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EP About this file: EP3732047

EP3732047 - NONPLANAR PATTERNED NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE AND PRINTING METHODS FOR MAKING THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.10.2020
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
3M Innovative Properties Company
3M Center
P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[N/P]
Former [2020/45]For all designated states
3M Innovative Properties Company
3M Center
P.O.Box 33427
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ZHU, James
3M Center Post Office Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
02 / STENSVAD, Karl K.
3M Center Post Office Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
03 / LENTZ, Daniel M.
3M Center Post Office Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
04 / METZLER, Thomas J.
3M Center Post Office Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
05 / DAVID, Moses M.
3M Center Post Office Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
 [2020/45]
Representative(s)Mathys & Squire
Theatinerstraße 7
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/45]Mathys & Squire
Mathys & Squire Europe LLP
Theatinerstraße 7
80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date18894873.126.12.2018
[2020/45]
WO2018IB60624
Priority number, dateUS201762612219P29.12.2017         Original published format: US 201762612219 P
[2020/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019130221
Date:04.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3732047
Date:04.11.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.07.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:SG04.07.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.08.2021
ClassificationIPC:B41C1/18, B41F17/00, B41K1/22, B41F3/26, B41K3/26, B41M1/00, B81C1/00
[2020/45]
CPC:
B41K3/26 (EP,US); B41C1/003 (EP,US); B41C1/184 (EP,US);
B41F17/22 (EP); B81C1/00206 (EP,US); B81B2207/056 (EP);
B81C2201/0185 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2020/45]
TitleGerman:NICHTPLANARE GEMUSTERTE NANOSTRUKTURIERTE OBERFLÄCHE UND DRUCKVERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON[2020/45]
English:NONPLANAR PATTERNED NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE AND PRINTING METHODS FOR MAKING THEREOF[2020/45]
French:SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURÉE NON PLANE À MOTIF ET PROCÉDÉS D'IMPRESSION POUR PRODUIRE CETTE SURFACE[2020/45]
Entry into regional phase23.06.2020National basic fee paid 
23.06.2020Search fee paid 
23.06.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
23.06.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/45]
14.03.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
20.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
19.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]US6518168  (CLEM PAUL G [US], et al) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [XI]EP0812434  (HARVARD COLLEGE [US]) [X] 1,9 * claims 17-19 * * paragraphs [0016] , [0021] - [0024] - [0033] , [0034] , [0039] * [I] 11;
 [A]US2015336379  (RATTRAY TYLER J [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
International search[Y]US5900160  (WHITESIDES GEORGE M [US], et al) [Y] 1-14 * abstract, column 4 line 64-column 5 line 6, column 11 line 14-45, figures 5a-5c *;
 [Y]US2014202612  (STENSVAD KARL K [US], et al) [Y] 1-14 * entire document, in particular, paragraphs [0003], [0009], [0017]-[0021], [0047], [0048], fig u res 1-4 *;
 [A]CN104360580  (UNIV BEIHANG) [A] 6, 11 * entire document, in particular, paragraph [0032], figure 3 of the original nonEnglish language document (a machine translation is enclosed only for your reference) *;
 [XA]US2015101745  (RAMAKRISHNAN ED S [US], et al) [X] 15 * paragraphs [0027], [0032], [0046], figures 3A, 6B, 7C * [A] 13-14;
 [A]US2015343823  (PEKUROVSKY MIKHAIL L [US], et al) [A] * entire document, in particular, paragraph [0006], [0048] *;
 [A]WO2016071760  (MYCRONIC MYDATA AB [SE]) [A] 15* entire document *;
 [A]CN106444275  (SHENZHEN INST OF ADV TECH CAS) [A] * entire document, in particular, paragraph [0095], figures 4-5 of the original nonEnglish language document (a machine translation is enclosed only for your reference) *
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