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EP0670775 - ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES AND PROCESSES USING POLYTHIOPHENES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.12.2000
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
POLAROID CORPORATION
549 Technology Square Cambridge
Massachusetts 02139-3589 / US
[N/P]
Former [1995/37]For all designated states
POLAROID CORPORATION
549 Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-3589 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MEHTA, Parag, G.
7 Nathan's Way
Peabody, MA 01960 / US
[1995/37]
Representative(s)Splanemann
Patentanwälte Partnerschaft
Rumfordstrasse 7
80469 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1995/37]Patentanwälte Dipl.-Ing. R. Splanemann Dr. B. Reitzner Dipl.-Ing. K. Baronetzky
Tal 13
D-80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date94924549.202.08.1994
[1995/37]
WO1994US08724
Priority number, dateUS1993011165725.08.1993         Original published format: US 111657
[1995/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9505937
Date:02.03.1995
Language:EN
[1995/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0670775
Date:13.09.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.03.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0670775
Date:23.02.2000
Language:EN
[2000/08]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US02.03.1995
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.09.1995
ClassificationIPC:B32B3/00, B32B27/14, H05B33/14, C09K11/06
[1995/46]
CPC:
H05B33/14 (EP,US); C09K11/06 (EP,US); Y10S428/917 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24802 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1995/37]B32B3/00, B32B27/14
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1995/37]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROLUMINESZENTE VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON POLYTHIOPHENEN[1995/37]
English:ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES AND PROCESSES USING POLYTHIOPHENES[1995/37]
French:DISPOSITIFS ELECTROLUMINESCENTS ET PROCEDES UTILISANT DES POLYTHIOPHENES[1995/37]
Entry into regional phase08.04.1995National basic fee paid 
08.04.1995Search fee paid 
08.04.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
08.04.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.04.1995Examination requested  [1995/37]
24.08.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.12.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.04.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
17.08.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.10.1999Fee for grant paid
26.10.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.11.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
11.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
20.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
20.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT23.02.2000
[2008/05]
Documents cited:Search   [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed
International search[Y]US5104749  (SATO YOSHIHARU [JP], et al);
 [Y]US4775820  (EGUCHI KEN [JP], et al)
Examination   - OHMORI Y. ET AL, "visisible-light electroluminescent diodes uitlizing poly(3-alkylthiophenes)", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, (19911101), vol. 30, no. 11B, pages L1938 - L1940
    - MCCULLOUGH R.D. AND LOWE R.D., "the synthesis of well-defined conducting poly(3-alkylthiophenes)", POLYMER PREPRINTS, (19920401), vol. 33, no. 1, pages 195 - 196
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