAREN SCHICHT UND EINER SCHICHT MIT GRADIENTEN[2020/23]
English:ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH HYBRID HETEROJUNCTION BETWEEN A PLANAR AND A GRADED LAYER[2020/23]
French:DISPOSITIF PHOTOVOLTAÏQUE ORGANIQUE AVEC HÉTÉROJONCTION HYBRIDE ENTRE UNE COUCHE PLANE ET UNE COUCHE AYANT UN GRADIENT[2020/23]
Former [2015/41]HYBRIDER PLANAR-GESTUFTER HETEROÜBERGANG FÜR ORGANISCHE FOTOVOLTAIK
Former [2015/41]HYBRID PLANAR-GRADED HETEROJUNCTION FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS
Former [2015/41]HÉTÉROJONCTION HYBRIDE PLANE GRADUELLE POUR DISPOSITIFS PHOTOVOLTAÏQUES ORGANIQUES
Entry into regional phase19.06.2015National basic fee paid 
19.06.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
19.06.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.06.2015Examination requested  [2015/41]
25.01.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.03.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.09.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.03.2020Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 08.05.2020
27.04.2020Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 08.05.2020
08.05.2020Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
17.06.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.10.2020Fee for grant paid
14.10.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.10.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  09.03.2017
Opposition(s)26.08.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
28.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
27.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
27.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
27.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
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