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EP2562572 - Fabrication of pellicle beam splitters [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  20.05.2016
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.05.2016Refusal of applicationpublished on 22.06.2016  [2016/25]
20.05.2016Change - applicantpublished on 22.06.2016  [2016/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
11445 Compaq Center Drive West
Houston, TX 77070 / US
[N/P]
Former [2016/25]For all designated states
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development L.P.
11445 Compaq Center Drive West
Houston, TX 77070 / US
Former [2013/09]For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
11445 Compaq Center Drive West
Houston, TX 77070 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Yeo, Jong-Souk
1000 NE Circle Blvd.
Corvallis, OR 97330-4239 / US
02 / Mathai, Sagi
1501 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1100 / US
03 / Tan, Michael
1501 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1100 / US
 [2013/09]
Representative(s)Pratt, Richard Wilson
EIP
Fairfax House
15 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/09]Pratt, Richard Wilson
EIP Fairfax House 15 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HU / GB
Application number, filing date12193927.606.05.2008
[2013/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2562572
Date:27.02.2013
Language:EN
[2013/09]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.01.2013
ClassificationIPC:G02B6/13, G02B6/35, G02B27/14, G02B27/10
[2013/09]
CPC:
G02B27/144 (EP,US); G02B27/1073 (EP,US); G02B27/142 (EP,US)
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,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2013/09]
TitleGerman:Herstellung von Pellicle-Strahlteilern[2013/09]
English:Fabrication of pellicle beam splitters[2013/09]
French:Procédé pour la fabrication d'un opercule pelliculaire[2013/09]
Examination procedure22.08.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.08.2013Examination requested  [2013/40]
05.12.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.04.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.01.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.06.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.02.2016Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 04.02.2016
04.02.2016Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2016/25]
04.02.2016Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
14.02.2016Application refused, date of legal effect [2016/25]
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP08755090.1  / EP2271959
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 (EP20080755090) is  04.01.2013
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
22.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
22.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
29.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
17.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 07
28.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO9609183  (MICRO LITHOGRAPHY INC [US]) [A] 1-10 * abstract *;
 [A]US5900975  (SUSSMAN MICHAEL [US]) [A] 1-10 * column 2, line 56 - column 3, line 17 *;
 [A]DE10013261  (AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [A] 1-10 * abstract * * figures 1a, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b *;
 [A]US6593035  (LEVINSON HARRY J [US], et al) [A] 1-10* abstract *;
 [I]US2004246591  (KOZLOVSKY WILLIAM J [US], et al) [I] 1-10 * abstract * * figure 2 * * paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0031] *;
 [A]  - KISHAN GUPTA ET AL, "Micromachined polarization beam splitters for the visible spectrum", IEEE/LEOS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL MEMS, XX, XX, (20030818), pages 171 - 172, XP008143407 [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
 [A]  - RASHEED M A AZZAM AND FADI A MAHMOUD, "Symmetrically coated pellicle beam splitters for dual quarter-wave retardation in reflection and transmission", APPLIED OPTICS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC; US, (20020101), vol. 41, no. 1, ISSN 0003-6935, pages 235 - 238, XP008143416 [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
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