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EP2959514 - GRAPHENE HETEROSTRUCTURE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  11.03.2022
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.04.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip11.03.2022Refusal of applicationpublished on 13.04.2022  [2022/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HRL Laboratories, LLC
3011 Malibu Canyon Road
Malibu, CA 90265-4799 / US
[2016/01]
Inventor(s)01 / MOON, Jeong-Sun
14217 Shawnee Court
Moorpark, California 93021 / US
 [2016/01]
Representative(s)Farrington, Graham, et al
Ladas & Parry London Limited
Temple Chambers
3-7 Temple Avenue
London EC4Y 0DA / GB
[2016/01]
Application number, filing date14754635.220.01.2014
[2016/01]
WO2014US12218
Priority number, dateUS201361767922P22.02.2013         Original published format: US 201361767922 P
[2016/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014130185
Date:28.08.2014
Language:EN
[2014/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2959514
Date:30.12.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.08.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/53]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR28.08.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:H01L29/739, H01L29/10, H01L29/778, H01L21/336, H01L29/165, // H01L29/45
[2016/44]
CPC:
H01L29/66045 (EP,US); H01L29/0657 (US); H01L29/1033 (EP,US);
H01L29/1054 (EP,US); H01L29/1606 (EP,US); H01L29/165 (EP,US);
H01L29/167 (US); H01L29/51 (US); H01L29/66431 (US);
H01L29/66742 (US); H01L29/66977 (EP,US); H01L29/778 (EP,US);
H01L29/78618 (US); H01L29/78684 (US); H01L29/78696 (US);
H01L29/45 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/01]H01L29/78, H01L29/16, H01L21/336, H01L29/45
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/01]
TitleGerman:FELDEFFEKTTRANSISTOR MIT GRAPHEN-HETEROSTRUKTUR[2016/01]
English:GRAPHENE HETEROSTRUCTURE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS[2016/01]
French:TRANSISTORS À EFFET DE CHAMP À HÉTÉROSTRUCTURE DE GRAPHÈNE[2016/01]
Entry into regional phase08.09.2015National basic fee paid 
08.09.2015Search fee paid 
08.09.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
08.09.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.12.2014Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
08.09.2015Examination requested  [2015/53]
11.04.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.09.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.12.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2021Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 31.03.2022
26.11.2021Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2022/15]
05.12.2021Application refused, date of legal effect [2022/15]
31.03.2022Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  23.04.2020
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
27.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
29.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
28.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
27.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
27.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
Penalty fee
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31.01.202209   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2011269629  (GIUSTINO FELICIANO [GB], et al);
 [A]US2012068157  (KUB FRANCIS J [US]);
 [XI]US2012085991  (COHEN GUY [US], et al);
 [XI]KR20120136118  (KUMOH NAT INST TECH ACAD COOP [KR]);
 [E]EP2690664  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]);
International search[A]US2011303121  (GEIM ANDRE [GB], et al);
 [X]US2012085991  (COHEN GUY [US], et al);
 [A]WO2012051597  (UNIV CALIFORNIA [US], et al);
 [A]KR20120068390  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]);
 [A]KR20120136118  (KUMOH NAT INST TECH ACAD COOP [KR])
ExaminationWO2009018395
by applicantUS2011269629
 US2012085991
 KR20120136118
 EP2690664
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    - H. YANG; J. HEO; S. PARK; H. J. SONG; D. H. SEO; K. E. BYUN; P. KIM; I. YOO; H. J. CHUNG; K. KIM, "Graphene Barristor, a triode device with a gate-controlled Schottky barrier", SCIENCE, (2012), vol. 336, page 6085
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