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EP About this file: EP0920618

EP0920618 - NEW KIND OF THIN FILMS FOR MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND MICROSTRUCTURING AND THEIR USE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.10.2006
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.11.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR		published on 31.12.2008  [2009/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Clondiag Chip Technologies GmbH
Löbstedter Strasse 105
07743 Jena / DE
[2005/50]
Former [1999/25]For all designated states
Clondiag Chip Technologies GmbH
Löbstedter Strasse 105
07743 Jena / DE
Former [1999/23]For all designated states
Ermantraut, Eugen
Mühlenstrasse 4
07745 Jena / DE
Inventor(s)01 / ERMANTRAUT, Eugen
Mühlenstrasse 4
D-07745 Jena / DE
02 / KÖHLER, Johann, Michael
Untergasse 8
D-07751 Golmsdorf / DE
03 / SCHULZ, Torsten
Nollendorfer Strasse 11
D-07743 Jena / DE
04 / WOHLFART, Klaus
Nr. 3
D-07751 Laasan / DE
05 / WÖLFL, Stefan
Scheidlerstrasse 17
D-07745 Jena / DE
[1999/38]
Former [1999/23]01 / ERMANTRAUT, Eugen
Mühlenstrasse 4
D-07745 Jena / DE
02 / KÖHLER, Johann, Michael
Untergasse 8
D-07751 Golmsdorf / DE
03 / SCHULZ, Torsten
Nollendorfer Strasse 11
D-07743 Jena / DE
04 / WOHLFART, Klaus
Nr. 3
D-07751 Laasan / DE
05 / WÖLFL, Stefan
Bahnhofstrasse 16
D-83059 Kolbermoor / DE
Representative(s)Maiwald GmbH
Elisenhof
Elisenstraße 3
80335 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2003/46]Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH
Elisenhof, Elisenstrasse 3
80335 München / DE
Former [2003/40]Bock, Gerhard
Patentanwälte Bock & Bieber GbR Winzerlaer Strasse 10
07745 Jena / DE
Former [1999/23]Pfeiffer, Rolf-Gerd
Patentanwaltsbüro Pfeiffer & Partner Helmholtzweg 4
07743 Jena / DE
Application number, filing date97941958.722.08.1997
[1999/23]
WO1997EP04582
Priority number, dateDE1996103412023.08.1996         Original published format: DE 19634120
DE1997100590915.02.1997         Original published format: DE 19705909
[1999/23]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9808086
Date:26.02.1998
Language:DE
[1998/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0920618
Date:09.06.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0920618
Date:14.12.2005
Language:DE
[2005/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:G01N27/327, C12G1/00
[1999/23]
CPC:
H01L21/02118 (EP,US); B01J19/0046 (EP,US); C12Q1/002 (EP,US);
H01L21/312 (US); B01J2219/00527 (EP,US); H01L21/02282 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1999/23]
TitleGerman:NEUARTIGE DÜNNSCHICHTEN FÜR DIE MIKROSYSTEMTECHNIK UND MIKROSTRUKTURIERUNG SOWIE IHRE VERWENDUNG[1999/23]
English:NEW KIND OF THIN FILMS FOR MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND MICROSTRUCTURING AND THEIR USE[1999/23]
French:NOUVEAUX TYPES DE FILMS MINCES POUR LA TECHNIQUE DES MICROSYSTEMES ET LA MICROSTRUCTURATION, ET LEUR UTILISATION[1999/23]
Entry into regional phase11.02.1999National basic fee paid 
11.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
11.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.02.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
11.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/23]
09.09.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.03.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.06.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.10.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.09.2005Fee for grant paid
28.09.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.09.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
19.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
23.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
21.08.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
28.08.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
30.08.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
30.08.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR14.12.2005
IE14.12.2005
IT14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
DK14.03.2006
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
LU22.08.2006
BE31.08.2006
[2009/01]
Former [2008/36]IE14.12.2005
IT14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
DK14.03.2006
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
LU22.08.2006
BE31.08.2006
Former [2008/08]IE14.12.2005
IT14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
DK14.03.2006
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
BE31.08.2006
Former [2007/31]IE14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
DK14.03.2006
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
BE31.08.2006
Former [2007/01]IE14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
DK14.03.2006
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
Former [2006/49]IE14.12.2005
NL14.12.2005
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
Former [2006/45]NL14.12.2005
SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
Former [2006/34]SE14.03.2006
ES25.03.2006
Former [2006/27]SE14.03.2006
Cited inInternational search[X]JPS645489  ;
 [A]EP0116361  (FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0246602  (KANEGAFUCHI CHEMICAL IND [JP]) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]DD298268  (ZENTRALINSTITUT F MOLEKULARBIO [DE], et al) [A] 1* the whole document *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 89, no. 07, Database accession no. 89-049890, XP002051423 & JPS645489 A 19890110 (FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD) [X] 1 * abstract *
ExaminationEP0110483
 US5846814
    - MCCONNELL H.M. ET AL, "SUPPORTED PLANAR MEMBRANES IN STUDIES OF CELL-CELL RECOGNITION IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM", BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, (1986), vol. 864, pages 95 - 106
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