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EP1463849 - BORON DOPED DIAMOND AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2004/41]	BORON DOPED DIAMOND
	[2006/22]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.12.2007 Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	26.05.2023	Change - lapse in a contracting state State(s) deleted from list of lapses: GB	published on 28.06.2023 [2023/26]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Element Six Limited Isle of Man Freeport, Ballasalla Isle of Man IM99 6AQ / GB
	[2007/05]
Former [2004/41]	For all designated states Element Six Limited Isle of Man Freeport, Ballasalla Isle of Man IM99 6AQ / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / SCARSBROOK, Geoffrey Alan 40 Cavendish Mead, Sunninghill Ascot, Berkshire SL5 9TD / GB
	02 / MARTINEAU, Philip Maurice Littlewick End, Coronation Road Littlewick Green, Berkshire SL6 3RA / GB
	03 / TWITCHEN, Daniel James 10 Park Drive Sunningdale, Berkshire SL5 0BD / GB
	04 / WHITEHEAD, Andrew John 60 Cheylesmore Drive, Frimley Camberley, Surrey GU16 9BW / GB
	05 / COOPER, Michael Andrew 28 Clifton Road Wokingham, Berkshire / GB
	06 / DORN, Bärbel Susanne Charlotte 11 Slaidburn Green, Forest Park Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 0WG / GB
	[2004/41]
Representative(s)	Goodfellow, Hugh Robin, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2004/41]	Goodfellow, Hugh Robin, et al Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
Application number, filing date	02790571.0	13.12.2002
	[2004/41]
	WO2002IB05324
Priority number, date	GB20010030005	14.12.2001 Original published format: GB 0130005
	[2004/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO03052174
	Date:	26.06.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/26]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1463849
	Date:	06.10.2004
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.06.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2004/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1463849
	Date:	31.01.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/05]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	02.10.2003
Classification	IPC:	C30B29/04	[2006/22]
	CPC:	C30B25/105 (EP,US); C30B25/10 (KR); C30B29/04 (EP,US); Y10T428/30 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2004/41]	C30B1/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SI, SK, TR [2010/25]
Former [2006/51]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SI, SK, TR
Former [2004/41]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
Title	German:	BORDOTIERTE DIAMANT UND VERFAHREN ZU IHRER HERSTELLUNG	[2006/22]
	English:	BORON DOPED DIAMOND AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION	[2006/22]
	French:	DIAMANT DOPE AU BORE ET PROCEDE POUR SA PRODUCTION	[2006/22]
	Former [2004/41]	BORDOTIERTE DIAMANT
	Former [2004/41]	BORON DOPED DIAMOND
	Former [2004/41]	DIAMANT DOPE AU BORE
Entry into regional phase	02.07.2004	National basic fee paid
	02.07.2004	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.07.2004	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.01.2003	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	02.07.2004	Examination requested [2004/41]
	22.06.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.11.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.06.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.10.2006	Fee for grant paid
	09.10.2006	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP06076850.4 / EP1780315
Opposition(s)	01.11.2007	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/02]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.12.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	31.01.2007
	CY	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	EE	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	GR	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
	[2023/26]
Former [2010/36]	AT	31.01.2007
	CY	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	EE	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	GB	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	GR	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2009/34]	AT	31.01.2007
	CY	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	EE	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	GR	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2009/10]	AT	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	EE	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	GR	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2008/22]	AT	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	GR	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2007/51]	AT	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	SK	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2007/49]	AT	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
	PT	02.07.2007
Former [2007/46]	AT	31.01.2007
	DK	31.01.2007
	FI	31.01.2007
	SI	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
Former [2007/39]	FI	31.01.2007
	BG	01.05.2007
Cited in	International search	[A]EP0348026 (DE BEERS IND DIAMOND [ZA]);
		[X]EP0386726 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 36,45,46 * example 5 *;
		[X]EP0386727 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 36,45,46 * example 5 *;
		[A]EP0573943 (AIR PROD & CHEM [US]) [A] 1-48 * column 8, line 16 - line 43; claims 1,38,39 *;
		[A]NL9201987 (STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIV) [A] 1-48 * page 10, line 32 - page 11, line 2; claims 1-21 *;
		[A]US5381755 (GLESENER JOHN W [US], et al);
		[A]US5635258 (CHEN CHIA-FU [TW], et al);
		[A]EP0879904 (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]);
		[X] - LAGRANGE J-P ET AL, "ACTIVATION ENERGY IN LOW COMPENSATED HOMOEPITAXIAL BORON-DOPED DIAMOND FILMS", DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19980901), vol. 7, no. 8, ISSN 0925-9635, pages 1390 - 1393, XP000667693 [X] 36,45,46 * page 1391 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-9635(98)00225-8
		[X] - FUJIMORI ET AL., "Characterization of conducting diamond films", VACUUM, (1986), vol. 36, no. 1-3, pages 99 - 102, XP002241037 [X] 36,45,46 * page 99 - page 100, column L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0042-207X(86)90279-4
		[X] - HAUG C ET AL, "Characterisation and lattice location of nitrogen and boron in homoepitaxial CVD diamond", DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19960701), vol. 5, no. 9, ISSN 0925-9635, pages 947 - 951, XP004080600 [X] 36,38-41,45 * page 948 - page 950 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0925-9635(95)00471-8
		[X] - HIROMU SHIOMI ET AL, "CHARACTERIZATION OF BORON-DOPED DIAMOND EPITAXIAL FILMS", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, PUBLICATION OFFICE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. TOKYO, JP, (19910701), vol. 30, no. 7, ISSN 0021-4922, pages 1363 - 1366, XP000329416 [X] 36,44-46 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.30.1363

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