EP0904422A4

Reduction of scatter in thick sputtered coatings

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Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
US5114556A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1-6,10-14
US5441615A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-18
WO9217621A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Y	Search report	1-6,10-14
WO9217621A	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	–	–	–
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 004, no. 129 (C - 024) 10 September 1980 (1980-09-10)	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 010, no. 117 (E - 400) 2 May 1986 (1986-05-02)	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

5 members in 4 offices

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
19960617678	United States of America	–	1996-03-19
61767896	United States of America	A	1996-03-19
9704216	United States of America	W	1997-03-12

Members5

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Document	Office	Kind
US5670030A	United States of America	A	1997-09-23
WO9735042A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	1997-09-25
EP0904422A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	1999-03-31
JP2000507000A	Japan	A	2000-06-06
EP0904422A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2001-08-16

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2007-08-08	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
2007-08-08	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
2007-08-08	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
2007-08-08	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
2004-04-07	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2004-02-20	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA	STAA
2001-08-16	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatchedA4	A4
2001-08-16	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1999-10-06	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
1999-10-06	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
1999-10-06	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
1999-10-06	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)RIN1	RIN1
1999-03-31	Request for examination filed17P	17P
1999-03-31	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1999-02-12	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI