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EP About this file: EP1111441

EP1111441 - Vertically-aligned (VA) liquid crystal display device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.10.2010
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip08.10.2010No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 10.11.2010  [2010/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
22-22, Nagaike-cho
Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2009/49]For all designated states
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
22-22, Nagaike-cho Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 / JP
Former [2005/40]For all designated states
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
22-22, Nagaike-cho Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 / JP
Former [2005/39]For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
Former [2003/11]For all designated states
Fujitsu Display Technologies Corporation
1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 211-8588 / JP
Former [2001/26]For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Takeda, Arihiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
02 / Ohmuro, Katsufumi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
03 / Koike, Yoshio
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
04 / Kataoka, Shingo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
05 / Sasaki, Takahiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
06 / Sasabayashi, Takashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
07 / Tsuda, Hideaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
08 / Chida, Hideo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
09 / Ohashi, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
10 / Okamoto, Kenji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
11 / Yamaguchi, Hisashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
12 / Otani, Minoru
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
13 / Morishige, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
14 / Furukawa, Noriaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
15 / Kamada, Tsuyoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
16 / Tanaka, Yoshinori
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
17 / Hoshino, Atuyuki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
18 / Hayashi, Shougo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
19 / Takizawa, Hideaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
20 / Kinjou, Takeshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
21 / Tachibanaki, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
22 / Imoto, Keiji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
23 / Hasegawa, Tadashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
24 / Yoshida, Hidefumi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
25 / Inoue, Hiroyasu
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
26 / Taniguchi, Yoji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
27 / Fujikawa, Tetsuya
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
28 / Murata, Satoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
29 / Sawasaki, Manabu
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
30 / Hirota, Siro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
31 / Ikeda, Masahiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
32 / Tashiro, Kunihiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
33 / Tasaka, Yasutoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
34 / Mayama, Takatoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
35 / Tanuma, Seiji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
36 / Nakanishi, Yohei
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
37 / Tanose, Tomonori
Yonago Fujitsu Ltd., 650,Aza Otsukanoni,Sekishu-fu
Yonago-shi, Tottori 689-3524 / JP
38 / Tsukao, Kouji
Yonago Fujitsu Ltd., 650,Aza Otsukanoni,Sekishu-fu
Yonago-shi, Tottori 689-3524 / JP
 [2009/46]
Former [2001/26]01 / Takeda, Arihiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
02 / Ohmuro, Katsufumi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
03 / Koike, Yoshio
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
04 / Kataoka, Shingo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
05 / Sasaki, Takahiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
06 / Sasabayashi, Takashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
07 / Tsuda, Hideaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
08 / Chida, Hideo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
09 / Ohashi, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
10 / Okamoto, Kenji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
11 / Yamaguchi, Hisashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
12 / Otani, Minoru
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
13 / Morishige, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
14 / Furukawa, Noriaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
15 / Kamada, Tsuyoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
16 / Tanaka, Yoshinori
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
17 / Hoshino, Atuyuki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
18 / Hayashi, Shougo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
19 / Takizawa, Hideaki
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
20 / Kinjou, Takeshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
21 / Tachibanaki, Makoto
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
22 / Imoto, Keiji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
23 / Hasegawa, Tadashi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
24 / Yoshida, Hidefumi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
25 / Inoue, Hiroyasu
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
26 / Taniguchi, Yoji
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
27 / Fujikawa, Tetsuya
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
28 / Murata, Satoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
29 / Sawasaki, Manabu
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
30 / Hirota, Siro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
31 / Ikeda, Masahiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
32 / Tashiro, Kunihiro
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
33 / Tasaka, Yasutoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
34 / Mayama, Takatoshi
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
35 / Tanuma, Seijo
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
36 / Nakanishi, Yohei
Fujitsu Ltd, 1-1,Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP
37 / Tanose, Tomonori
Yonago Fujitsu Ltd., 650,Aza Otsukanoni,Sekishu-fu
Yonago-shi, Tottori 689-3524 / JP
38 / Tsukao, Kouji
Yonago Fujitsu Ltd., 650,Aza Otsukanoni,Sekishu-fu
Yonago-shi, Tottori 689-3524 / JP
Representative(s)Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al
Haseltine Lake LLP Lincoln House, 5th Floor 300 High Holborn London
WC1V 7JH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2001/26]Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD / GB
Application number, filing date01107303.811.06.1998
[2001/26]
Priority number, dateJP1997015543712.06.1997         Original published format: JP 15543797
JP1997023098227.08.1997         Original published format: JP 23098297
JP1997023099127.08.1997         Original published format: JP 23099197
JP1997026693730.09.1997         Original published format: JP 26693797
JP1997036138426.12.1997         Original published format: JP 36138497
[2001/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1111441
Date:27.06.2001
Language:EN
[2001/26]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1111441
Date:21.07.2004
[2004/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1111441
Date:02.12.2009
Language:EN
[2009/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.06.2004
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/1337
[2001/26]
CPC:
G02F1/133753 (EP,US); G02F1/1337 (KR); G02F1/133707 (EP,US);
G02F1/134336 (EP,US); G02F1/1393 (EP,US); G02F1/133388 (EP,US);
G02F1/133512 (EP,US); G02F1/133514 (EP,US); G02F1/134309 (EP,US);
G02F2413/10 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [2005/15]
Former [2001/26]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Anzeigevorrichtung mit vertikal ausgerichtetem Flüssigkristall[2001/26]
English:Vertically-aligned (VA) liquid crystal display device[2001/26]
French:Dispositif d'affichage à cristal liquide d'orientation verticale[2001/26]
Examination procedure19.01.2005Examination requested  [2005/11]
29.04.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.10.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.10.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.02.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.03.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.10.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.2009Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.10.2009Fee for grant paid
14.10.2009Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP98304649.1  / EP0884626
Divisional application(s)EP05023117.4  / EP1621923
Opposition(s)03.09.2010No opposition filed within time limit [2010/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
20.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
28.06.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
25.06.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
23.06.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
29.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
26.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
27.06.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
30.06.2008Renewal fee patent year 11
29.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:Search[X]JP8292423  ;
 [A]US5309264  (LIEN SHUI-CHIH A [US], et al) [A] 1,14,18,19,4,7 * column 3, line 49 - column 4, line 36 * * column 5, line 34 - line 50; figure 5 *;
 [PX]US5673092  (HORIE WATARU [JP], et al) [PX] 1,4,5,13,18* column 11, line 32 - column 13, line 44; figure 10A *;
 [E]EP0854377  (SHARP KK [JP]) [E] 1-4,13 * page 5, line 46 - line 50 * * page 18, line 18 - line 26; figure 15 *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960329), vol. 1996, no. 03, & JP7311383 A 19951128 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD) [A] 1,14,18 * abstract *
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970331), vol. 1997, no. 03, & JP8292423 A 19961105 (SHARP CORP) [X] 1,4,5,13,18 * abstract *
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