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EP About this file: EP4145549

EP4145549 - PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.02.2023
Database last updated on 01.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.11.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip15.04.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
15.04.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
1-61, Shiromi 2-chome
Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
[2023/10]
Inventor(s)01 / IZUCHI Masumi
Osaka-shi Osaka / JP
02 / IIJIMA Hiroaki
Osaka-shi Osaka / JP
03 / HIRADE Masaya
Osaka-shi Osaka / JP
04 / KISHIMOTO Yuko
Osaka-shi Osaka / JP
 [2023/10]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2023/10]
Application number, filing date21797391.629.03.2021
[2023/10]
WO2021JP13173
Priority number, dateJP2020007844427.04.2020         Original published format: JP 2020078444
[2023/10]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021220691
Date:04.11.2021
Language:JA
[2021/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4145549
Date:08.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.11.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.09.2023
ClassificationIPC:H10K30/30, H01L27/146, H10K39/32
[2023/42]
CPC:
H01L27/14645 (EP); H10K39/32 (EP,US); H01L27/14601 (EP);
H01L27/14612 (EP); H01L27/14621 (EP); H10K30/30 (EP);
H10K30/353 (EP); H10K2101/30 (EP); H10K30/85 (EP);
H10K30/86 (EP); Y02E10/549 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/10]H01L51/42, H01L27/146
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 [2023/10]
TitleGerman:PHOTOELEKTRISCHES UMWANDLUNGSELEMENT UND ABBILDUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2023/10]
English:PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE[2023/10]
French:ÉLÉMENT DE CONVERSION PHOTOÉLECTRIQUE ET DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE[2023/10]
Entry into regional phase24.10.2022Translation filed 
24.10.2022National basic fee paid 
24.10.2022Search fee paid 
24.10.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
24.10.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/10]
15.04.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.04.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO2010134432  (KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC [JP], et al) [X] 1-10 * paragraph [0120]; figure 2(a)(b) * * examples SC-107, SC-112; table 1 *;
 [XY]JP2014022525  (JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP) [X] 1-4,8-11 * paragraph [0032]; figure 3 * * paragraphs [0036] , [0041] , [0048] , [0053] - [0055] - [0071] - [0073]; figure 6 * * paragraph [0079]; figure 8 * [Y] 12,13;
 [Y]WO2019239851  (PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 12,13 * paragraph [0254] - paragraph [0263] *;
 [XY]JP2020057686  (SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO) [X] 1,3,4,8-10 * paragraphs [0016] , [0254] - [0262] - [0288]; figure 1 * [Y] 12,13;
 [A]  - SAKOMURA MASARU ET AL, "Effect of insertion of bathocuproine buffer layer at grating-structured cathode-organic-layer interface in bulk-heterojunction solar cells", AIP ADVANCES, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, MELVILLE, NY 11747, (20200122), vol. 10, no. 1, doi:10.1063/1.5129351, XP012243971 [A] 1 * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5129351
 [A]  - YOU HAILONG ET AL, "Low Temperature Aqueous Solution-Processed ZnO and Polyethylenimine Ethoxylated Cathode Buffer Bilayer for High Performance Flexible Inverted Organic Solar Cells", ENERGIES, (20170406), vol. 10, no. 4, doi:10.3390/en10040494, page 494, XP055868766 [A] 1 * figure 4(b) *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10040494
International search[Y]JP2011222949  (FUJIFILM CORP) [Y] 2 * [0067] *;
 [A]US2018219110  (WICKS GARY [US])[A] 1-13;
 [Y]WO2019239851  (PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 11-13 * [0037]-[0073], 1-2 *;
 [XYA]JP2020057686  (SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO) [X] 1,3-4,7-9 * 1-8 [0185] [0226]-[0227], [0254]-[0287] * [Y] 2,11-13 [A] 5-6,10;
 [A]  - You Hailong, Zhang Junchi, Zhang Zeyulin, Zhang Chunfu, Lin Zhenhua, Chang Jingjing, Han Genquan, Zhang Jincheng, Lu Gang, Hao Yue, "Low Temperature Aqueous Solution-Processed ZnO and Polyethylenimine Ethoxylated Cathode Buffer Bilayer for High Performance Flexible Inverted Organic Solar Cells", Energies, vol. 10, no. 4, doi:10.3390/en10040494, page 494, XP055868766 [A] 1-13

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10040494
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 JP5969843B
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