EP3229262 - METHOD FOR THE VAPOUR PHASE ETCHING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FOR TRACE METAL ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.06.2019 Database last updated on 24.07.2024 | |
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Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.11.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Siltronic AG Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4 81737 München / DE | [2017/41] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hölzlwimmer, Franz Weinbergstraße 28 84367 Zeilarn / DE | [2017/41] | Application number, filing date | 16163874.7 | 05.04.2016 | [2017/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3229262 | Date: | 11.10.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3229262 | Date: | 15.08.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/33] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.10.2016 | Classification | IPC: | H01L21/306, G01N1/32, H01L21/67 | [2017/41] | CPC: |
H01L21/30604 (EP,KR,US);
G01N1/32 (KR,US);
H01L21/02019 (US);
H01L21/31116 (US);
H01L21/32134 (KR);
H01L21/67063 (KR);
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2017/41] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR DAMPFPHASENÄTZUNG EINER HALBLEITERSCHEIBE ZUR SPURENMETALLANALYSE | [2017/41] | English: | METHOD FOR THE VAPOUR PHASE ETCHING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FOR TRACE METAL ANALYSIS | [2017/41] | French: | PROCÉDÉ POUR LA GRAVURE EN PHASE VAPEUR D'UNE TRANCHE DE SEMI-CONDUCTEUR POUR L'ANALYSE DE TRACES DE MÉTAUX | [2017/41] | Examination procedure | 05.04.2016 | Examination requested [2017/41] | 05.04.2016 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 04.11.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 25.01.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.05.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.09.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.11.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01) | 05.12.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.03.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.06.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 27.06.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 27.06.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 16.05.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/30] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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