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EP1933395 - Complexes of form L2IrX [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 05.07.2019 Database last updated on 26.03.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	05.07.2019	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 07.08.2019 [2019/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states The Trustees of Princeton University P.O. Box 36 Princeton, NJ 08544 / US
	For all designated states The University of Southern California 3716 South Hope Street Suite 313 Los Angeles, CA 90007-4344 / US
	[2019/32]
Former [2008/25]	For all designated states The Trustees of Princeton University P.O. Box 36 Princeton, NJ 08544 / US
	For all designated states The University of Southern California 3716 South Hope Street Suite 313 Los Angeles, CA 90007-4344 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Thompson, Mark E. 4447 Pepper Creek Way Anaheim, CA 92807 / US
	02 / Djurovich, Peter 1723 1/2 E. Second Street Long Beach CA 90007 / US
	03 / Lamansky, Sergey 12555 Everton Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55214 / US
	04 / Murphy, Drew 57 Irving Street 2nd floor New Haven, CT 06511 / US
	05 / Kwong, Raymond 1 Burr Court Plainsboro New Jersey 08536 / US
	06 / Abdel-Razzaq, Feras 837 W. 37th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089 / US
	07 / Forrest, Stephen R. 336 Rock Creek Court Ann Arbor MIchigan 48109 / US
	08 / Baldo, Marc A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ELE Dept., 77 Massachusetts Avenue Room 12-3138 Cambridge, MA 02142 / US
	09 / Burrows, Paul 101105 Vaca Road Kennewick, WA 99338 / US
	[2019/32]
Former [2008/33]	01 / Thompson, Mark E. 4447 Pepper Creek Way Anaheim, CA 92807 / US
	02 / Djurovich, Peter 1723 1/2 E. Second Street Long Beach CA 90007 / US
	03 / Lamansky, Sergey 12555 Everton Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55214 / US
	04 / Murphy, Drew 57 Irving Street, 2nd floor New Haven, CT 06511 / US
	05 / Kwong, Raymond 1 Burr Court Plainsboro New Jersey 08536 / US
	06 / Abdel-Razzaq, Feras 837 W. 37th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089 / US
	07 / Forrest, Stephen R. 336 Rock Creek Court Ann Arbor MIchigan 48109 / US
	08 / Baldo, Marc A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ELE Dept., 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 12-3138 Cambridge, MA 02142 / US
	09 / Burrows, Paul 101105 Vaca Road Kennewick, WA 99338 / US
Former [2008/25]	01 / Thompson, Mark E. 4447 Pepper Creek Way Anaheim, CA 92807 / US
	02 / Djurovich, Peter 1723 1/2 E. Second Street Long Beach CA 90007 / US
	03 / Lamansky, Sergey 112 South Greenwood Boulevard, 2 Pasadena, CA 91102 / US
	04 / Murphy, Drew 4122 Deeboyar Avenue, 20 Lakewood, CA 90712 / US
	05 / Kwong, Raymond 1 Burr Court Plainsboro New Jersey 08536 / US
	06 / Abdel-Razzaq, Feras 837 W. 37th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089 / US
	07 / Forrest, Stephen R. 336 Rock Creek Court Ann Arbor MIchigan 48109 / US
	08 / Baldo, Marc A. Princeton University Graduate College Princeton, NJ 08544 / US
	09 / Burrows, Paul 101105 Vaca Road Kennewick, WA 99338 / US
Representative(s)	Hansen, Norbert Maiwald GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/32]	Hansen, Norbert Maiwald Patentanwalts- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
Former [2012/20]	Hansen, Norbert Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE
Former [2012/18]	Kopf, Korbinian Paul Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 80335 München / DE
Former [2008/25]	Kiriczi, Sven Bernhard Schneiders & Behrendt Mühlthaler Strasse 91 D 81475 München / DE
Application number, filing date	08003327.7	29.11.2000
	[2008/25]
Priority number, date	US19990452346	01.12.1999 Original published format: US 452346
	[2008/25]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1933395
	Date:	18.06.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/25]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1933395
	Date:	25.05.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/21]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP1933395
	Date:	07.08.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/32]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.05.2008
Classification	IPC:	H01L51/30, C09K11/06, H05B33/14	[2008/25]
	CPC:	C07D209/86 (EP); C09K11/025 (KR); C07F15/0033 (KR); C09K11/06 (EP); H10K50/00 (KR); H10K85/342 (EP,KR); (+) C09K2211/185 (KR); H10K2101/10 (EP); H10K50/11 (EP); H10K85/324 (EP); H10K85/631 (EP); H10K85/636 (EP); H10K85/657 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2019/32]
Former [2008/25]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	Komplex der Formel L2IrX	[2008/25]
	English:	Complexes of form L2IrX	[2008/25]
	French:	Complexes de formule L2lrX	[2008/25]
Examination procedure	09.04.2008	Examination requested [2008/25]
	14.10.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.02.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.03.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.04.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.04.2011	Fee for grant paid
	18.04.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP00980863.5 / EP1252803
Divisional application(s)	EP10181664.3 / EP2278637
	EP10181674.2 / EP2270895
	EP15156358.2 / EP2911211
	EP18169595.8 / EP3379591
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20000980863) is 15.05.2003
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 24.02.2012 05.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE Merck Patent GmbH Postfach Frankfurter Strasse 250 64293 Darmstadt / DE Opponent's representative Féaux de Lacroix, Stefan Patentanwälte Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler PartG mbB Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
