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EP About this file: EP0105407

EP0105407 - A sputtering cathode apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.10.1989
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.1989No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 29.11.1989 [1989/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
GTE Products Corporation
100 West 10th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801 / US
[1984/16]
Inventor(s)01 / Hope, Lawrence L.
402 Taylor Road
Stow, MA / US
02 / Davey, Ernest A.
11 Esquire Drive
Peabody, MA / US
[1984/16]
Representative(s)Lemke, Jörg-Michael
Jung HML
Patentanwälte
Hofmarkstrasse 10 - Arnhofen
86447 Aindling / DE
[N/P]
Former [1984/38]Lemke, Jörg-Michael, Dipl.-Ing.
Schmiedstrasse 1, Hausen
D-86447 Aindling / DE
Former [1984/16]Reinländer & Bernhardt Patentanwälte
Orthstrasse 12
D-8000 München 60 / DE
Application number, filing date83109357.020.09.1983
[1984/16]
Priority number, dateUS1982043195830.09.1982         Original published format: US 431958
[1984/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0105407
Date:18.04.1984
Language:EN
[1984/16]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0105407
Date:03.10.1984
Language:EN
[1984/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0105407
Date:14.12.1988
Language:EN
[1988/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.07.1984
ClassificationIPC:H01J37/34
[1984/16]
CPC:
H01J37/3408 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL [1984/16]
TitleGerman:Kathodenzerstäubungsgerät[1984/16]
English:A sputtering cathode apparatus[1984/16]
French:Appareil de pulvérisation cathodique[1984/16]
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Examination procedure20.09.1983Examination requested  [1984/16]
03.04.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.10.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.10.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.03.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.04.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
11.11.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.12.1987Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
03.05.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.08.1988Fee for grant paid
10.08.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.09.1989No opposition filed within time limit [1989/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
24.09.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
22.09.1987Renewal fee patent year 05
21.09.1988Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[Y]WO8202725  (SHATTERPROOF GLASS CORP [US]);
 [Y]EP0014819  (ADVANCED COATING TECH [US]);
 [A]DE2707144  (SLOAN TECHNOLOGY CORP);
 [A]EP0045822  (BATTELLE DEVELOPMENT CORP [US])
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