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EP0828301
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| EP0828301 - Photovoltaic element and method of manufacturing the same [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1998/11] | Photovoltaic element and method of and apparatus for manufacturing the same | ||
| [2007/02] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.07.2008 Database last updated on 21.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.07.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 27.08.2008 [2008/35] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [2007/38] |
| Former [1998/11] | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Okabe, Shotaro Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 02 /
Fujioka, Yasushi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 03 /
Kanai, Masahiro Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 04 /
Sakai, Akira Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 05 /
Sawayama, Tadashi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 06 /
Kohda, Yuzo Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 07 /
Hori, Tadashi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 08 /
Yajima, Takahiro Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | [1998/11] | Representative(s) | TBK Bavariaring 4-6 80336 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/22] | TBK-Patent Bavariaring 4-6 80336 München / DE | ||
| Former [2005/33] | TBK-Patent Bavariaring 4-6 80336 München / DE | ||
| Former [1998/11] | Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4 80336 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 97115342.4 | 04.09.1997 | [1998/11] | Priority number, date | JP19960255535 | 05.09.1996 Original published format: JP 25553596 | [1998/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0828301 | Date: | 11.03.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/11] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0828301 | Date: | 14.07.1999 | [1999/28] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0828301 | Date: | 19.09.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/38] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 01.06.1999 | Classification | IPC: | H01L31/075, H01L31/20, H01L31/052 | [1998/11] | CPC: |
H01L31/076 (EP,US);
H01L31/075 (EP,KR,US);
C23C16/50 (KR);
H01L31/04 (KR);
H01L31/18 (KR);
H01L31/202 (EP,US);
H01L31/204 (EP,US);
H01L31/206 (EP,US);
Y02E10/547 (EP);
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, IT, LI [2000/12] |
| Former [1998/11] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Photovoltaisches Bauelement und Verfahren zur Herstellung desselben | [2007/02] | English: | Photovoltaic element and method of manufacturing the same | [2007/02] | French: | Elément photovoltaïque et sa méthode de fabrication | [2007/02] |
| Former [1998/11] | Photovoltaisches Bauelement und Verfahren und Apparat zur Herstellung desselben | ||
| Former [1998/11] | Photovoltaic element and method of and apparatus for manufacturing the same | ||
| Former [1998/11] | Elément photovoltaique et méthode et appareil pour sa fabrication | Examination procedure | 30.11.1999 | Examination requested [2000/04] | 31.03.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.10.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.12.2006 | Date of oral proceedings | 27.12.2006 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 21.03.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 31.07.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 31.07.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.06.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/35] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.09.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.09.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.09.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.09.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 29.09.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 02.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 01.10.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 19.09.2007 | LI | 19.09.2007 | [2008/14] | Documents cited: | Search | [X]JPS63274184 ; | [A]US4737196 (YUKIMOTO YOSHINORI [JP]) [A] 1,2,4-6 * column 3, line 32 - column 4, line 45; figure 2 *; | [A]US5456762 (KARIYA TOSHIMITSU [JP], et al) [A] 1-6,11,15,16 * column 5, line 33 - line 44 * * column 6, line 23 - column 7, line 4 * * column 7, line 61 - column 8, line 42 * * column 25, line 5 - line 35; figure 6 *; | [A]JPS63244889 ; | [XA]US4609771 (GUHA SUBHENDU [US], et al) [X] 17 * column 8, line 10 - line 32 * * column 15, line 27 - line 52; figure 2 * [A] 1,4; | [X]US4920917 (NAKATANI KENJI [JP], et al) [X] 17,18,23 * column 6, line 38 - line 45 * * column 9, line 9 - line 47; figures 1,3,5 * | [X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890308), vol. 013, no. 099, Database accession no. (E - 724), & JP63274184 A 19881111 (HITACHI LTD) [X] 1,2,5 * abstract * * page 4 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890206), vol. 013, no. 051, Database accession no. (E - 712), & JP63244889 A 19881012 (KANEGAFUCHI CHEM IND CO LTD) [A] 1,9 * abstract * |