		02 24.02.2012 19.01.2015 WITHDRAWN Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 / JP Opponent's representative J A Kemp LLP 80 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5QU / GB
		03 27.02.2012 06.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 67056 Ludwigshafen / DE Opponent's representative Hollah, Dorothee Patentanwälte Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler PartG mbB Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2017/31]
	Opponent(s)	01 24.02.2012 05.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE Merck Patent GmbH Postfach Frankfurter Strasse 250 64293 Darmstadt / DE Opponent's representative Féaux de Lacroix, Stefan Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
		02 24.02.2012 19.01.2015 WITHDRAWN Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 / JP Opponent's representative J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
		03 27.02.2012 06.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 67056 Ludwigshafen / DE Opponent's representative Hollah, Dorothee Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
	Former [2016/23]
	Opponent(s)	01 24.02.2012 05.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE Merck Patent GmbH Postfach Frankfurter Strasse 250 64293 Darmstadt / DE Opponent's representative Féaux de Lacroix, Stefan Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
		02 24.02.2012 19.01.2015 WITHDRAWN Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 / JP Opponent's representative Duckworth, Timothy John J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
		03 27.02.2012 06.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 67056 Ludwigshafen / DE Opponent's representative Hollah, Dorothee Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
	Former [2015/09]
	Opponent(s)	01 24.02.2012 05.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE Merck Patent GmbH Postfach Frankfurter Strasse 250 D-64293 Darmstadt / DE
		02 24.02.2012 02.03.2012 WITHDRAWN Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 / JP Opponent's representative Duckworth, Timothy John J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
		03 27.02.2012 06.03.2012 ADMISSIBLE BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 67056 Ludwigshafen / DE Opponent's representative Féaux de Lacroix, Stefan Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
	Former [2012/14]
	Opponent(s)	01 24.02.2012 Merck Patent GmbH Postfach Frankfurter Strasse 250 D-64293 Darmstadt / DE
		02 24.02.2012 Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8260 / JP Opponent's representative Duckworth, Timothy John J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ / GB
		03 27.02.2012 BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 67056 Ludwigshafen / DE Opponent's representative Féaux de Lacroix, Stefan Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler LLP Eastsite One Seckenheimer Landstrasse 4 68163 Mannheim / DE
	30.03.2012	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	27.09.2012	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	14.10.2013	Date of oral proceedings
	20.12.2013	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	12.03.2019	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	14.05.2019	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	27.06.2019	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	28.06.2019	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	28.02.2014	Appeal received No. T0437/14
	30.04.2014	Statement of grounds filed
	12.03.2019	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	26.02.2014	Appeal received No. T0437/14
	28.04.2014	Statement of grounds filed
	12.03.2019	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	25.02.2014	Appeal received No. T0437/14
	22.04.2014	Statement of grounds filed
	12.03.2019	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	28.04.2016	Date of oral proceedings
	10.05.2016	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
	12.03.2019	Date of oral proceedings
	28.03.2019	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	23.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	01.12.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 10
	24.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	25.05.2011
	BE	25.05.2011
	CY	25.05.2011
	DK	25.05.2011
	FI	25.05.2011
	IT	25.05.2011
	SE	25.05.2011
	TR	25.05.2011
	GR	26.08.2011
	ES	05.09.2011
	PT	26.09.2011
	IE	29.11.2011
	LU	29.11.2011
	CH	30.11.2011
	LI	30.11.2011
	MC	30.11.2011
	[2013/44]
Former [2012/12]	AT	25.05.2011
	BE	25.05.2011
	CY	25.05.2011
	DK	25.05.2011
	FI	25.05.2011
	SE	25.05.2011
	GR	26.08.2011
	ES	05.09.2011
	PT	26.09.2011
Former [2012/01]	AT	25.05.2011
	BE	25.05.2011
	CY	25.05.2011
	FI	25.05.2011
	SE	25.05.2011
	GR	26.08.2011
	ES	05.09.2011
	PT	26.09.2011
Former [2011/49]	CY	25.05.2011
	FI	25.05.2011
	SE	25.05.2011
	GR	26.08.2011
	ES	05.09.2011
	PT	26.09.2011
Former [2011/47]	PT	26.09.2011
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US5703436 (FORREST STEPHEN R [US], et al);
		[E]WO0202714 (DU PONT [US], et al);
		[E]WO0215645 (UNIV PRINCETON [US], et al);
	by applicant	WO9619792
		WO9621006
		WO9733296
		US5694626
		WO9748115
		WO9748139
		US5703436
		US5707745
		US5757139
		US5757026
		US5811833
		US5834893
		WO9850989
		US5844363
		US5861219
		US5874803
		US5917280
		US5932895
		US5986401
		US6013982
		US6046543
		US6045930
		US6048630
		US6091195
		US6111902
		US6125226
		US19960771815
		US19970814976

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