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EP About this file: EP0543537

EP0543537 - Photodetector having reduced blind area [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.04.1997
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.08.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GB
published on 15.10.1997 [1997/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 211 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1993/21]For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Awamoto, Kenji, c/o Fujitsu Limited
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 / JP
02 / Ito, Yuichiro, c/o Fujitsu Limited
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 / JP
[1993/21]
Representative(s)Gibbs, Christopher Stephen, et al
Haseltine Lake LLP
Lincoln House, 5th Floor
300 High Holborn
London WC1V 7JH / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/21]Gibbs, Christopher Stephen, et al
Haseltine Lake & Co. Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AT / GB
Application number, filing date92310128.105.11.1992
[1993/21]
Priority number, dateJP1991030486220.11.1991         Original published format: JP 30486291
[1993/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0543537
Date:26.05.1993
Language:EN
[1993/21]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0543537
Date:10.11.1993
Language:EN
[1993/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0543537
Date:19.06.1996
Language:EN
[1996/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.09.1993
ClassificationIPC:H01L27/146, H01L31/0352, H01L31/103
[1996/25]
CPC:
H01L31/103 (EP,US); H01L27/1465 (EP,US); H01L31/03529 (EP,US);
Y02E10/50 (US)
Former IPC [1993/21]H01L31/103, H01L31/0352, H01L27/146
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1993/21]
TitleGerman:Photodetektor mit reduzierter blinder Zone[1993/21]
English:Photodetector having reduced blind area[1993/21]
French:Photodétecteur avec une surface non-réceptrice réduite[1993/21]
Examination procedure03.05.1994Examination requested  [1994/26]
10.08.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.12.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.03.1996Fee for grant paid
12.03.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.03.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.10.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
24.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDE20.09.1996
GB05.11.1996
[1997/42]
Former [1997/03]DE20.09.1996
Documents cited:Search[A]JP3110874  ;
 [A]US4916503  (UEMATSU TSUYOSHI [JP], et al);
 [A]US4835587  (SATO NORITADA [JP], et al);
 [A]WO8905042  (SANTA BARBARA RES CENTER [US]);
 [A]DE2813671  (FORD WERKE AG);
 [A]US4783594  (SCHULTE ERIC F [US], et al)
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 15, no. 308 (E-1097)7 August 1991 & JP-A-31 10 874 ( NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD ) 10 May 1991, & JP3110874 A 19910510
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