EP1155353 - MATERIALS FOR INDUCING ALIGNMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.09.2007 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.09.2008 | Change - representative | published on 08.10.2008 [2008/41] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Elsicon Inc. 5-100 Innovation Way Newark DE 19711 / US | [2006/37] |
Former [2001/47] | For all designated states Elsicon Inc. Quillen Building, Suite ICI, 3521 Silverside Road Wilmington, DE19810-4903 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
GIBBONS, Wayne, M. 15 Yosemite Drive Bear, DE 19701 / US | 02 /
SHANNON, Paul, J. 503 Balderston Dr. Exton, PA 19341 / US | 03 /
ZHENG, Hanxing 2909 Crossfork Drive 1B Wilmington, DE 19808 / US | [2002/14] |
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GIBBONS, Wayne, M. 15 Yosemite Drive Bear, DE 19701 / US | ||
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SHANNON, Paul, J. 503 Balderston Dr. Exton, PA 19341 / US | |||
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ZHENG, Hanxing 1904 Inglewood Road Wilmington, DE 19803 / US | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2008/41] | Carpmaels & Ransford One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | ||
Former [2003/17] | Carpmaels & Ransford 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | ||
Former [2001/47] | Jones, Alan John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 99969613.1 | 16.12.1999 | [2001/47] | WO1999US29800 | Priority number, date | US19980221295 | 23.12.1998 Original published format: US 221295 | [2001/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0039633 | Date: | 06.07.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/27] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1155353 | Date: | 21.11.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.07.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1155353 | Date: | 04.10.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/40] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 06.07.2000 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.03.2003 | Classification | IPC: | G02F1/1337, C08G73/10 | [2003/17] | CPC: |
C08G73/1085 (EP,US);
G02F1/1337 (KR);
C08G73/10 (EP,US);
G02F1/133723 (EP,US);
C09K2323/02 (EP,US);
C09K2323/025 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2001/47] | G02F1/1337 | Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IE, LI, NL [2004/22] |
Former [2001/47] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | DIE AUSRICHTUNG VON FLÜSSIGKRISTALLEN INDUZIERENDE MATERIALIEN UND OPTISCHE FLÜSSIGKRISTALLELEMENTE | [2001/47] | English: | MATERIALS FOR INDUCING ALIGNMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENTS | [2001/47] | French: | MATIERES PERMETTANT D'INDUIRE L'ALIGNEMENT DE CRISTAUX LIQUIDES, ET ELEMENTS OPTIQUES A CRISTAUX LIQUIDES | [2001/47] | Entry into regional phase | 09.07.2001 | National basic fee paid | 09.07.2001 | Search fee paid | 09.07.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.07.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 14.07.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 09.07.2001 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.07.2001 | Examination requested [2001/47] | 24.03.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.07.2006 | Fee for grant paid | 25.07.2006 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.07.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2007/42] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.07.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 04.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 03.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 03.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 07.12.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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 | 04.10.2006 | LI | 04.10.2006 | NL | 04.10.2006 | IE | 18.12.2006 | [2008/18] |
Former [2007/31] | CH | 04.10.2006 | |
LI | 04.10.2006 | ||
NL | 04.10.2006 | ||
Former [2007/23] | NL | 04.10.2006 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US5731405 (GIBBONS WAYNE M [US], et al) [X] 1-11 * column 2, line 32 - line 37; claims 1-24 * | International search | [A]US5032009 (GIBBONS WAYNE M [US], et al) |