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EP About this file: EP1844495

EP1844495 - MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2007/42]MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP
[2011/06]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.06.2012
Database last updated on 04.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma
Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2008/47]For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Former [2007/42]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / ARITA, Kiyoshi c/o Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
19F Matsushita IMP Bldg., 3-7, Shiromi 1-chome
Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6319 / JP
 [2007/42]
Representative(s)Eisenführ Speiser
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/40]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Former [2007/42]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Application number, filing date06701421.723.01.2006
[2007/42]
WO2006JP301376
Priority number, dateJP2005001536224.01.2005         Original published format: JP 2005015362
[2007/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2006078071
Date:27.07.2006
Language:EN
[2006/30]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1844495
Date:17.10.2007
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.07.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2007/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1844495
Date:27.07.2011
Language:EN
[2011/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.09.2006
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/78, H01L21/68, H01L21/3065, H01L21/00, H01L21/308
[2011/06]
CPC:
H01L21/3065 (EP,US); H01L21/30 (KR); H01J37/32082 (EP,US);
H01L21/308 (EP,US); H01L21/67069 (EP,US); H01L21/6835 (EP,US);
H01L21/6836 (EP,US); H01L21/78 (EP,KR,US); H01L2221/68327 (EP,US);
H01L2221/6834 (EP,US); H01L2221/68359 (EP,US); H01L2924/30105 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2007/42]H01L21/78, H01L21/68, H01L21/3065
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2007/42]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
YUNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR HALBLEITERCHIPS[2011/06]
English:MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS[2011/06]
French:PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION DES PUCES SEMI-CONDUCTRICES[2011/06]
Former [2007/42]HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR HALBLEITERCHIPS UND HALBLEITERCHIP
Former [2007/42]MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP
Former [2007/42]PUCE SEMI-CONDUCTRICE ET SON PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION
Entry into regional phase24.08.2007National basic fee paid 
24.08.2007Designation fee(s) paid 
24.08.2007Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.08.2007Examination requested  [2007/42]
02.04.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.08.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.08.2008Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
11.02.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.05.2011Fee for grant paid
27.05.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  02.04.2008
Opposition(s)02.05.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/27]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
13.08.2008Request for further processing filed
13.08.2008Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
19.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
01.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
31.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU23.01.2006
AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
TR27.07.2011
BG27.10.2011
GR28.10.2011
ES07.11.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
LU23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
[2014/34]
Former [2014/27]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
TR27.07.2011
BG27.10.2011
GR28.10.2011
ES07.11.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
LU23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2014/21]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
TR27.07.2011
BG27.10.2011
GR28.10.2011
ES07.11.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2013/29]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
BG27.10.2011
GR28.10.2011
ES07.11.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2013/22]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
ES07.11.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2013/08]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
IE23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2013/04]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
FR31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2012/49]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
CH31.01.2012
LI31.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2012/46]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
GB23.01.2012
MC31.01.2012
Former [2012/37]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
MC31.01.2012
Former [2012/33]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
DK27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/23]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
EE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
IT27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
RO27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
SK27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/21]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
CZ27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/12]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
CY27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/11]AT27.07.2011
BE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
LV27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
PL27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
SI27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/10]BE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
SE27.07.2011
GR28.10.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/09]BE27.07.2011
FI27.07.2011
LT27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
IS27.11.2011
PT28.11.2011
Former [2012/08]LT27.07.2011
NL27.07.2011
IS27.11.2011
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