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EP About this file: EP3715906

EP3715906 - IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.05.2024
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.02.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SI		published on 04.09.2024 [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
[2020/40]
Inventor(s)01 / KIM, Daeyun
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
02 / KEEL, Minsun
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
03 / KIM, Yeomyung
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
04 / RYU, Hyunsurk
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
05 / BAE, Myunghan
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
Gyeonggi-do 16677 / KR
 [2023/30]
Former [2020/40]01 / KIM, Daeyun
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
16677 Gyeonggi-do / KR
02 / KEEL, Minsun
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
16677 Gyeonggi-do / KR
03 / KIM, Yeomyung
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
16677 Gyeonggi-do / KR
04 / RYU, Hyunsurk
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
16677 Gyeonggi-do / KR
05 / BAE, Myunghan
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si
16677 Gyeonggi-do / KR
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[2023/30]
Former [2020/40]Mounteney, Simon James
Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
Application number, filing date20152070.715.01.2020
[2020/40]
Priority number, dateKR2019003417926.03.2019         Original published format: KR 20190034179
[2020/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3715906
Date:30.09.2020
Language:EN
[2020/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3715906
Date:26.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01S17/89, G01S17/36, G01S17/894, G01S7/481, G01S7/4861, G01S7/4914, G01S7/4915, G01S7/497
[2023/08]
CPC:
G01S17/894 (EP); H04N25/705 (KR); H04N25/70 (CN);
G01S7/4863 (US); G01S17/36 (EP,US); G01S7/4816 (EP,US);
G01S7/4865 (US); G01S7/4914 (EP); G01S7/4915 (EP);
G01S7/497 (EP,US); H04N25/50 (CN); H04N25/59 (KR);
H04N25/704 (CN,US); H04N25/745 (KR); H04N25/77 (US);
H04N25/79 (KR,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/40]G01S7/4861, G01S17/89
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 [2020/47]
Former [2020/40]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 
TitleGerman:BILDGEBUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDSENSOR[2020/40]
English:IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR[2020/40]
French:DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE ET CAPTEUR D'IMAGE[2020/40]
Examination procedure08.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.10.2020Examination requested  [2020/47]
08.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
31.05.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.02.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.06.2023Fee for grant paid
14.06.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.06.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
14.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
EE26.07.2023
ES26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
IT26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SI26.07.2023
SK26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
[2024/36]
Former [2024/26]AT26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
EE26.07.2023
ES26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
IT26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SK26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
Former [2024/23]AT26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
EE26.07.2023
ES26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SK26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
Former [2024/22]AT26.07.2023
CZ26.07.2023
DK26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RO26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
Former [2024/20]AT26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
SM26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
Former [2024/10]AT26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
HR26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
LV26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
PL26.07.2023
RS26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
PT27.11.2023
Former [2024/09]AT26.07.2023
FI26.07.2023
LT26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
SE26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
IS26.11.2023
Former [2024/08]LT26.07.2023
NL26.07.2023
NO26.10.2023
GR27.10.2023
Former [2024/05]NL26.07.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]US2013201167  (OH MIN SEOK [KR], et al);
 [A]US2014347537  (HAMADA MASATAKA [KR]);
 [A]US2017276773  (TOKUDA YOSHIKATSU [JP])
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