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EP0832597
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0832597 - Ellipsometer [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.03.2008 Database last updated on 26.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.04.2016 | Change - lapse in a contracting state | published on 25.05.2016 [2016/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Heidelberg Engineering Optische Messsysteme GmbH Tiergartenstrasse 17 69121 Heidelberg / DE | [2007/21] |
| Former [1998/14] | For all designated states Heidelberg Engineering Optische Messsysteme GmbH Tiergartenstrasse 17 69121 Heidelberg / DE | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bille, Josef F. Hermann Loens Weg, 44/1 69118 Heidelberg / DE | [1998/14] | Representative(s) | Johnstone, Helen Margaret, et al Potter Clarkson LLP The Belgrave Centre Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2006/41] | Johnstone, Helen Margaret, et al Eric Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB | ||
| Former [2003/24] | Thomas, Philip John Duval Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB | ||
| Former [1998/14] | MacGregor, Gordon ERIC POTTER CLARKSON St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham, NG1 1LE / GB | Application number, filing date | 97306547.7 | 27.08.1997 | [1998/14] | Priority number, date | US19960709243 | 30.08.1996 Original published format: US 709243 | [1998/14] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0832597 | Date: | 01.04.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/14] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0832597 | Date: | 23.05.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/21] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.01.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A61B3/12, A61B3/10 | [1998/14] | CPC: |
A61B3/1225 (EP,US);
A61B3/10 (EP,US);
A61B3/117 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1998/51] |
| Former [1998/14] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Ellipsometer | [1998/14] | English: | Ellipsometer | [1998/14] | French: | Ellipsomètre | [1998/14] | Examination procedure | 28.05.1998 | Examination requested [1998/31] | 08.03.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.07.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.07.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 11.01.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.12.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.05.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.12.2003 | Date of oral proceedings | 22.01.2004 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1} | 22.01.2004 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 14.11.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.03.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 20.03.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Appeal following examination | 18.03.2004 | Appeal received No. T0728/04 | 21.05.2004 | Statement of grounds filed | 06.09.2006 | Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant | 06.09.2006 | Date of oral proceedings | 15.09.2006 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | Opposition(s) | 26.02.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.08.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.08.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 06.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 13.08.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.08.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.09.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 07.02.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.08.2002 | 06 M06 Fee paid on 06.02.2003 | 31.08.2005 | 09 M06 Fee paid on 28.09.2005 | 31.08.2006 | 10 M06 Fee paid on 07.02.2007 |
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| Former [2008/23] | IT | 27.08.2007 | Documents cited: | Search | [XA]WO9423641 (DREHER ANDREAS W [US], et al) [X] 1,17,19-23 * page 5, paragraph L - page 14, paragraph 1 * [A] 2,5,10-16; | [A]WO8803396 (RODENSTOCK INSTR [DE]) [A] 1-23 * page 15, paragraph L - page 23, paragraph 3 *; | [A]US5521705 (OLDENBOURG RUDOLF [US], et al) [A] 1-5,7-9,17-19 * column 4, line 30 - column 7, line 41 *; | [A]US5548234 (TURI LASZLO [US], et al) [A] 7,8,18 * column 4, line 65 - column 6, line 12 *; | [AP]WO9629583 (UNIV KANSAS STATE [US], et al) [AP] 1,2,5,8 * page 7, line 34 - page 15, line 18 * |