EP2442367 - Improved method for forming metal contacts [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.05.2015 Database last updated on 26.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.10.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 14.11.2018 [2018/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC 455 Forest Street Marlborough, MA 01752 / US | For all designated states Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC 1617 Cole Boulevard Lakewood, CO 80401 / US | [2012/50] |
Former [2012/16] | For all designated states Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC 455 Forest Street Marlborough, MA 01752 / US | ||
For all designated states National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Blvd. Golden, CO 80401-3305 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Reddington, Erik 24 Annetta Road Ashland, MA Massachusetts 01721 / US | 02 /
Sutter, Thomas C. 7 Dogwood Circle Holden, MA Massachusetts 01520 / US | 03 /
Bu, Lujia 75 Blair Drive Holden, MA Massachusetts 01520 / US | 04 /
Perras, Alexandra 123 Green Street Ashland, MA Massachusetts 01721 / US | 05 /
Habas, Susan E. 30 S. Boulder Circle, Apt. 3032 Boulder, CO Colorado 80303 / US | 06 /
Curtis, Calvin J. 1620 S. Parfet Court Lakewood, CO Colorado 80232 / US | 07 /
Miedaner, Alexander 2201 Pearl 207 Boulder, CO Colorado 80302 / US | 08 /
Ginley, David S. 33630 Inverness Drive Evergreen, CO Colorado 80439 / US | 09 /
Van Hest, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria 2399 S. Ellis Ct. Lakewood, CO Colorado 80228 / US | [2012/16] | Representative(s) | Houghton, Mark Phillip, et al Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1DZ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2012/16] | Buckley, Guy Julian Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1DZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 11185113.5 | 13.10.2011 | [2012/16] | Priority number, date | US20100393295P | 14.10.2010 Original published format: US 393295 P | [2012/16] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2442367 | Date: | 18.04.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/16] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2442367 | Date: | 22.05.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/21] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2442367 | Date: | 16.07.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/29] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.04.2013 | Classification | IPC: | H01L31/0224, H01L31/18 | [2012/16] | CPC: |
H01L31/022425 (EP,US);
H01L31/042 (KR);
C09D11/322 (EP,US);
C09D11/52 (EP,US);
H01L21/28 (KR);
H01L31/0224 (KR);
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/16] | Title | German: | Verbessertes Verfahren zur Herstellung von Metallkontakten | [2012/16] | English: | Improved method for forming metal contacts | [2012/16] | French: | Procédé amélioré pour former des contacts métalliques | [2012/16] | Examination procedure | 13.10.2011 | Examination requested [2012/16] | 03.06.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.09.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.02.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.06.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 02.06.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 02.06.2014 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 03.06.2013 | Opposition(s) | 17.04.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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