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EP0576559
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0576559 - INTERFACIAL PLASMA BARS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEPOSITION APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 01.08.1997 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.02.2006 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states UNITED SOLAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1100 West Maple Road Troy, MI 48084 / US | [1994/01] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DIDIO, Gary, M. 3548 Highland Blvd. Highland, MI 48356 / US | 02 /
JONES, Kermit 1017 Ironwood Court, 202 Rochester, MI 48307 / US | 03 /
HOFFMAN, Kevin 33145 Brownlea Drive Sterling Heights, MI 48312 / US | 04 /
LAARMAN, Timothy 213 School Street Almont, MI 48003 / US | 05 /
CALL, Jon 942 E. Second Street Royal Oak, MI 48067 / US | 06 /
NATH, Prem 245 Prospect Road Rochester Hills, MI 48307 / US | [1994/01] | Representative(s) | Jones, Andree Zena, et al CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow, G1 3AE Scotland / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/01] | Jones, Andrée Zena, et al CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow, G1 3AE Scotland / GB | Application number, filing date | 92908648.6 | 06.03.1992 | [1994/01] | WO1992US01788 | Priority number, date | US19910667262 | 11.03.1991 Original published format: US 667262 | [1994/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9215722 | Date: | 17.09.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/24] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0576559 | Date: | 05.01.1994 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.09.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1994/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0576559 | Date: | 25.09.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/39] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 17.09.1992 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.11.1994 | Classification | IPC: | C23C16/50, C23C16/54 | [1994/01] | CPC: |
C23C16/5096 (EP,US);
C23C16/545 (EP,US);
H01J37/3277 (EP,US);
H01L31/03921 (EP,US);
H01L31/056 (EP,US);
H01L31/206 (EP,US);
H01J2237/022 (EP,US);
H01J2237/332 (EP,US);
Y02E10/52 (EP,US);
Y02P70/50 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [1994/01] | Title | German: | GRENZFLÄCHENPLASMAPROFIL FÜR PHOTOVOLTAISCHE BESCHICHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [1996/39] | English: | INTERFACIAL PLASMA BARS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEPOSITION APPARATUS | [1994/01] | French: | BARRES DE PLASMA INTERFACIALES POUR APPAREIL DE DEPOT DE CELLULES PHOTOVOLTAIQUES | [1994/01] |
| Former [1994/01] | GRENZFLÄCHENPLASMAPROFIL FÜR PHOTOVOLTAISCH BESCHICHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG | Entry into regional phase | 27.08.1993 | National basic fee paid | 27.08.1993 | Search fee paid | 27.08.1993 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.08.1993 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 09.09.1992 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE | 27.08.1993 | Examination requested [1994/01] | 16.03.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.09.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.11.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 29.02.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.05.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 03.05.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 26.06.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.03.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 08.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FR | 25.09.1996 | DE | 28.12.1996 | GB | 06.03.1997 | [2006/14] |
| Former [1998/15] | DE | 28.12.1996 | |
| FR | 21.02.1997 | ||
| GB | 06.03.1997 | ||
| Former [1997/34] | DE | 28.12.1996 | |
| FR | 21.02.1997 | ||
| Former [1997/29] | DE | 28.12.1996 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4723507 (OVSHINSKY HERBERT L [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * column 21, line 51 - column 22, line 22; figure 7 * | International search | [X]US4479455 (DOEHLER JOACHIM [US], et al) |