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| EP4100996 - A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR GUARDING A LOW VOLTAGE SURFACE REGION FROM A HIGH VOLTAGE SURFACE REGION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2025 Database last updated on 24.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.05.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.02.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 13.10.2023 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.11.2022 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 13.08.2021 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 22.02.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.01.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE | published on 25.02.2026 [2026/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Search for the Next Ltd University of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Triumph Road Nottingham NG7 2TU / GB | [2022/50] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SUMMERLAND, David Search For the Next Ltd University of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Triumph Road Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | 02 /
LIGHT, Roger Search For the Next Ltd University of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Triumph Road Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | 03 /
KNIGHT, Luke Search For the Next Ltd University of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Triumph Road Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | [2024/10] |
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SUMMERLAND, David Search For the Next Ltd Ingenuity Centre UNiversity of Nottingham Innovation Park Triumph Rd Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | ||
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LIGHT, Roger Search For The Next Ltd University Of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Triumph Road Nottigham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | |||
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KNIGHT, Luke Search For The Next Ltd University Of Nottingham Innovation Park Ingenuity Centre Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU / GB | Representative(s) | Tolfree, Adam Joseph Benjamin, et al Tolfree Patents & Trademarks Toll Drove Manea, Cambridgeshire PE15 0JX / GB | [2022/50] | Application number, filing date | 21704914.7 | 04.02.2021 | [2022/50] | WO2021GB50250 | Priority number, date | GB20200001477 | 04.02.2020 Original published format: GB 202001477 | [2022/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021156620 | Date: | 12.08.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/32] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4100996 | Date: | 14.12.2022 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.08.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2022/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4100996 | Date: | 03.07.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/27] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 12.08.2021 | Classification | IPC: | H01L21/762, H01L27/02 | [2022/50] | CPC: |
H10W10/014 (EP);
H10D62/114 (US);
H10D10/40 (US);
H10D89/611 (EP);
H10W10/17 (EP)
| 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 [2022/50]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | HALBLEITERSTRUKTUR UND VERFAHREN ZUR SICHERUNG EINES OBERFLÄCHENBEREICHS MIT NIEDRIGER SPANNUNG VOR EINEM HOCHSPANNUNGSBEREICH | [2022/50] | English: | A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR GUARDING A LOW VOLTAGE SURFACE REGION FROM A HIGH VOLTAGE SURFACE REGION | [2022/50] | French: | STRUCTURE DE SEMI-CONDUCTEUR ET PROCÉDÉ DE PROTECTION D'UNE RÉGION DE SURFACE À BASSE TENSION D'UNE RÉGION DE SURFACE À HAUTE TENSION | [2022/50] | Entry into regional phase | 05.09.2022 | National basic fee paid | 05.09.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.09.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.09.2022 | Examination requested [2022/50] | 05.09.2022 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 23.03.2023 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.10.2023 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.11.2023 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.02.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.05.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 24.05.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.05.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 04.04.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2025/24] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.02.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.02.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CZ | 03.07.2024 | ES | 03.07.2024 | HR | 03.07.2024 | MC | 03.07.2024 | PL | 03.07.2024 | SK | 03.07.2024 | SM | 03.07.2024 | NO | 03.10.2024 | RS | 03.10.2024 | GR | 04.10.2024 | IS | 03.11.2024 | IE | 04.02.2025 | CH | 28.02.2025 | [2026/09] |
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| GR | 04.10.2024 | Cited in | International search | [X] US2015294965 (STRIJKER JOAN WICHARD et al.) [X] 1-19 * paragraphs [0046] - [0076]; figures 4,7-13 * | [A] US2015123240 (BOWMAN RONALD R et al.) [A] 1-19 * figure 17 * |