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EP3299438 - LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.11.2020
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.12.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  08.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.07.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.11.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.02.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
[2018/13]
Inventor(s)01 / Manabe, Atsutaka
Im Freiacker 14
64625 Bensheim / DE
 [2018/13]
Application number, filing date17192007.720.09.2017
[2018/13]
Priority number, dateEP2016019039323.09.2016         Original published format: EP 16190393
[2018/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3299438
Date:28.03.2018
Language:EN
[2018/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3299438
Date:15.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.01.2018
ClassificationIPC:C09K19/12, C09K19/30, C09K19/32, C09K19/34, C09K19/20, C09K19/04, C09K19/06
[2019/28]
CPC:
C09K19/3003 (EP,US); C09K19/30 (KR); C09K19/44 (CN);
C09K19/0403 (US); C09K19/066 (US); C09K19/12 (EP,US);
C09K19/14 (KR); C09K19/20 (EP,US); C09K19/3028 (KR);
C09K19/3098 (EP,US); C09K19/32 (EP,KR,US); C09K19/34 (EP,US);
C09K19/3402 (KR); C09K19/3405 (US); C09K19/3444 (EP,US);
C09K19/3491 (EP,KR,US); G02F1/13 (CN); G02F1/134363 (KR);
G02F1/134372 (KR); G02F1/1362 (CN); C09K2019/0414 (US);
C09K2019/0466 (EP,US); C09K2019/122 (EP,US); C09K2019/123 (EP,US);
C09K2019/3016 (EP,US); C09K2019/3027 (EP,US); C09K2019/3408 (EP,US);
C09K2019/3422 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2018/13]C09K19/12, C09K19/30, C09K19/32, C09K19/34, C09K19/20, C09K19/04
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 [2018/13]
TitleGerman:FLÜSSIGKRISTALLINES MEDIUM UND FLÜSSIGKRISTALLANZEIGE DAMIT[2018/13]
English:LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME[2018/13]
French:MILIEU À BASE DE CRISTAUX LIQUIDES ET DISPOSITIF D'AFFICHAGE À BASE DE CRISTAUX LIQUIDES LE COMPRENANT[2018/13]
Examination procedure20.09.2017Examination requested  [2018/13]
20.09.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
27.09.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.11.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.05.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.07.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.11.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
04.11.2019Fee for grant paid
04.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.12.2019Information about intention to grant a patent
05.12.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.10.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[X]US6004479  (WEBER GEORG [DE], et al) [X] 1-14 * example 56; compounds PYP-3F, PYP-5F, PYP-5OCF3, PYP-7OCF3 * * columns 1-14; compound - * * claim - *;
 [X]US2004055529  (MANABE ATSUTAKA [DE], et al) [X] 1,2,4,5,7,9,10,12-14 * example -; claim -; compounds PYP-2-2, PYP-2-3, PYP-3-5, PYP-3-O2, PYP-3-O4 *;
 [XD]US2013207038  (HAENSEL HELMUT [DE], et al) [XD] 1-14 * claim - * * example -; compounds CPY-2-O2, PYP-2-3, PY-3-O2 * * paragraph [0029] - paragraph [0155]; compound - *;
 [X]GB2510066  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,2,4,5,7,9-14 * page 6 - page 63; compound - * * examples 1-24,27,28,30,31; compounds PY, PYP * * claim - *;
 [X]EP2881383  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-5,7,9,11-14 * example 37; compounds PY-3-O2, CPY-3-O2 * * page 6 - page 8; compound - * * example - * * claim - *;
 [X]US2016032187  (TANAKA HIROYUKI [JP], et al) [X] 1,2,4,5,7,9-14 * pages 1-43; compound - * * examples 7-9, 15; compounds 3-HBB(F,F)-F * * claim - *;
 [X]US2016046865  (XIE CHANG [CN]) [X] 1,2,4,5,9,14 * table 1; compounds 3, 4 , 5 * * example -; claim - * * paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0002]; compound - *;
 [X]EP3006541  (JNC CORP [JP], et al) [X] 1,2,4,5,7,9-14 * example 14; compounds V-HB(F)B(F,F)-F * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0018]; compound - * * example -; claim - *;
 [XP]EP3081620  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [XP] 1-14 * example 1; compounds YG-2O-F * * page 6 - page 40; compound - * * claim - *;
 [E]EP3228681  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]) [E] 1-14 * example 22; compounds YG-4O-F * * page 6 - page 55; compound - ** claim - *
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