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EP3312312 - LITHIUM NIOBATE SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.07.2021
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.03.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip02.04.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
11-3, Shimbashi 5-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8716 / JP
[2018/17]
Inventor(s)01 / KAJIGAYA, Tomio
c/o Ome District Division
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO. LTD.
1-6-1 Suehiro-cho
Ome-shi Tokyo 198-8601 / JP
 [2018/17]
Representative(s)TBK
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[2018/17]
Application number, filing date16811514.508.06.2016
[2018/17]
WO2016JP67066
Priority number, dateJP2015012318618.06.2015         Original published format: JP 2015123186
[2018/17]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016204039
Date:22.12.2016
Language:JA
[2016/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3312312
Date:25.04.2018
Language:EN
[2018/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP22.12.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.10.2018
ClassificationIPC:C30B29/30, C30B33/02, C30B15/00
[2018/46]
CPC:
C30B29/30 (EP,KR,US); C30B15/00 (EP,US); C30B15/04 (KR);
C30B29/20 (US); C30B33/02 (EP,KR,US); H01L21/02598 (KR);
H01L21/324 (KR); H03H9/02559 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2018/17]C30B29/30, C30B33/02
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 [2018/17]
TitleGerman:LITHIUM-NIOBAT-EINZELKRISTALLSUBSTRAT UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON[2018/17]
English:LITHIUM NIOBATE SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME[2018/17]
French:SUBSTRAT MONOCRISTALLIN DE NIOBATE DE LITHIUM ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION[2018/17]
Entry into regional phase11.01.2017Translation filed 
20.11.2017National basic fee paid 
20.11.2017Search fee paid 
20.11.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
20.11.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.11.2017Examination requested  [2018/17]
20.11.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
10.05.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.07.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
28.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
29.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
28.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
31.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[YD]JP2005179177  (SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO) [YD] 2-5* examples 1, 6 *;
 [XY]JP2006203009  (YAMAJIYU CERAMICS KK) [X] 1 * claims 1, 2, 5, 6 * * paragraphs [0027] , [0 39] * [Y] 2-5;
 [X]  - HE X M ET AL, "Growth and holography application of Fe-doped LiNbO"3 single crystals", JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 79, no. 1-3, doi:10.1016/0022-0248(86)90540-3, ISSN 0022-0248, (19861202), pages 701 - 705, (19861202), XP024739704 [X] 1 * "2. Crystal growth"; page 701 * * "3. Crystal treatment"; page 702 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0248(86)90540-3
 [X]  - KATHARINA BRANDS ET AL, "Impedance Spectroscopy of Highly Iron-Doped Lithium Niobate Crystals", CONTROLLING LIGHT WITH LIGHT: PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECTS, PHOTOSENSITIVITY, FIBER GRATINGS, PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND MORE, Washington, D.C., (20070101), doi:10.1364/PR.2007.SuB3, ISBN 978-1-55752-848-3, page SuB3, XP055512858 [X] 1 * "2. Experimental methods and results"; page 1 * * figure 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/PR.2007.SuB3
International search[Y]JP2005179177  (SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO) [Y] 2-5* , claims 1, 3, 4, 5; paragraph [0088] & US 2005/0145165 A1 claims 1, 3, 4, 6; paragraph [0090] & CN 1621578 A *;
 [XY]JP2005314137  (YAMAJIYU CERAMICS KK) [X] 1 * , claims 1, 3, 5; paragraphs [0016], [0043], [0052] & US 2005/0284359 A1 claims 1, 5, 7; paragraphs [0077], [0085] & WO 2005/103343 A1 & EP 1741809 A1 & CN 1950549 A * [Y] 2-5
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