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EP About this file: EP0374244

EP0374244 - AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FABRICATING CONTACTS FOR SOLAR CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.07.1995
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.07.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.09.1995 [1995/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MOBIL SOLAR ENERGY CORPORATION
Middlesex Technology Center 4 Suburban Park Drive
Billerica, MA 01821 / US
[1990/26]
Inventor(s)01 / HANOKA, Jack, I.
107 York Terrace
Brookline, MA 02146 / US
[1990/26]
Representative(s)Kerr, Simonne June, et al
European Patent Attorney POTTS, KERR & CO. P.O. Box 688 Ascot
Berkshire SL5 8YT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/26]Kerr, Simonne June, et al
European Patent Attorney POTTS, KERR & CO. P.O. Box 688
Ascot Berkshire SL5 8YT / GB
Application number, filing date89907945.322.05.1989
[1990/26]
WO1989US02241
Priority number, dateUS1988020530410.06.1988         Original published format: US 205304
[1990/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8912321
Date:14.12.1989
Language:EN
[1989/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0374244
Date:27.06.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.12.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0374244
Date:28.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US14.12.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.12.1990
ClassificationIPC:H01L27/14, H01L31/00
[1990/26]
CPC:
H01L31/022425 (EP); H01L27/14 (KR); H01L31/1804 (EP);
Y02E10/547 (EP); Y02P70/50 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/26]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON SONNENZELLENKONTAKTEN[1990/26]
English:AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FABRICATING CONTACTS FOR SOLAR CELLS[1990/26]
French:PROCEDE AMELIORE DE FABRICATION DE CONTACTS POUR CELLULES SOLAIRES[1990/26]
Entry into regional phase26.02.1990National basic fee paid 
26.02.1990Search fee paid 
26.02.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
23.05.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.05.1990Examination requested  [1990/29]
02.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.08.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.10.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
27.01.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.02.1994Fee for grant paid
02.02.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.06.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.05.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
04.05.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
26.04.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
18.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.05.199406   M06   Fee paid on   18.07.1994
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE28.12.1994
[1995/29]
Cited inInternational search[A]US4235644  (NEEDES CHRISTOPHER R [US]);
 [A]US4256513  (YOSHIDA MANABU, et al);
 [A]US4602120  (WAKEFIELD G FELIX [US], et al);
 [X]US4643913  (OKUNAKA MASAAKI [JP], et al);
 [X]US4737197  (NAGAHARA YOSHIYUKI [JP], et al)
ExaminationUS4375007
    - Hybrid Circuit Design and Manufacture, R.D. Jones, M. Dekker, Inc., N. York, 1982
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