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EP About this file: EP3619747

EP3619747 - LIGHT RECEIVING UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.05.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.03.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.10.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.02.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  09.11.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  25.04.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
Theresienstrasse 2
74072 Heilbronn / DE
[2020/11]
Inventor(s)01 / LAUERMANN, Thomas
Beutingerstraße 41
74076 Heilbronn / DE
02 / PEPER, Christoph
Geibelstraße 69
30173 Hannover / DE
03 / KÖSTLER, Wolfgang
Badener Str. 185
74074 Heilbronn / DE
 [2020/11]
Representative(s)Koch Müller Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Maaßstraße 32/1
69123 Heidelberg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/11]Koch Müller Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Maaßstraße 32/1
69123 Heidelberg / DE
Application number, filing date18717211.908.03.2018
[2020/11]
WO2018EP00092
Priority number, dateDE2017100414902.05.2017         Original published format: DE102017004149
[2020/11]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018202323
Date:08.11.2018
Language:DE
[2018/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3619747
Date:11.03.2020
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.11.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3619747
Date:14.06.2023
Language:DE
[2023/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.11.2018
ClassificationIPC:H01L31/167, H01L31/0304, H03K17/78, H03K19/14, G02F3/00
[2020/11]
CPC:
H01L31/167 (EP,US); H01L31/0304 (EP,US); H01L31/102 (US);
H01L31/1136 (US); H03K19/14 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2020/11]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:LICHTEMPFANGSEINHEIT[2020/11]
English:LIGHT RECEIVING UNIT[2020/11]
French:UNITÉ DE RÉCEPTION DE LUMIÈRE[2020/11]
Entry into regional phase28.10.2019National basic fee paid 
28.10.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
28.10.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.10.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.10.2019Examination requested  [2020/11]
28.10.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
21.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.02.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.04.2023Fee for grant paid
28.04.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.04.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)15.03.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
24.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
25.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
23.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ14.06.2023
DK14.06.2023
EE14.06.2023
ES14.06.2023
FI14.06.2023
HR14.06.2023
IT14.06.2023
LT14.06.2023
LV14.06.2023
NL14.06.2023
PL14.06.2023
RO14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SE14.06.2023
SI14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
IS14.10.2023
PT16.10.2023
[2024/26]
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DK14.06.2023
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PT16.10.2023
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Cited inInternational search[X]US5113076  (SCHULTE ERIC F [US]) [X] 1,2,4,5,8 * abstract * * column 1, line 5 - column 2, line 37 * * column 3, line 4 - column 5, line 28 *;
 [X]US6043550  (KUHARA YOSHIKI [JP], et al) [X] 1,2,7,8 * abstract * * column 1, line 5 - line 39 * * column 6, line 30 - column 7, line 5 * * column 8, line 13 - line 33 * * column 12, line 34 - column 15, line 42 *;
 [A]EP3104422  (AZUR SPACE SOLAR POWER GMBH [DE]) [A] 1,2,4,5,8,9 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO2017067632  (AZUR SPACE SOLAR POWER GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-6,8 * the whole document *;
 [AP]WO2017137150  (AZUR SPACE SOLAR POWER GMBH [DE]) [AP] 1-9* the whole document *;
 [A]  - KAZUTOSHI NAKAJIMA ET AL, "A RAPID OPTOELECTRONIC HALF-ADDER LOGIC COMPOSED OF A PAIR OF GAAS METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL PHOTODETECTORS", IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (199004), vol. 26, no. 4, doi:10.1109/3.53375, ISSN 0018-9197, pages 619 - 621, XP000149712 [A] 1,2,4,5,8 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3.53375
ExaminationWO2016112204
by applicantDE2310053
 US4127862
 US4996577
 US6239354
 US2006048811
 DE102010001420
 US8350208
 WO2013067969
    - NADER M. KALKHORAN et al., "Cobalt disilicide intercell ohmic contacts for multijunction photovoltaic energy converters", Appl. Phys. Lett., (19940000), vol. 64, doi:doi:10.1063/1.111713, page 1980, XP000440949

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.111713
    - "III-V Solar cells under monochromatic illumination", A. BETT et al., Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, (20080000), pages 1 - 5
 DE20161001388
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