EP3586375 - PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING GROUP V DOPED THIN FILM STACKS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2020/01] | THIN FILM STACKS FOR GROUP V DOPING, PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR FORMING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH THIN FILM STACKS | ||
[2020/04] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.06.2021 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.06.2020 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.06.2020 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 03.06.2020 | ||
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Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 05.12.2019 | ||
Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 01.09.2018 | ||
Former | unknown Status updated on 23.03.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.05.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 05.06.2024 [2024/23] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states First Solar, Inc 350 W. Washington Street 6th Floor Tempe, AZ 85281 / US | [2020/01] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
GROVER, Sachit 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | 02 /
LEE, Chungho 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | 03 /
LI, Xiaoping 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | 04 /
LU, Dingyuan 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perryburg, OH 43551 / US | 05 /
MALIK, Roger 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | 06 /
XIONG, Gang 28101 Cedar Park Boulevard Perrysburg, OH 43551 / US | [2020/01] | Representative(s) | D Young & Co LLP 3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2020/01] | D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB | Application number, filing date | 18710271.0 | 27.02.2018 | [2020/01] | WO2018US19848 | Priority number, date | US201762464127P | 27.02.2017 Original published format: US 201762464127 P | [2020/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2018157106 | Date: | 30.08.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3586375 | Date: | 01.01.2020 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.08.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2020/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3586375 | Date: | 29.07.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/31] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 30.08.2018 | Classification | IPC: | H01L31/0296 | [2020/01] | CPC: |
H01L31/02963 (EP,CN,US);
H01L31/1828 (CN,US);
H01L31/02966 (EP,CN);
H01L31/03044 (US);
H01L31/03925 (CN);
H01L31/0445 (CN);
H01L31/0516 (US);
H01L31/18 (US);
H01L31/1832 (CN);
| 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 [2020/01] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | FOTOVOLTAIKVORRICHTUNGEN MIT GRUPPE-V-DOTIERTEN DÜNNSCHICHTSTAPELN | [2020/09] | English: | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING GROUP V DOPED THIN FILM STACKS | [2020/04] | French: | DISPOSITIFS PHOTOVOLTAÏQUES COMPRENANT DES EMPILEMENTS DE COUCHES MINCES DE DOPAGE DE GROUPE V | [2020/09] |
Former [2020/01] | DÜNNSCHICHTSTAPEL FÜR GRUPPE-V-DOTIERUNG, FOTOVOLTAIKVORRICHTUNGEN DAMIT UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FOTOVOLTAIKVORRICHTUNGEN MIT DÜNNSCHICHTSTAPELN | ||
Former [2020/01] | THIN FILM STACKS FOR GROUP V DOPING, PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR FORMING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH THIN FILM STACKS | ||
Former [2020/01] | EMPILEMENTS DE COUCHES MINCES DE DOPAGE DE GROUPE V, DISPOSITIFS PHOTOVOLTAÏQUES LES COMPRENANT ET PROCÉDÉS DE FORMATION DE DISPOSITIFS PHOTOVOLTAÏQUES À EMPILEMENTS DE COUCHES MINCES | Entry into regional phase | 17.09.2019 | National basic fee paid | 17.09.2019 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.09.2019 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 17.09.2019 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 17.09.2019 | Examination requested [2020/01] | 17.09.2019 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 03.02.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.05.2020 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 29.05.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 29.05.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 22.06.2020 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 22.06.2020 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP20174225.1 / EP3719853 | Opposition(s) | 30.04.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/27] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.02.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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