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EP About this file: EP3748697

EP3748697 - SOLAR CELL, MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR POWER SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.11.2020
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.08.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
1-1, Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
For all designated states
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
72-34, Horikawa-cho
Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 2120013 / JP
[2020/50]
Inventor(s)01 / SHIBASAKI, Soichiro
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA), 1-1,
Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
02 / YAMAZAKI, Mutsuki
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA), 1-1,
Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
03 / YAMAMOTO, Kazushige
c/o IP Div. Toshiba Corp. (K. K. TOSHIBA), 1-1,
Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8001 / JP
04 / HONISHI, Yuya
c/o Intellectual Property Group, Toshiba Energy
Systems & Solutions Corporation, 72-34, Horikawa-
cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 212-0013 / JP
 [2020/50]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2020/50]
Application number, filing date18902794.929.01.2018
[2020/50]
WO2018JP02789
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019146119
Date:01.08.2019
Language:JA
[2019/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3748697
Date:09.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP01.08.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.08.2021
ClassificationIPC:H01L31/0224, H01L31/0336
[2021/39]
CPC:
H01L31/0336 (EP); H01L31/0445 (US); H01L31/022425 (EP);
H01L31/022466 (EP); H01L31/022475 (US); H01L31/022483 (US);
H01L31/032 (EP,US); H01L31/046 (EP); H01L31/0687 (US);
H01L31/072 (EP,US); H01L31/0725 (EP,US); H02S40/38 (US);
Y02E10/544 (EP); Y02E70/30 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2020/50]H01L31/072
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 [2020/50]
TitleGerman:SOLARZELLE, MEHRFACHSOLARZELLE, SOLARZELLENMODUL UND SOLARSTROMERZEUGUNGSSYSTEM[2020/50]
English:SOLAR CELL, MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR POWER SYSTEM[2020/50]
French:CELLULE SOLAIRE, CELLULE SOLAIRE À JONCTIONS MULTIPLES, MODULE DE CELLULE SOLAIRE ET SYSTÈME D'ÉNERGIE SOLAIRE[2020/50]
Entry into regional phase20.07.2020Translation filed 
20.07.2020National basic fee paid 
20.07.2020Search fee paid 
20.07.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
20.07.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.07.2020Examination requested  [2020/50]
08.03.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
13.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
17.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
14.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
14.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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 [A]  - JAYAKRISHNAN R, "Negative resistance in Cu2O/In2S3heterostructure", MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, (20150624), vol. 162, doi:10.1016/J.MATCHEMPHYS.2015.06.025, ISSN 0254-0584, pages 542 - 547, XP029251758 [A] 1-16 * page 546; table 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.06.025
International search[Y]JPS6273782  (TAIYO YUDEN KK) [Y] 1-16 * , *;
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 [A]JP2001015785  (STAR MFG CO) [A] 1-16 * , *;
 [Y]JP2006124754  (BRIDGESTONE CORP) [Y] 5-6;
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 [Y]JP2012186415  (KANAZAWA INST OF TECHNOLOGY) [Y] 12-13, 15 * , *;
 [A]JP2014183244  (UNIV SHIGA PREFECTURE) [A] 1-16 * , *;
 [X]JP2017059656  (TOSHIBA CORP) [X] 1, 3-4, 8-10, 12-16 * , *;
 [Y]  - SEPTINA, W. et al., "Potentiostatic electrodeposition of cuprous oxide thin films for photovoltaic applications", ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, (20110226), vol. 56, doi:doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2011.02.075, pages 4882 - 4888, XP028208161 [Y] 1-16

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2011.02.075
by applicantJP2017098479
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