EP3147384 - HEAT SPREADER AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2017/13] | HEAT SPREADER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME | ||
[2021/41] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.08.2022 Database last updated on 03.01.2025 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.09.2021 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.05.2021 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.11.2018 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.02.2017 | ||
Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 21.12.2016 | 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 A.L.M.T. Corp. 11-11 Shiba 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0014 / JP | [2017/13] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
OKI, Hiroaki c/o A.L.M.T. TECH Inc. 398-16 Aza Murahigashiyama Jurizuka Sakata-shi Yamagata 998-0114 / JP | 02 /
ARIKAWA, Tadashi c/o A.L.M.T. TECH Inc. 2 Iwasekoshi-machi Toyama-shi Toyama 931-8543 / JP | 03 /
INABA, Shouichi c/o A.L.M.T. TECH Inc. 398-16 Aza Murahigashiyama Jurizuka Sakata-shi Yamagata 998-0114 / JP | [2017/13] | Representative(s) | Prüfer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte · Rechtsanwälte Sohnckestraße 12 81479 München / DE | [2017/13] | Application number, filing date | 15798992.2 | 13.05.2015 | [2017/13] | WO2015JP63811 | Priority number, date | JP20140111428 | 29.05.2014 Original published format: JP 2014111428 | [2017/13] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2015182385 | Date: | 03.12.2015 | Language: | JA | [2015/48] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3147384 | Date: | 29.03.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/13] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3147384 | Date: | 13.10.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/41] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 03.12.2015 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.01.2018 | Classification | IPC: | C23C26/00, C22C27/04, C22C9/00, B22F7/06, B22F3/10, H01L23/373, B32B15/01, B23K20/04, F28F21/08, F28F13/00 | [2020/22] | CPC: |
F28F21/085 (EP,US);
H01L23/373 (EP,KR,US);
B22F3/10 (EP,KR,US);
B22F7/06 (EP,KR,US);
B32B15/01 (EP,KR,US);
B32B15/20 (US);
B32B3/263 (US);
B32B37/10 (KR,US);
C23C26/00 (KR);
F28F13/00 (EP,US);
F28F21/081 (EP,US);
H01L23/3735 (EP,US);
H01L23/3736 (EP,US);
H05K7/2039 (KR);
B32B2250/03 (US);
B32B2307/302 (US);
B32B2311/12 (KR,US);
B32B2457/14 (US);
| C-Set: |
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2017/13] | C23C26/00, B23K20/04, B32B15/01, H01L23/373, B22F3/10, B22F7/06, C22C9/00, C22C27/04 | 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 [2017/13] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | Title | German: | WÄRMEVERTEILER UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON | [2017/13] | English: | HEAT SPREADER AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | [2021/41] | French: | DISSIPATEUR THERMIQUE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION | [2017/13] |
Former [2017/13] | HEAT SPREADER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME | Entry into regional phase | 20.12.2016 | Translation filed | 20.12.2016 | National basic fee paid | 20.12.2016 | Search fee paid | 20.12.2016 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.12.2016 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.12.2016 | Examination requested [2017/13] | 20.12.2016 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 19.06.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.11.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.12.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.07.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.12.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.05.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.09.2021 | Fee for grant paid | 01.09.2021 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 01.09.2021 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 14.07.2022 | No opposition filed within time limit [2022/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.05.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.05.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.05.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 18.05.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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Former [2022/19] | BG | 13.01.2022 | Documents cited: | Search | [XA]JPH06268117 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES) [X] 1,2,4-7 * figure - * * online translation pghs [0029], [0052]-[0056] * [A] 3,8; | [A]US2001038140 (KARKER JEFFREY A [US], et al) [A] 1-8 * figure - * * paragraph [0011] - paragraph [0047] *; | [A]JP2007142126 (ALLIED MATERIAL CORP) [A] 1-8 * abstract ** figure - *; | [X]CN102941702 (NW INST NON FERROUS METAL RES) [X] 1-5 * figure - * * online translation p. 3 - p. 7 * | International search | [YA]JPH11297909 (SUMITOMO METAL ELECTRONICS DEV) [Y] 1-7 * , claims; paragraphs [0001] to [0008] (Family: none) * [A] 8; | [Y]JP2004281676 (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP) [Y] 2-7 * , claims; paragraphs [0001] to [0007], [0021] to [0022]; fig. 3 (Family: none) *; | [Y]JP2009010340 (ALLIED MATERIAL CORP) [Y] 7 * , paragraphs [0001], [0090] to [0091] & US 2008/0298024 A1 *; | [YA]WO2009098865 (ALMT CORP [JP], et al) [Y] 1-7 * , paragraphs [0001], [0011] to [0014], [0025], [0053] to [0054], [0059], [0112] to [0116]; claims 1 to 4, 12 & JP 4382154 B2 * [A] 8; | [Y]JP2010062310 (ALLIED MATERIAL CORP) [Y] 7* , paragraphs [0001], [0059], [0069] (Family: none) * |