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EP0492222 - Liquid crystal display device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.09.1997
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip19.09.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.11.1997 [1997/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Postfach
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64271 Darmstadt / DE
[N/P]
Former [1992/27]For all designated states
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Postfach, Frankfurter Strasse 250
D-64271 Darmstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Finkenzeller, Ulrich, Dr.
Waldpfad 74
W-6831 Plankstadt / DE
02 / Weber, Georg
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 38
W-6101 Erzhausen / DE
03 / Reiffenrath, Volker
Jahnstrasse 18
W-6101 Rossdorf / DE
[1992/27]
Application number, filing date91120994.806.12.1991
[1992/27]
Priority number, dateEP1990012492220.12.1990         Original published format: EP 90124922
EP1991010720103.05.1991         Original published format: EP 91107201
[1992/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0492222
Date:01.07.1992
Language:EN
[1992/27]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0492222
Date:30.09.1992
Language:EN
[1992/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0492222
Date:13.11.1996
Language:EN
[1996/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.08.1992
ClassificationIPC:C09K19/04, C09K19/02, C09K19/42, C09K19/44
[1992/40]
CPC:
C09K19/0403 (EP); C09K19/02 (EP); C09K19/44 (EP);
C09K2019/0407 (EP)
Former IPC [1992/27]C09K19/04, C09K19/42, C09K19/44, C09K19/02
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1992/27]
TitleGerman:Flüssigkristallanzeige[1992/27]
English:Liquid crystal display device[1992/27]
French:Affichage à cristaux liquide[1992/27]
Examination procedure04.03.1993Examination requested  [1993/19]
19.09.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.03.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.04.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.07.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.10.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
17.04.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.06.1996Fee for grant paid
26.06.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.08.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.12.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
07.12.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
08.12.1995Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X] JP63216858  
 [X] JP62103057  
 [X]   WORLD PATENTS INDEX LATEST Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 88-296466 & JP-A-63 216 858 (SEIMI CHEM. K.K.) 9 September 1988 [X]
 [X]   WORLD PATENTS INDEX LATEST Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB; AN 87-172923 & JP-A-62 103 057 (ASAHI GLASS) 13 May 1987 [X]
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