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EP0765492 - ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  01.04.1999
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.04.1999Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 19.05.1999 [1999/20]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Postfach 41 19
64271 Darmstadt / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/14]For all designated states
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Postfach 41 19
D-64271 Darmstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / FINKENZELLER, Ulrich
Waldpfad 74
D-68723 Plankstadt / DE
02 / BÖHM, Edgar
Hausweg 40
D-64347 Griesheim / DE
[1997/14]
Application number, filing date95921812.402.06.1995
[1997/14]
WO1995EP02096
Priority number, dateDE1994442058513.06.1994         Original published format: DE 4420585
[1997/14]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9534843
Date:21.12.1995
Language:DE
[1995/54]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0765492
Date:02.04.1997
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.12.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP21.12.1995
ClassificationIPC:G02F1/1337
[1997/14]
CPC:
G02F1/133788 (EP); G02F1/133711 (EP); G02F1/133757 (EP);
G02F1/133765 (EP); G02F1/141 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1997/14]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROOPTISCHES SYSTEM[1997/14]
English:ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM[1997/14]
French:SYSTEME ELECTRO-OPTIQUE[1997/14]
Entry into regional phase08.10.1996National basic fee paid 
08.10.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
12.10.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.11.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.10.1996Examination requested  [1997/14]
08.05.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.11.1998Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1999/20]
17.12.1998Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [1999/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
15.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[XA]EP0203569  (YOSHINO KATSUMI [JP], et al) [X] 4 * figures 2,4,5; claims 1-3,11 * * idem * [A] 1-3;
 [A]EP0445629  (HERCULES INC [US]) [A] 1-3 * page 2, line 38 - line 51 * * page 5, line 51 - page 6, line 36 * * page 7, line 36 - line 47 * * claims 1,2,14,15,17-19 *;
 [A]EP0525478  (HOFFMANN LA ROCHE [CH], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * page 3, line 23 - line 50 * * figure -; claims 1,4 *;
 [AD]  - SCHADT M ET AL, "Surface-induced parallel alignment of liquid crystals by linearly polymerized photopolymers", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, PART 1 (REGULAR PAPERS & SHORT NOTES), JULY 1992, JAPAN, ISSN 0021-4922, XP000371722 [AD] 1-3 * siehe Zusammenfassung; Abschnitte 6,7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.31.2155
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