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EP About this file: EP1066642

EP1066642 - METHOD FOR MAKING A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL CONTAINING A DYE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.07.2004
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.06.2008Change - representativepublished on 09.07.2008  [2008/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Akzo Nobel N.V.
Velperweg 76
6824 BM Arnhem / NL
[2001/02]
Inventor(s)01 / MIDDELMAN, Erik Akzo Nobel N.V.
Intel. Prop. Dept. (Dept. AIP) P.O. Box 9300
NL-6800 SB Arnhem / NL
02 / SCHROPP, Rudolf, Emmanuel, Isidore Akzo Nobel N.V.
Intel. Prop. Dept. (Dept. AIP) P.O. Box 9300
NL-6800 SB Arnhem / NL
03 / SALAFSKY, Joshua, Samuel Akzo Nobel N.V.
Intel. Prop. Dept. (Dept. AIP) P.O. Box 9300
NL-6800 SB Arnhem / NL
 [2001/02]
Representative(s)Schalkwijk, Pieter Cornelis, et al
Akzo Nobel N.V.
Intellectual Property Department
P.O. Box 9300
6800 SB Arnhem / NL
[N/P]
Former [2008/28]Schalkwijk, Pieter Cornelis, et al
AKZO NOBEL N.V. Intellectual Property Department PO Box 9300
6800 SB Arnhem / NL
Former [2001/02]Schalkwijk, Pieter Cornelis, et al
Akzo Nobel N.V., Intellectual Property Department (Dept. AIP), P.O. Box 9300
6800 SB Arnhem / NL
Application number, filing date99910370.819.03.1999
[2001/02]
WO1999EP01898
Priority number, dateEP1998020094026.03.1998         Original published format: EP 98200940
[2001/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9949483
Date:30.09.1999
Language:EN
[1999/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1066642
Date:10.01.2001
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1066642
Date:27.08.2003
Language:EN
[2003/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.09.1999
ClassificationIPC:H01G9/00, H01G9/20
[2001/02]
CPC:
H01G9/2031 (EP,US); H01L31/04 (KR); H10K71/00 (EP,US);
H01G9/20 (KR); H01M14/00 (KR); H10K71/13 (EP,US);
H01G9/2004 (EP,US); H01G9/2059 (EP,US); H10K71/50 (EP,US);
H10K71/80 (EP,US); H10K85/344 (EP,US); Y02E10/542 (EP,US);
Y02E10/549 (EP,US); Y02P70/50 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2001/02]
TitleGerman:HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN EINER EINEN FARBSTOFF ENTHALTENDEN SOLARZELLE[2001/02]
English:METHOD FOR MAKING A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL CONTAINING A DYE[2001/02]
French:PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'UNE CELLULE PHOTOVOLTAIQUE CONTENANT UN COLORANT[2003/05]
Former [2001/02]PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'UNE CELLULE PHOTOVOLTA QUE CONTENANT UN COLORANT
Entry into regional phase08.10.2000National basic fee paid 
08.10.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
08.10.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.06.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.10.2000Examination requested  [2001/02]
07.08.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.03.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.06.2003Fee for grant paid
06.06.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.05.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
22.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
24.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI27.08.2003
DK27.11.2003
GR27.11.2003
IE19.03.2004
LU19.03.2004
MC31.03.2004
[2005/23]
Former [2005/19]FI27.08.2003
DK27.11.2003
GR27.11.2003
IE19.03.2004
MC31.03.2004
Former [2005/02]FI27.08.2003
DK27.11.2003
GR27.11.2003
MC31.03.2004
Former [2004/29]FI27.08.2003
DK27.11.2003
GR27.11.2003
Former [2004/14]FI27.08.2003
GR27.11.2003
Former [2004/12]FI27.08.2003
Cited inInternational search[DY]JPH01119072  (NITTO DENKO CORP) [DY] 1-7 * abstract *;
 [A]EP0739020  (HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCH AG [DE]) [A] 1,2 * column 3, line 36 - column 4, line 52; figures 1,2 *;
 [DYA]WO9715959  (SONCEBOZ EBAUCHES FAB [CH], et al) [DY] 1-7 * page 4, line 27 - page 5, line 31 * * page 7, line 30 - page 8, line 17 * * page 9, line 1 - line 7; figures 1,3 * [A] 11,12;
 [A]  - KAY A ET AL, "LOW COST PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES BASED ON DYE SENSITIZED NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND CARBON POWDER", SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, (19961030), vol. 44, no. 1, pages 99 - 117, XP000627698 [A] 1-10 * page 109, line 38 - page 111, line 15; figures 2,6 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0927-0248(96)00063-3
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