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EP2986959 - THIN-FILM ENCAPSULATED INFRARED SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.07.2023 Database last updated on 10.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 12.08.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.04.2022
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.11.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	06.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Robert Bosch GmbH Postfach 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
	[2020/18]
Former [2016/20]	For all designated states Robert Bosch GmbH Postfach 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2016/08]	For all designated states Robert Bosch GmbH Postfach 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
	For all designated states Purkl, Fabian 724 Arastradero Road Apt. 313 Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
	For all designated states Yama, Gary 1520 Gretel Lane Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	For all designated states Feyh, Ando 742 Encina Grande Drive Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
	For all designated states Graham, Andrew 980 Hillcrest Drive Redwood City, CA 94062 / US
	For all designated states Samarao, Ashwin 877 Heatherstone Way Apt. 708 Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	For all designated states O'Brien, Gary 1540 Oak Creek Drive Apt. 302 Palo Alto, CA 94304 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / PURKL, Fabian 724 Arastradero Road Apt. 313 Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
	02 / YAMA, Gary 1520 Gretel Lane Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	03 / FEYH, Ando 742 Encina Grande Drive Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
	04 / GRAHAM, Andrew 980 Hillcrest Drive Redwood City, CA 94062 / US
	05 / SAMARAO, Ashwin 877 Heathstone Way 708 Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	06 / O'BRIEN, Gary 1540 Oak Creek Drive Apt. 302 Palo Alto, CA 94304 / US
	[2016/08]
Representative(s)	(deleted)
	[2022/37]
Former [2016/08]	Bee, Joachim Robert Bosch GmbH, C/IPE P.O. Box 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date	13821342.6	20.12.2013
	[2016/08]
	WO2013US77052
Priority number, date	US201261740737P	21.12.2012 Original published format: US 201261740737 P
	[2016/08]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014100648
	Date:	26.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2986959
	Date:	24.02.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.06.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/08]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2986959
	Date:	14.09.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/37]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	26.06.2014
Classification	IPC:	G01J5/04, G01J5/20	[2016/08]
	CPC:	G01J5/045 (EP,US); H10F77/50 (US); G01J5/20 (EP,US); H10F30/10 (US); H10F71/00 (US)
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2016/08]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	DÜNNSCHICHTGEKAPSELTER INFRAROTSENSOR	[2016/08]
	English:	THIN-FILM ENCAPSULATED INFRARED SENSOR	[2016/08]
	French:	CAPTEUR INFRAROUGE ENCAPSULÉ DANS UN FILM MINCE	[2016/08]
Entry into regional phase	21.07.2015	National basic fee paid
	21.07.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.07.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.07.2015	Examination requested [2016/08]
	11.07.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.11.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.03.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.04.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.08.2022	Fee for grant paid
	04.08.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	04.08.2022	Receipt 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 14.11.2019
Opposition(s)	15.06.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.01.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	02.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	02.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 07
	11.01.2021	Renewal fee patent year 08
	03.01.2022	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	20.12.2013
	AL	14.09.2022
	AT	14.09.2022
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	SI	14.09.2022
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	SM	14.09.2022
	TR	14.09.2022
	NO	14.12.2022
	GR	15.12.2022
	IE	20.12.2022
	LU	20.12.2022
	BE	31.12.2022
	CH	31.12.2022
	LI	31.12.2022
	IS	14.01.2023
	PT	16.01.2023
	[2024/41]
Former [2024/34]	HU	20.12.2013
	AL	14.09.2022
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Former [2024/29]	HU	20.12.2013
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Former [2024/21]	HU	20.12.2013
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Cited in	International search	[XYI] EP1243903 (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE et al.) [X] 1,11-14 * paragraphs [0032] , [0034] , [0039] , [0051] , [0053] , [0055] , [0059] , [0061] , [0065]; figures 1b, 2b, 4b, 5b, 6b *[Y] 8-10,17 [I] 2-7,15,16
		[X] EP2447688 (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE et al.) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0092] - [0098]; figures 16-21 *
		[Y] DE10058864 (SIEMENS AG et al.) [Y] 8-10,17 * paragraph [0034]; figure 1 *
	Examination	YONEOKA S ET AL: "ALD-metal uncooled bolometer", IEEE 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS 2011), IEEE, US, 23 January 2011 (2011-01-23), pages 676 - 679, XP031982502, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9632-7, DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734515 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734515

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