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EP4154291 - CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND/OR IMAGING A SAMPLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  05.04.2024
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.02.2023
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  26.11.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  23.03.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
Ammerthalstrasse 20
85551 Heimstetten / DE
[2023/13]
Inventor(s)01 / WINKLER, Dieter
81737 München / DE
02 / WÖLLERT, Bernd
85570 Markt Schwaben / DE
03 / SCHABINGER, Birgit
85586 Poing / DE
 [2023/13]
Representative(s)Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 330 920
80069 München / DE
[2023/13]
Application number, filing date21711516.109.03.2021
[2023/13]
WO2021EP55856
Priority number, dateUS20201687827119.05.2020         Original published format: US202016878271
[2023/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021233584
Date:25.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4154291
Date:29.03.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.11.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP25.11.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.04.2024
ClassificationIPC:H01J37/04, H01J37/244
[2023/13]
CPC:
H01J37/244 (EP,KR,US); H01J37/04 (EP,KR); H01J37/145 (KR,US);
H01J37/28 (KR,US); H01J37/32568 (US); H01J2237/04756 (EP,KR);
H01J2237/0492 (US); H01J2237/24465 (EP,KR); H01J2237/24475 (EP,KR);
H01J2237/2448 (US); H01J2237/24495 (EP,KR); H01J2237/2817 (US) (-)
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 [2023/13]
TitleGerman:LADUNGSTEILCHENSTRAHLVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR UNTERSUCHUNG UND/ODER ABBILDUNG EINER PROBE[2023/13]
English:CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND/OR IMAGING A SAMPLE[2023/13]
French:DISPOSITIF À FAISCEAU DE PARTICULES CHARGÉES ET PROCÉDÉ D'INSPECTION ET/OU D'IMAGERIE D'UN ÉCHANTILLON[2023/13]
Entry into regional phase22.11.2022National basic fee paid 
22.11.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
22.11.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.11.2022Examination requested  [2023/13]
22.11.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.04.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division to which search results under Rule 164(2) EPC are annexed (Time limit: M05) [2024/19]
08.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
29.08.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]US6407387  (FROSIEN JURGEN [DE], et al);
 [Y]US2008283747  (KAWAMATA SHIGERU [JP], et al);
 [XY]US2017047192  (FROSIEN JÜRGEN [DE])
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