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EP3837585 - PHOTORESIST-FREE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY, PHOTOPROCESSING TOOLS, AND METHODS WITH VUV OR DEEP-UV LAMPS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.05.2021
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  24.02.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip28.08.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
352 Henry Administration Building
506 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801 / US
[2021/25]
Inventor(s)01 / EDEN, James Gary
4401 Trostshire Circle
Champaign, Illinois 61822 / US
02 / SIEVERS, Dane
202 S. First Street
Fisher, Illinois 61843 / US
03 / MIRONOV, Andrey
308 E Iowa Street Apt 8
Urbana, Illinois 61801 / US
04 / KIM, Jinhong
352 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801 / US
 [2021/25]
Representative(s)Taruttis, Stefan Georg
TARUTTIS Patentanwaltskanzlei Aegidientorplatz 2b
30159 Hannover / DE
[2021/25]
Application number, filing date19849642.413.08.2019
[2021/25]
WO2019US46367
Priority number, dateUS201862718421P14.08.2018         Original published format: US 201862718421 P
US201862746797P17.10.2018         Original published format: US 201862746797 P
[2021/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020036971
Date:20.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3837585
Date:23.06.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.02.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US20.02.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.09.2022
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/20, H01L21/67, G03F7/039
[2022/28]
CPC:
G03F7/2004 (EP,US); G03F7/039 (EP,US); G03F7/2008 (EP);
G03F7/201 (EP); G03F7/2014 (EP); G03F7/203 (EP,US);
H01L21/67115 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2021/25]G03F7/20, H01L21/67
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 [2021/25]
TitleGerman:FOTOLACKFREIE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIE, FOTOBEHANDLUNGSWERKZEUGE UND VERFAHREN MIT VUV ODER TIEFEN-UV-LAMPEN[2021/25]
English:PHOTORESIST-FREE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY, PHOTOPROCESSING TOOLS, AND METHODS WITH VUV OR DEEP-UV LAMPS[2021/25]
French:PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIE SANS PHOTORÉSINE, OUTILS DE PHOTOTRAITEMENT ET PROCÉDÉS UTILISANT DES LAMPES UV SOUS VIDE OU UV PROFOND[2021/25]
Entry into regional phase17.02.2021National basic fee paid 
17.02.2021Search fee paid 
17.02.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
17.02.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/25]
17.03.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
29.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
28.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
27.08.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XAY]US2004191703  (SOPER STEVEN A [US], et al) [X] 15 * paragraphs [0025] , [0026] , [0033] , [0038] , [0039] , [0109] , [0110] , [0061] , [0007] - [0012] * [A] 6,7 [Y] 1-5,8,9;
 [A]US2012274004  (KOBRIN BORIS [US]) [A] 7,9* paragraphs [0023] , [0038] - [0046] *;
 [YA]US2018099257  (EDEN JAMES GARY [US], et al) [Y] 1-5,8,9 * paragraphs [0032] - [0035] * [A] 6;
 [E]WO2020236518  (UNIV ILLINOIS [US]) [E] 15 * The disclosure of par. 67 is inconsistent and thus is considered to align with other consistent disclosures in that UV exposure renders polymers more hydrophilic not hydrophobic; paragraph [0067] *;
 [Y]  - PARK S-J ET AL, "25 W of average power at 172 nm in the vacuum ultraviolet from flat, efficient lamps driven by interlaced arrays of microcavity plasmas", APL PHOTONICS, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, MELVILLE, NY 11747, (20170308), vol. 2, no. 4, doi:10.1063/1.4976530, XP012216849 [Y] 1-5,8 * pages 041302-7, lines 1-7 * * pages 041301-1 - pages 041301-6 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4976530
 [A]  - ASAKURA ET AL, "A simple lithographic method employing 172 nm vacuum ultraviolet light to prepare positive- and negative-tone poly(methyl methacrylate) patterns", THIN SOLID FILMS, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20060403), vol. 500, no. 1-2, doi:10.1016/J.TSF.2005.11.015, ISSN 0040-6090, pages 237 - 240, XP005277049 [A] 9 * page 237, column 2, lines 2,3 * * pages 238-239 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.11.015
International search[A]US2012255932  (TABIB-AZAR MASSOOD [US], et al) [A] 1-17 * ; para [0064]-[0065] *;
 [A]US2014265036  (EDEN J GARY [US], et al) [A] 1-17* ; para [0018], [0046] *;
 [A]US2018099257  (EDEN JAMES GARY [US], et al) [A] 1-17 * ; para [0021], [0035], [0043] *
by applicantUS2004191703
 US2018099257
    - Y. MAEZONOY. IWASAM. WASAMOTOLI. YAMAMOTOM. KATTOA.I YOKOTANI, Japan. J. Appl. Phys., (20080000), vol. 47, page 7266
    - K. HAMAMOTOY. TANAKAT. WATANABEN. SAKAYAM. HOSOYAT. SHOKIH. HADAN. HISHINUMAH. SUGAHARAH. KINOSHITA, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, (20050000), vol. 23, page 247
    - PARK et al., APL Photonics, (20170000), vol. 2, page 041302
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