| EP0558925 - Method for controlling roughness on surface of monocrystal [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.05.1999 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.05.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 14.07.1999 [1999/28] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/36] | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ichikawa, Takeshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP | [1993/36] | Representative(s) | Bühling, Gerhard Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4 80336 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/36] | Bühling, Gerhard, Dipl.-Chem. Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4 D-80336 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 93101424.5 | 29.01.1993 | [1993/36] | Priority number, date | JP19920016525 | 31.01.1992 Original published format: JP 1652592 | JP19920041945 | 31.01.1992 Original published format: JP 4194592 | JP19920046163 | 31.01.1992 Original published format: JP 4616392 | [1993/36] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0558925 | Date: | 08.09.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/36] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0558925 | Date: | 22.07.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.06.1993 | Classification | IPC: | H01L21/203, C23C14/54, H01L21/76 | [1993/36] | CPC: |
H10P14/2905 (EP,US);
C23C14/54 (EP,US);
C30B29/06 (EP,US);
C30B33/00 (EP,US);
H10P14/22 (EP,US);
H10P14/2922 (EP,US);
H10P14/3411 (EP,US);
H10P14/3452 (EP,US);
H10P14/36 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1993/36] | Title | German: | Verfahren, um die Rauhigkeit von Einkristallen zu steuern | [1993/36] | English: | Method for controlling roughness on surface of monocrystal | [1993/36] | French: | Procédé pour contrôler la rugosité de la surface de monocristaux | [1993/36] | Examination procedure | 25.01.1994 | Examination requested [1994/13] | 08.03.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 18.07.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.01.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.07.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.09.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 29.01.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.04.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 30.04.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 23.04.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [1999/28] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.01.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.01.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.01.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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