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You can use Global Patent Index (GPI) to carry out detailed searches in the EPO's worldwide bibliographic (DOCDB), legal event (INPADOC) and full-text data sets, and download or visualise the search results for statistical analysis.

Current content: 156 632 791 patent documents

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121 162 new documents added

981 197 documents amended

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EP 1430517 A2 20040623 - PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

Title (en)

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

Title (de)

PHOTOVOLTAISCHE ZELLE

Title (fr)

CELLULE PHOTOVOLTAIQUE

Publication

EP 1430517 A2 20040623 (EN)

Application

EP 02807586 A 20020614

Priority

US 0218922 W 20020614
US 29885801 P 20010615

IPC 1-7

H01L 31/04

IPC 8 full level

H01L 31/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

Y02E 10/50 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2004006292A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1430517 A2 20040623

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 02807586 A 20020614