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EP About this file: EP1103528

EP1103528 - Silica glass product for an optical element and method for its production [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.11.2012
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 13.02.2013  [2013/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
Quarzstrasse
63450 Hanau / DE
For all designated states
SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
22-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 1-chome Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
[2012/01]
Former [2001/22]For all designated states
Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
Quarzstrasse
63450 Hanau / DE
For all designated states
Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
22-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 1-chome
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Yamagata, Shigeru, Dr.
Hanasaki 2-10-7
Narashino-shi, Chiba-ken 275-0013 / JP
 [2001/22]
Representative(s)Staudt, Armin Walter, et al
Sandeldamm 24a
63450 Hanau / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/31]Staudt, Armin Walter, et al
Patentanwalt Auf der Mauer 8
63674 Altenstadt / DE
Former [2005/32]Staudt, Armin, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwalt Auf der Mauer 8
63674 Altenstadt / DE
Former [2004/35]Staudt, Armin, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwalt Lange Strasse 10
63674 Altenstadt / DE
Former [2001/22]Staudt, Armin Walter
Patentanwälte Grimm & Staudt Edith-Stein-Strasse 22
63075 Offenbach/M. / DE
Application number, filing date00125181.818.11.2000
[2001/22]
Priority number, dateJP1999033285324.11.1999         Original published format: JP 33285399
[2001/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1103528
Date:30.05.2001
Language:EN
[2001/22]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1103528
Date:31.10.2001
[2001/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1103528
Date:04.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/01]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.09.2001
ClassificationIPC:C03C3/06, C03B19/14, C03C4/00
[2001/44]
CPC:
C03C3/06 (EP,KR,US); C03B19/1453 (EP,KR,US); C03C4/0085 (EP,KR,US);
C03B2201/07 (EP,US); C03B2201/075 (EP,KR,US); C03B2201/12 (EP,KR,US);
C03B2201/21 (EP,KR,US); C03C2201/12 (EP,KR,US); C03C2201/21 (EP,KR,US);
C03C2201/23 (EP,KR,US) (-)
Former IPC [2001/22]C03B19/14, C03C3/06, C03C4/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   DE,   FR,   GB,   NL [2002/29]
Former [2001/22]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:Quarzglaskörper für ein optisches Bauteil und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung[2001/22]
English:Silica glass product for an optical element and method for its production[2001/22]
French:Corps en verre de quartz pour un élément optique et procédé de sa fabrication[2001/22]
Examination procedure01.12.2001Examination requested  [2002/05]
14.06.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.10.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.03.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.07.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.10.2011Fee for grant paid
26.10.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  14.06.2007
Opposition(s)05.10.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
28.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
05.11.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
14.11.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
13.11.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
16.11.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
13.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
24.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
23.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 11
23.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT04.01.2012
[2013/07]
Documents cited:Search[Y]JPH09235134  ;
 [A]JPH11302025  ;
 [DA]US5326729  (YABA SUSUMU [JP], et al) [DA] 1,12,13* examples 1,2 *;
 [XY]EP0691312  (NIPPON KOGAKU KK [JP]) [X] 1,2,5,6,12 * page 4, line 54 - page 5, line 31; examples 1,2; claims 1,10-15 * [Y] 13,14;
 [A]EP0835848  (NIPPON KOGAKU KK [JP]) [A] 1,12,13 * claims 6,8,18 *;
 [PXY]EP1043282  (ASAHI GLASS CO LTD [JP]) [PX] 1-12 * paragraphs [0059] , [0068]; examples 1-4,9,11,12,14-17,40-43,91,94; claims 16-18; tables 1,4,5,7,18-20 * [Y] 13,14;
 [E]EP1094040  (HERAEUS QUARZGLAS [DE], et al) [E] 1-14 * paragraphs [0002] , [0016]; examples 1,2; claims 12,13; table 1 *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980130), vol. 1998, no. 1, & JP09235134 A 19970909 (SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO LTD) [Y] 13,14 * abstract * * paragraphs [0014] - [0017] *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20000229), vol. 2000, no. 2, & JP11302025 A 19991102 (ASAHI GLASS CO LTD) [A] 1,12,13 * abstract *
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