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EP0842526 - FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION MATERIALS AND DEVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.01.2001
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.07.2009Change - representativepublished on 02.09.2009  [2009/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Printable Field Emitters Limited
Brougham Enterprise Center, Brougham Terrace
Hartlepool TS24 8EY / GB
[1998/21]
Inventor(s)01 / TUCK, Richard Allen
34 Park Lane
Slough SL3 7PF / GB
02 / LATHAM, Rodney Vaughan
18 Chantry Road
Mosely, Birmingham B13 8DH / GB
03 / TAYLOR, William
6 Elm Grove
Hartlepool, Cleveland TS26 8LZ / GB
[1998/21]
Representative(s)Stanley, David William
Stanleys
Intellectual Property
Suite LP44050
20-22 Wenlock Road
London, N1 7GU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/36]Stanley, David William
Stanleys Intellectual Property Marlborough House Westminster Place York Business Park Nether Poppleton York
YO26 6RW / GB
Former [1998/21]Stanley, David William
DAVID STANLEY, Intellectual Property, Kings Court, 12 King Street
Leeds LS1 2HL / GB
Application number, filing date96925901.902.08.1996
[1998/21]
WO1996GB01858
Priority number, dateGB1995001598804.08.1995         Original published format: GB 9515988
GB1996000681630.03.1996         Original published format: GB 9606816
[1998/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9706549
Date:20.02.1997
Language:EN
[1997/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0842526
Date:20.05.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.02.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0842526
Date:22.03.2000
Language:EN
[2000/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.02.1997
ClassificationIPC:H01J1/30
[1998/21]
CPC:
H01J1/304 (EP,US); H01J1/30 (KR); H01J1/3042 (EP,US);
H01J2201/319 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1998/21]
TitleGerman:FELDELEKTRONENEMITTERENDE MATERIALEN UND VORRICHTUNGEN[1998/21]
English:FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION MATERIALS AND DEVICES[1998/21]
French:MATERIAUX ET DISPOSITIFS D'EMISSION ELECTRONIQUE DE CHAMP[1998/21]
Entry into regional phase04.03.1998National basic fee paid 
04.03.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
04.03.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.02.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
04.03.1998Examination requested  [1998/21]
03.05.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
22.09.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.01.2000Fee for grant paid
05.01.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.12.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[PX]EP0709870  (AT & T CORP [US]) [PX] 1,5,8,21 * column 2, line 52 - column 3, line 17 * * column 5, line 31 - line 43 * * figures 5-9 *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/21/1/028
 [Y]  - N S XU ET AL., "Similarities in the 'cold' electron emission characteristics of diamond coated molybdenum electrodes and polished bulk graphite surfaces", JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D APPLIED PHYSICS., LETCHWORTH GB, (1993), vol. 26, pages 1776 - 1780, XP002017629 [Y] 1-4,7,21,32,33 * page 1778 - page 1780 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/26/10/035
 [DA]  - XU N S ET AL, "FIELD-DEPENDENCE OF THE AREA-DENSITY OF 'COLD' ELECTRON EMISSION SITES ON BROAD-AREA CVD DIAMOND FILMS", ELECTRONICS LETTERS, (19930902), vol. 29, no. 18, page 1596/1597, XP000395178 [DA] 1
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