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EP0872759 - Liquid crystal display device for a color display panel [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.10.2002
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip18.10.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.12.2002  [2002/49]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ASULAB S.A.
Faubourg du Lac 6
2501 Bienne / CH
[N/P]
Former [1998/43]For all designated states
ASULAB S.A.
Faubourg du Lac 6
CH-2501 Bienne / CH
Inventor(s)01 / Kipfer, Peter
Rue des Saars 127
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
02 / Herzig, Hans-Peter
Bel-Air 11
2000 Neuchâtel / CH
03 / Klappert, Rolf
Maillefer 10
2003 Neuchâtel / CH
04 / Grupp, Joachim
Port-Roulant 12a
2003 Neuchâtel / CH
[1998/43]
Representative(s)Ravenel, Thierry Gérard Louis, et al
ICB
Ingénieurs Conseils en Brevets SA
Faubourg de l'Hôpital 3
2001 Neuchâtel / CH
[N/P]
Former [1998/43]Ravenel, Thierry Gérard Louis, et al
I C B, Ingénieurs Conseils en Brevets SA, 7, rue des Sors
2074 Marin / CH
Application number, filing date97106355.717.04.1997
[1998/43]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0872759
Date:21.10.1998
Language:FR
[1998/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0872759
Date:12.12.2001
Language:FR
[2001/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.10.1997
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/137
[1998/43]
CPC:
G02F1/13718 (EP,KR,US); G02F1/133509 (EP,KR,US); G02F1/133514 (KR);
G02F1/13473 (KR)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL [1998/43]
TitleGerman:Flüssigkristallanzeige-Vorrichtung für einen farbigen Bildschirm[1998/43]
English:Liquid crystal display device for a color display panel[1998/43]
French:Dispositif d'affichage à cristaux liquides destiné notamment à former un écran d'affichage d'images en couleur[1998/43]
Examination procedure21.04.1999Examination requested  [1999/24]
28.02.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
28.02.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
13.03.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.07.2001Fee for grant paid
23.07.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.09.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
02.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A] US5493430  (LU MINHUA et al.) [A] 1,5,7 * column 3, line 27 - column 4, line 42 *
 [AD] US5399390  (AKINS ROBERT B et al.) [AD] 1,8-10 * column 2, line 43 - column 5, line 30 *
 [AD]   G.P. CRAWFORD: "Liquid Crystal in Complex Geometries", TAYLOR & FRANCIS, 1996, XP002041494 [AD] 1,5 * Page 255-264. Chapitre 11.2: Reflective Cholesteric Display; page 257 *
 [A]   KLIMUSHEVA G V ET AL: "External factor influence on the optical activity of chiral liquid crystals", NONLINEAR OPTICS OF LIQUID AND PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS, CRIMEA, UKRAINE, 23-30 OCT. 1995, vol. 2795, ISSN 0277-786X, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE - THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 1996, SPIE-INT. SOC. OPT. ENG, USA, pages 50 - 55, XP002041493 [A] 1 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.239230
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