| EP3210242 - NAND MEMORY STRINGS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.09.2019 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
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| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 27.02.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states SanDisk Technologies LLC Two Legacy Town Center 6900 North Dallas Parkway Plano, Texas 75024 / US | [2017/35] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KOKA, Sateesh c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 02 /
MAKALA, Raghuveer c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 03 /
ZHANG, Yanli c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 04 /
KANAKAMEDALA, Senaka c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 05 /
SHARANGPANI, Rahul c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 06 /
LEE, Yao-Sheng c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | 07 /
MATAMIS, George c/o SanDisk Corporation 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas, California 95035 / US | [2017/35] | Representative(s) | Dehns 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2018/44] | Dehns St. Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | ||
| Former [2017/35] | Tothill, John Paul Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | Application number, filing date | 15779097.3 | 25.09.2015 | [2017/35] | WO2015US52191 | Priority number, date | US201414523287 | 24.10.2014 Original published format: US201414523287 | [2017/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2016064530 | Date: | 28.04.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/17] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3210242 | Date: | 30.08.2017 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.04.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2017/35] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3210242 | Date: | 31.10.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/44] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 28.04.2016 | Classification | IPC: | H01L27/115, H01L29/792, H01L29/788, H01L29/66 | [2017/35] | CPC: |
H10D30/0411 (EP,US);
H10B43/27 (EP,US);
H10B41/10 (EP,US);
H10B41/27 (EP,US);
H10B41/35 (US);
H10B43/10 (EP,US);
H10B43/35 (US);
H10D30/025 (US);
H10D30/0413 (EP,US);
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| NO | 31.01.2019 | Cited in | by applicant | US201461977173 | T. ENDOH: "Novel Ultra High Density Memory With A Stacked-Surrounding Gate Transistor (S-SGT) Structured Cell", IEDM PROC., 2001, pages 33 - 36 |