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EP0982576 - SENSOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.03.2011 Database last updated on 17.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.05.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 29.06.2011 [2011/26]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Yamatake Corporation 12-19 Shibuya 2 chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8316 / JP
	[2010/20]
Former [2000/09]	For all designated states Yamatake Corporation 12-19 Shibuya 2 chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8316 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / KIHARA, Takashi, Yamatake Corporation 12-19 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8316 / JP
	02 / ISHIKURA, Yoshiyuki, Yamatake Corporation 12-19 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8316 / JP
	03 / MASUDA, Takashi, Yamatake Corporation 12-19 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8316 / JP
	[2000/09]
Representative(s)	Wenzel & Kalkoff Patentanwälte Meiendorfer Strasse 89 22145 Hamburg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2009/46]	Wenzel & Kalkoff Patentanwälte Meiendorfer Stasse 89 22145 Hamburg / DE
Former [2000/09]	Patentanwälte Wenzel & Kalkoff Postfach 73 04 66 22124 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date	99939217.8	11.03.1999
	[2000/09]
	WO1999JP01190
Priority number, date	JP19980061111	12.03.1998 Original published format: JP 6111198
	[2000/09]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9946570
	Date:	16.09.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/37]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0982576
	Date:	01.03.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0982576
	Date:	19.05.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	16.09.1999
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.06.2007
Classification	IPC:	G01L9/12, G01P15/125, H01L29/84, G01L9/00, H01L21/60	[2007/29]
	CPC:	G01P15/125 (EP,US); G01L9/12 (KR); G01L9/0075 (EP,US); G01P1/023 (EP,US); G01P15/0802 (EP,US); H01L21/76897 (EP,US); (+) H01L2224/05568 (EP,US); H01L2224/05573 (EP,US); H01L2224/0558 (EP,US); H01L2224/16235 (EP,US); H01L24/05 (EP); H01L2924/01004 (EP,US); H01L2924/01005 (EP,US); H01L2924/01006 (EP,US); H01L2924/01013 (EP,US); H01L2924/01023 (EP,US); H01L2924/01024 (EP,US); H01L2924/01033 (EP,US); H01L2924/0104 (EP,US); H01L2924/01041 (EP,US); H01L2924/01047 (EP,US); H01L2924/0106 (EP,US); H01L2924/01072 (EP,US); H01L2924/01073 (EP,US); H01L2924/01078 (EP,US); H01L2924/01079 (EP,US); H01L2924/01082 (EP,US); H01L2924/014 (EP,US); H01L2924/15174 (EP,US); H01L2924/30105 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	H01L2224/05644, H01L2924/00014 (EP,US); H01L2224/05669, H01L2924/00014 (US,EP)
	Former IPC [2000/09]	G01L9/12, G01P15/125, H01L29/84
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, NL [2000/09]
Title	German:	SENSOR UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG	[2000/09]
	English:	SENSOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME	[2000/09]
	French:	CAPTEUR ET SON PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION	[2000/09]
Entry into regional phase	11.12.1999	Translation filed
	11.12.1999	National basic fee paid
	11.12.1999	Search fee paid
	11.12.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.12.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.12.1999	Examination requested [2000/09]
	18.02.2000	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.11.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	25.04.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.10.2009	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.02.2010	Fee for grant paid
	20.02.2010	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	22.02.2011	No opposition filed within time limit [2011/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	19.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
	30.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 08
	29.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 09
	28.02.2008	Renewal fee patent year 10
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	30.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	NL	19.05.2010
	[2011/26]
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPS58198739 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[X]US4617606 (SHAK PETER J [US], et al) [X] 1-17 * abstract * * column 4, line 4 - column 10, line 11; figures 1-6 *;
		[A]US4701826 (MIKKOR MATI [US]) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 2, line 51 - column 5, line 32; figures 1-3 *;
		[A]EP0339981 (SCHLUMBERGER IND INC [US]) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 6, line 11 - column 15, line 59; figures 4-13 *;
		[X]JPH049727 (TOYODA MACHINE WORKS LTD, et al) [X] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[X]JPH05264576 (HITACHI LTD.) [X] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[A]EP0598477 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 4, line 21 - column 9, line 5; figures 1-6 *;
		[X]JPH06160420 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO) [X] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[AD]JPH06265428 (YAMATAKE HONEYWELL CO LTD) [AD] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[X]US5392651 (SUZUKI SEIKO [JP], et al) [X] 1-17 * abstract * * column 9, line 25 - column 11, line 36; figures 24-31 *;
		[X]JPH07113817 (HITACHI LTD, et al) [X] 1-17 * abstract * * figures 1-3 *;
		[X]JPH08254474 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO) [X] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[A]US5569960 (KUMAZAWA TETSUO [JP], et al) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 6, line 9 - column 10, line 54; figures 1-7 *;
		[A]US5585311 (KO WEN H [US]) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 4, line 44 - column 7, line 40; figures 1-9 *;
		[A]US5611481 (AKAMATSU TOSHIYA [JP], et al) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 3, line 33 - column 6, line 62; figures 1-6 *;
		[PX]WO9812528 (HOKURIKU ELECT IND [JP], et al) [PX] 1-17 * abstract *;
		[E]US6122973 (NOMURA KAZUO [JP], et al) [E] 1-17* column 4, line 4 - column 15, line 28; figures 1-18 *
	International search	[A]JPS58198739 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
		[A]JPS63192203 (NIPPON KOKAN KK, et al);
		[A]JPH05264576 ;
		[A]JPH06163935 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES);
		[A]JPH07113817 (HITACHI LTD, et al);
		[A]JPH09501231

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