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EP4189729 - METHOD FOR REMOVING HARD MASKS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.05.2023
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.02.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip24.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Entegris, Inc.
129 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821 / US
[2023/23]
Inventor(s)01 / WU, Hsing-Chen
Hsinchu, 300 / TW
02 / COOPER, Emanuel I.
Scarsdale, New York 10583 / US
03 / YANG, Min-Chieh
Hsinchu, 31061 / TW
 [2023/23]
Representative(s)Greaves Brewster LLP
Copa House
Station Road
Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AH / GB
[2023/23]
Application number, filing date21850969.330.07.2021
[2023/23]
WO2021US43894
Priority number, dateUS202063058997P30.07.2020         Original published format: US 202063058997 P
[2023/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022026822
Date:03.02.2022
Language:EN
[2022/05]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4189729
Date:07.06.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.02.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR03.02.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.07.2024
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/311
[2024/34]
CPC:
H01L21/31111 (EP,US); C09K13/04 (EP,US); C09K13/06 (EP,US);
C09K13/10 (EP,US); H01L21/311 (US); H01L21/31133 (US);
H10B69/00 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2023/23]H01L21/311, H01L21/02, H01L21/033, H01L21/3213
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 [2023/23]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM ENTFERNEN VON HARTEN MASKEN[2023/23]
English:METHOD FOR REMOVING HARD MASKS[2023/23]
French:PROCÉDÉ D'ÉLIMINATION DE MASQUES DURS[2023/23]
Entry into regional phase23.02.2023National basic fee paid 
23.02.2023Search fee paid 
23.02.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
23.02.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.02.2023Examination requested  [2023/23]
06.09.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
23.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XAY]US2009281016  (COOPER EMANUEL [US], et al);
 [XYI]US2014206195  (LAUERHAAS JEFFREY M [US])
International search[A]JP2009147055  (TOSHIBA CORP);
 [XY]US2009281016  (COOPER EMANUEL [US], et al);
 [Y]US2010136794  (FERSTL BERTHOLD [DE], et al);
 [A]US2011275221  (SCHIER HERBERT [AT]);
 [A]KR20200032782  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR], et al)
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