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EP4168834 - MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 06.02.2026 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.01.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.03.2023
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 24.12.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	06.02.2026	(Expected) grant	published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Dispelix Oy Metsänneidonkuja 10 02130 Espoo / FI
	[2023/17]
Inventor(s)	01 / ERDMANIS, Mikhail 02130 Espoo / FI
	[2023/17]
Representative(s)	Schüssler, Andrea Kanzlei Huber & Schüssler Truderinger Strasse 246 81825 München / DE
	[2023/17]
Application number, filing date	21824996.9	09.06.2021
	[2023/17]
	WO2021FI50428
Priority number, date	FI20200005642	17.06.2020 Original published format: FI 20205642
	[2023/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021255332
	Date:	23.12.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/51]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4168834
	Date:	26.04.2023
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2023/17]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP4168834
	Date:	11.03.2026
	Language:	EN
	[2026/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	FI	23.12.2021
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.06.2024
Classification	IPC:	G02B5/18, G02B27/01, G02B6/00, C23C14/04, C23C16/04, C23C14/58, C23C16/56	[2024/30]
	CPC:	C23C16/042 (EP,KR); G02B5/1847 (FI); G02B5/1857 (EP,KR); G02B6/0076 (US); C23C14/044 (EP,KR); C23C14/5873 (EP,KR); (+) C23C16/56 (EP,KR); C23C26/00 (FI,KR); G02B27/0101 (FI,KR); G02B27/0172 (EP,FI,KR,US); G02B27/4205 (US); G02B6/0016 (FI,KR) (-)
	Former IPC [2023/17]	G02B5/18, G02B27/01, G02B6/00, C23C14/04, C23C16/04
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 [2023/17]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN OPTISCHES ELEMENT, OPTISCHES ELEMENT UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES OPTISCHEN ELEMENTS	[2023/17]
	English:	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT	[2023/17]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN ÉLÉMENT OPTIQUE, ÉLÉMENT OPTIQUE ET APPAREIL DE FABRICATION D'ÉLÉMENT OPTIQUE	[2023/17]
Entry into regional phase	18.11.2022	National basic fee paid
	18.11.2022	Search fee paid
	18.11.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.11.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.04.2022	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: FI
	18.11.2022	Examination requested [2023/17]
	10.01.2025	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.01.2025	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	02.01.2026	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.02.2026	Fee for grant paid
	03.02.2026	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	03.02.2026	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.06.2023	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.06.2024	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.06.2025	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[XIA] US2020110278 (YANG SHUQIANG et al.) [X] 1,4,8,10-11 * figures 2, 9 * * paragraph [0072] * * paragraph [0004] * * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0044] * * paragraph [0071] * * paragraph [0050] * * paragraph [0091] - paragraph [0094] * * paragraph [0073] * * claim 1 * * paragraph [0007] - paragraph [0008] *[I] 2-3,5-7,12-15 [A] 9
		[X] WO2020018270 (APPLIED MATERIALS INC et al.) [X] 10 * figures 4,5 * * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0033] *
		[X] US2016062037 (HORINO KAZUHIKO et al.) [X] 11 * figure 4 * * paragraph [0005] * * paragraph [0069] - paragraph [0070] *
		[A] US5784507 (HOLM-KENNEDY JAMES W et al.) [A] 2,6,12-14 * column 41, line 65 - column 43, line 25 * * figures 23A-23F *
		[A] US2018374423 (KIM KIBEOM et al.) [A] 2,12,14 * figure 8 * * paragraph [0041] * * paragraph [0046] *
		[A] US2019056591 (TERVO JANI KARI TAPIO et al.) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[A] CN110806645 (SHENZHEN HUINIU TECHNOLOGY CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[A] CN109839746 (BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
	International search	[X] US2020110278 (YANG SHUQIANG et al.) [X] 1-8, 10-15 * abstract; pars. [0002]-[0012], [0028], [0031], [0033]-[0098]; claims 1-20; figs. 1-13. *
		[X] WO2020018270 (APPLIED MATERIALS INC et al.) [X] 10 * entire document; especially pars. [0032], [0033]; figs. 4, 5. *
		[X] US2016062037 (HORINO KAZUHIKO et al.) [X] 11 * entire document; especially pars. [0005], [0069], [0070]; fig. 4. *
		[A] US5784507 (HOLM-KENNEDY JAMES W et al.) [A] 1-15 * entire document; especially col. 41, line 19 - col. 43, line 25; figs. 23A-23F. *
		[A] US2018374423 (KIM KIBEOM et al.) [A] 1-15 * entire document; especially pars. [0041], [0046]; fig. 8. *
		[A] US2019056591 (TERVO JANI KARI TAPIO et al.) [A] 1-15 * entire document; especially par. [0052]; fig. 3. *
		[A] CN110806645 (SHENZHEN HUINIU TECHNOLOGY CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-15 * fig. 2 & abstract [online] EPOQUENET EPODOC & machine translation into English by the EPO [online] EPOQUENET TXPMTCEA: p. 5. *
		[A] CN109839746 (BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-15 * fig. 1 & abstract [online] EPOQUENET EPODOC & machine translation into English by the EPO [online] EPOQUENET TXPMTCEA: p. 4. *
	by applicant	US2020110278
		WO2020018270
		US2016062037

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