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EP About this file: EP0599462

EP0599462 - Display device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.02.1999
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.02.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.04.1999 [1999/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
22-22 Nagaike-cho
Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi
Osaka-fu 545-0013 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/17]For all designated states
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu 545 / JP
Former [1994/22]For all designated states
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
22-22 Nagaike-cho Abeno-ku
Osaka 545 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Izumi, Yoshihiro
508-8, Kuzumoto-cho
Kashihara-shi, Nara-ken / JP
02 / Fujiwara, Sayuri
606-99, Sanjo-cho
Nara-shi, Nara-ken / JP
[1994/22]
Representative(s)Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/22]Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date93307729.929.09.1993
[1994/22]
Priority number, dateJP1992031541625.11.1992         Original published format: JP 31541692
[1994/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0599462
Date:01.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0599462
Date:22.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.03.1994
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/135, G02F1/136
[1994/22]
CPC:
G02F1/1354 (EP,US); G02F1/1365 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1994/22]
TitleGerman:Anzeigevorrichtung[1994/22]
English:Display device[1994/22]
French:Dispositif d'affichage[1994/22]
Examination procedure27.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/39]
24.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
21.10.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
27.10.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.01.1998Fee for grant paid
15.01.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.01.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.09.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
12.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
10.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0490484  (SHARP KK [JP]) [A] 1,8-12,20-24 * column 11, line 53 - column 12, line 20 * * column 40, line 35 - column 48, line 50 *;
 [AD]JPH05100246  (SHARP KK);
 [A]EP0185995  (ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC [US]) [A] 1-24 * page 9, line 05 - line 24 * * page 10, line 12 - page 15, line 23 *;
 [A]EP0463803  (SHARP KK [JP]) [A] 2-7 * column 3, line 35 - line 58 *;
 [A]JPS61175623  ;
 [PA]JPH04340932
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 10, no. 387, Database accession no. (P - 530), & JP61175623 A 00000000 (SEIKO) [A] 2-7 * abstract *
 [A]  - S.TOGASHI, "AN LC-TV DISPLAY CONTROLLED BY A a-Si DIODE RINGS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SID., LOS ANGELES US, (1985), vol. 26, no. 1, pages 9 - 15 [A] 2-7 * CHAPTERS 2 AND 4;; figure 2 *
 [PA]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 017, no. 194, Database accession no. (P - 1522), & JP04340932 A 19921127 (SEIKO EPSON) [PA] 1,10-12 * abstract *
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