EP2315638 - MULTI-ELEMENT METAL POWDERS FOR SILICON SOLAR CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.02.2015 Database last updated on 27.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.06.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 25.07.2018 [2018/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 / US | [2011/18] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BORLAND, William 312 Oxfordshire Lane Chapel Hill NC 27517 / US | 02 /
GLICKSMAN, Howard, David 4106 Colville Road Durham NC 27707 / US | [2011/18] | Representative(s) | Hoffmann, Benjamin Dehns St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [2014/14] |
Former [2011/18] | Hoffmann, Benjamin Dehns St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | Application number, filing date | 09791431.1 | 12.08.2009 | [2011/18] | WO2009US53562 | Priority number, date | US20080088497P | 13.08.2008 Original published format: US 88497 P | [2011/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2010019674 | Date: | 18.02.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/07] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2315638 | Date: | 04.05.2011 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.02.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2011/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2315638 | Date: | 02.04.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/14] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 18.02.2010 | Classification | IPC: | H01L21/318 | [2013/46] | CPC: |
B22F9/24 (EP,KR,US);
B22F1/00 (EP,KR,US);
B22F1/065 (EP,KR,US);
B22F9/02 (KR);
B22F9/28 (EP,US);
H01B1/22 (EP,US);
H01L31/022425 (EP,US);
H01L31/04 (KR);
H01L31/18 (EP,US);
B22F2998/10 (EP,US);
B22F2999/00 (EP,US);
Y02E10/50 (EP,US);
Y02E10/52 (US)
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| C-Set: |
B22F2998/10, B22F9/026, B22F9/30 (EP,US);
B22F2999/00, B22F9/026, B22F2201/02, B22F2201/10, B22F2201/01, B22F2201/013 (US,EP);
B22F2999/00, B22F9/24, B22F9/30 (US,EP)
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Former IPC [2011/18] | B22F1/00, B22F9/02, B22F9/24 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2011/18] | Title | German: | METALLPULVER MIT MEHREREN ELEMENTEN FÜR SILICIUMSOLARZELLEN | [2011/18] | English: | MULTI-ELEMENT METAL POWDERS FOR SILICON SOLAR CELLS | [2011/18] | French: | POUDRES MÉTALLIQUES MULTI-ÉLÉMENTS POUR DES CELLULES SOLAIRES AU SILICIUM | [2011/18] | Entry into regional phase | 17.01.2011 | National basic fee paid | 17.01.2011 | Designation fee(s) paid | 17.01.2011 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 17.01.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 17.01.2011 | Examination requested [2011/18] | 21.07.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 08.03.2012 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 16.05.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.07.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.11.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.11.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.02.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 20.02.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.07.2011 | Opposition(s) | 06.01.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/11] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 16.05.2012 | Request for further processing filed | 16.05.2012 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 30.05.2012 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.08.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | HU | 12.08.2009 | AT | 02.04.2014 | BE | 02.04.2014 | CY | 02.04.2014 | CZ | 02.04.2014 | DK | 02.04.2014 | EE | 02.04.2014 | ES | 02.04.2014 | FI | 02.04.2014 | HR | 02.04.2014 | IT | 02.04.2014 | LT | 02.04.2014 | LV | 02.04.2014 | MC | 02.04.2014 | MK | 02.04.2014 | MT | 02.04.2014 | NL | 02.04.2014 | PL | 02.04.2014 | RO | 02.04.2014 | SE | 02.04.2014 | SI | 02.04.2014 | SK | 02.04.2014 | SM | 02.04.2014 | TR | 02.04.2014 | BG | 02.07.2014 | NO | 02.07.2014 | GR | 03.07.2014 | IS | 02.08.2014 | PT | 04.08.2014 | GB | 12.08.2014 | IE | 12.08.2014 | LU | 12.08.2014 | CH | 31.08.2014 | LI | 31.08.2014 | FR | 01.09.2014 | [2018/30] |
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