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EP About this file: EP4240006

EP4240006 - SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.08.2023
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.05.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip22.10.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
4-14-1 Asahi-cho
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 / JP
[2023/36]
Inventor(s)01 / MUTO, Atsushi
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 / JP
02 / ETOU, Shinichirou
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 / JP
03 / NIWA, Atsumi
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 / JP
04 / YAMASHITA, Masafumi
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 / JP
 [2023/36]
Representative(s)MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB
Amalienstraße 62
80799 München / DE
[2023/36]
Application number, filing date21885914.814.10.2021
[2023/36]
WO2021JP38014
Priority number, dateJP2020018010928.10.2020         Original published format: JP 2020180109
[2023/36]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022091795
Date:05.05.2022
Language:JA
[2022/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4240006
Date:06.09.2023
Language:EN
[2023/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.05.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.09.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04N25/47, H04N25/79
[2023/41]
CPC:
H04N25/79 (EP,KR); H04N25/47 (EP,US); H04N25/77 (KR,US);
H04N25/78 (US)
Former IPC [2023/36]H04N5/3745
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 [2023/36]
TitleGerman:FESTKÖRPERABBILDUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG[2023/36]
English:SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS[2023/36]
French:DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS ET APPAREIL ÉLECTRONIQUE[2023/36]
Entry into regional phase12.04.2023Translation filed 
18.05.2023National basic fee paid 
18.05.2023Search fee paid 
18.05.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
18.05.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.05.2023Examination requested  [2023/36]
28.02.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
22.10.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[YA]US2013070133  (TAKAZAWA NAOHIRO [JP]) [Y] 2,3,13 * paragraph [0064]; figure 3 *[A] 11;
 [XAYI]US2017094250  (WILLIAMS GEORGE [US], et al) [X] 1,15 * paragraph [0023] - paragraph [0027]; figure 2 * * paragraph [0036] - paragraph [0037]; figure 5 * * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0049]; figure 8 * [A] 11 [Y] 2-10,12,13 [I] 14;
 [XA]EP3576404  (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP [JP]) [X] 1 * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0032]; figures 2, 3, 4 * [A] 11;
 [XAY]WO2020066432  (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP [JP]) [X] 1-3 * the whole document * [A] 11 [Y] 4-10,12,13;
 US11483498  [ ] (OGAWA KOJI [JP]) [ ] * paragraph [0138] - paragraph [0151]; figures 15, 17 *
International search[A]JP2017535999  (QUALCOMM INCORPORATED) [A] 1-15* paragraph [0023], fig. 3 *;
 [Y]WO2020105313  (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP [JP]) [Y] 3 * paragraphs [0131]-[0137], fig. 23 *;
 [YAX]JP2020174240  (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP) [Y] 3 [A] 4-12, 14 [X] 1, 2, 13, 15
by applicantJP2017535999
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