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EP1034233 - DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATINGS ON INORGANIC PHOSPHORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.03.2003
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.10.2009Change - representativepublished on 18.11.2009  [2009/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/37]For all designated states
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3M Center, P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DAVID, Moses, M.
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
02 / JOHNSON, Dee, Lynn
P.O. Box 33427
Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US
[2000/37]
Representative(s)dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Deichmannhaus am Dom
Bahnhofsvorplatz 1
50667 Köln / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/47]Meyers, Hans-Wilhelm, et al
Patentanwälte von Kreisler Selting Werner Postfach 10 22 41
50462 Köln / DE
Former [2000/37]Meyers, Hans-Wilhelm, Dr.Dipl.-Chem., et al
Patentanwälte von Kreisler-Selting-Werner Postfach 10 22 41
50462 Köln / DE
Application number, filing date98952130.707.10.1998
[2000/37]
WO1998US21123
Priority number, dateUS1997097871626.11.1997         Original published format: US 978716
[2000/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9927033
Date:03.06.1999
Language:EN
[1999/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1034233
Date:13.09.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.06.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1034233
Date:22.05.2002
Language:EN
[2002/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.06.1999
ClassificationIPC:C09K11/02, B05D3/14
[2000/37]
CPC:
C23C16/26 (EP,US); C09K11/025 (EP,US); C09K11/08 (EP);
C23C16/4417 (EP,US); Y10S428/917 (EP,US); Y10T428/2991 (EP,US);
Y10T428/2993 (EP,US); Y10T428/2998 (EP,US); Y10T428/30 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2000/37]
TitleGerman:DIAMANTARTIGE KOHLENSTOFFBESCHICHTUNGEN AUF INORGANISCHEM PHOSPHOR[2000/37]
English:DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATINGS ON INORGANIC PHOSPHORS[2000/37]
French:COUCHES DE CARBONE EN FORME DE LOSANGE RECOUVRANT DES PHOSPHORES INORGANIQUES[2000/37]
Entry into regional phase20.05.2000National basic fee paid 
20.05.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
20.05.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.05.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.05.2000Examination requested  [2000/37]
21.02.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
22.03.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
20.11.2001Fee for grant paid
20.11.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.11.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)25.02.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
22.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT22.05.2002
[2008/16]
Cited inInternational search[XP]FR2760755  (FUTABA DENSHI KOGYO KK [JP]) [XP] 1-7,12,18-22 * the whole document *;
 [DX]JPH04304290  ;
 [AP]WO9746484  ;
 [DX]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930316), vol. 017, no. 124, Database accession no. (C - 1035), & JP04304290 A 19921027 (NICHIA CHEM IND LTD) [DX] 1-4,6,12-14,16,18 * abstract *
 [AP]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 98, no. 04, Database accession no. 98-042066, XP002090164 & WO9746484 A 19971211 (AMTEKH INT INC R) [AP] 12,18,22 * abstract *
 [A]  - CHIA-FU CHEN ET AL, "Microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition of diamond: its growth and characterization", INSPEC, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, STEVENAGE, GB, XP002090163 [A] 12,18,22 * abstract *
    [ ] - 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METALLURGICAL COATINGS AND 8TH INTERNATIONAL THIN FILM CONFERENCE, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, 2-6 APRIL 1990, ISSN 0257-8972, Surface and Coatings Technology, 5 Dec. 1990, Switzerland, vol. 43-44, no. 1-3, pages 53 - 62
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