EP3350843 - VIA STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR CELL INTERCONNECTION IN SOLAR MODULE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.07.2020 Database last updated on 27.07.2024 | |
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Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 25.03.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Alta Devices, Inc. 545 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA 94085 / US | [2018/30] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YANG, Linlin c/o Alta Devices, Inc. 545 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, California 94085 / US | 02 /
HE, Gang c/o Alta Devices, Inc. 545 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, California 94085 / US | 03 /
PATTERSON, Dan c/o Alta Devices, Inc. 545 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, California 94085 / US | 04 /
GODDU, Paul 990 White Cloud Drive Morgan Hill, California 95037 / US | 05 /
LAN, Liguang c/o Alta Devices, Inc. 545 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, California 94085 / US | 06 /
HIGASHI, Gregg 1186 Johnson Ave. San Jose, California 95129 / US | [2018/30] | Representative(s) | Zacco GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE | [2018/30] | Application number, filing date | 16770656.3 | 16.09.2016 | [2018/30] | WO2016US52127 | Priority number, date | US201514858808 | 18.09.2015 Original published format: US201514858808 | [2018/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2017049079 | Date: | 23.03.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3350843 | Date: | 25.07.2018 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.03.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2018/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3350843 | Date: | 04.09.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/36] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.03.2017 | Classification | IPC: | H01L31/05, H01L31/0445 | [2018/30] | CPC: |
H01L31/0504 (EP,US);
H01L31/02002 (KR);
H01L31/0508 (KR,US);
H01L31/022441 (KR);
H01L31/02366 (KR);
H01L31/0445 (EP,KR,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 [2018/30] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | Title | German: | KONTAKTLOCHSTRUKTUREN FÜR EINE SOLARZELLENANSCHLUSS IN EINEM SOLARMODUL | [2018/30] | English: | VIA STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR CELL INTERCONNECTION IN SOLAR MODULE | [2018/30] | French: | STRUCTURES DE TROU D'INTERCONNEXION POUR INTERCONNEXION DE CELLULES SOLAIRES DANS UN MODULE SOLAIRE | [2018/30] | Entry into regional phase | 13.04.2018 | National basic fee paid | 13.04.2018 | Designation fee(s) paid | 13.04.2018 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 18.04.2017 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 13.04.2018 | Examination requested [2018/30] | 13.04.2018 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 05.11.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 25.03.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.07.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 25.07.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 25.07.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 05.06.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.09.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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NO | 04.12.2019 | Cited in | International search | [A]EP2551919 (GOD SAW CO LTD [TW]) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * column 1, paragraph 7 - column 3, paragraph 18 * * figures 2,4 *; | [A]WO2014065016 (TORAY ENG CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * paragraphs [0017] - [0028] ** figure 2 * |