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EP0377402 - Potassium niobate crystals and method for their preparation [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.03.1995
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.03.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 19.04.1995 [1995/16]
Applicant(s)For:BE  CH  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE 
SANDOZ AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4002 Basel / CH
For:DE 
SANDOZ-PATENT-GMBH
Humboldtstrasse 3
79539 Lörrach / DE
For:AT 
SANDOZ-ERFINDUNGEN Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Brunner Strasse 59
1235 Wien / AT
[N/P]
Former [1990/28]For:BE  CH  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE 
SANDOZ AG
Lichtstrasse 35
CH-4002 Basel / CH
For:DE 
SANDOZ-PATENT-GMBH
Humboldtstrasse 3
D-79539 Lörrach / DE
For:AT 
SANDOZ-ERFINDUNGEN Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Brunner Strasse 59
A-1235 Wien / AT
Inventor(s)01 / Günter, Peter
Püntstrasse 17
CH-8173 Riedt/Neerach / CH
[1990/28]
Application number, filing date89810814.731.10.1989
[1990/28]
Priority number, dateDE1988383767205.11.1988         Original published format: DE 3837672
[1990/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0377402
Date:11.07.1990
Language:EN
[1990/28]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0377402
Date:29.08.1990
Language:EN
[1990/35]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0377402
Date:27.04.1994
Language:EN
[1994/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.07.1990
ClassificationIPC:C30B29/30, C30B17/00
[1990/28]
CPC:
C30B15/00 (EP,US); C30B29/30 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1990/28]
TitleGerman:Kaliumniobat-Kristalle und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung[1990/28]
English:Potassium niobate crystals and method for their preparation[1990/28]
French:Cristaux de niobate de potassium et procédé de préparation[1990/28]
Examination procedure03.11.1989Examination requested  [1990/45]
28.02.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.06.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.10.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.12.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.04.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.09.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.10.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.11.1993Fee for grant paid
04.11.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.01.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
15.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
16.09.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:SearchUS3565577  [ ] (PULUKA JOHN F, et al)
ExaminationUS5034949
    - JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, vol. 43, no. 4, May 1978, pages 406-416, North-Holland Publisching Company, Amsterdam, NL; U. FLÜCKINGER et al. :"On the preparation of pure, doped and reeeduced KNbO3 single crystals"
    - JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, vol.11, no.2, February 1978, Tokyo, JP; T. FUKUDA et al.:"Preeparation of KNbO3 single crystal for optical applications"
    - JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, vol. 64, no.1, November 1, 1988, pages 4668-4673, American Institute of Physics, New York, US; C. MEDRANO et al. :"Optimization of the photorefractive properties of KNbO3 crystals "
    - MAT. RES. BULL., vol. 21, 1986, pages 1375-1382, Pergamon Journals Ltd., US; S. DEZHONG: "On the perparation of large, single domain KNbO3 crystals"
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