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EP About this file: EP2393117

EP2393117 - Solid state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and electronic device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.06.2014
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.09.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 07.10.2015  [2015/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2011/49]
Inventor(s)01 / Yanagita, Takeshi
c/o Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Mabuchi, Keiji
c/o Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Ishiwata, Hiroaki
c/o Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
 [2011/49]
Representative(s)Müller Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
St.-Martin-Straße 58
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/49]Müller - Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte Innere Wiener Strasse 17
81667 München / DE
Application number, filing date11006885.519.10.2009
[2011/49]
Priority number, dateJP2008027167322.10.2008         Original published format: JP 2008271673
JP2009012978329.05.2009         Original published format: JP 2009129783
JP2008031645212.12.2008         Original published format: JP 2008316452
[2011/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2393117
Date:07.12.2011
Language:EN
[2011/49]
Type: A8 Corrected patent application 
No.:EP2393117
Date:11.01.2012
[2012/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2393117
Date:31.07.2013
Language:EN
[2013/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.11.2011
ClassificationIPC:H04N5/374, H01L27/146
[2012/41]
CPC:
H01L27/14603 (EP,US); H04N25/77 (KR); H04N25/778 (EP,US);
H01L27/14609 (EP,US); H01L27/1464 (EP,US); H01L27/14641 (EP,US);
H04N25/531 (EP,US); H04N25/60 (KR); H04N25/621 (EP,US);
H04N25/709 (EP,US); H04N25/75 (US); H04N25/76 (US);
H04N25/767 (EP,US); H01L27/14643 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2011/49]H01L27/146, H04N5/335
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2011/49]
TitleGerman:Festkörperabbildungsvorrichtung, Abbildungsvorrichtung und elektronische Vorrichtung[2011/49]
English:Solid state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and electronic device[2011/49]
French:Capteur d'image à l'état solide, appareil d'imagerie, et dispositif électronique[2011/49]
Examination procedure23.08.2011Examination requested  [2011/49]
04.06.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.09.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.01.2013Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
22.02.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.06.2013Fee for grant paid
18.06.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP09013174.9  / EP2180514
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 (EP20090013174) is  12.04.2011
Opposition(s)02.05.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
23.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU19.10.2009
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 [XA]JP2006210468  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [X] 1,3 * abstract * [A] 2;
 [XA]WO2006130516  (EASTMAN KODAK CO [US], et al) [X] 1,3 * page 5, line 1 - line 13 * * figures 8,9 * [A] 2;
 [A]EP1804297  (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [A] 1-3 * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0105] - paragraph [0107] * * figures 1-8,19 *;
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 JP2008288904
 JP2009129783
 JP20080316452
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