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EP0606650 - Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.04.2000
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.04.2000No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.05.2000 [2000/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1999/22]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
Former [1995/01]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210, Tokyo / JP
Former [1994/29]For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Atsumi, Shigeru, c/o Intellectual Property Div.
K.K. TOSHIBA, 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 / JP
02 / Banba, Hironori, c/o Intellectual Property Div.
K.K. TOSHIBA, 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 / JP
[1994/29]
Representative(s)Lehn, Werner, et al
Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/29]Lehn, Werner, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner, Patentanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4
D-81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date93121084.329.12.1993
[1994/29]
Priority number, dateJP1993000430513.01.1993         Original published format: JP 430593
[1994/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0606650
Date:20.07.1994
Language:EN
[1994/29]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0606650
Date:27.09.1995
Language:EN
[1995/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0606650
Date:02.06.1999
Language:EN
[1999/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.08.1995
ClassificationIPC:G11C16/06
[1994/29]
CPC:
G11C16/08 (EP,KR,US); G11C16/16 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR [1999/15]
Former [1994/29]DE,  FR,  GB 
TitleGerman:Nichtflüchtige Halbleiterspeicheranordnung[1994/29]
English:Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device[1994/29]
French:Dispositif de mémoire non-volatile à semi-conducteur[1994/29]
Examination procedure29.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/29]
07.07.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.01.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.07.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
27.11.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.02.1999Fee for grant paid
17.02.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.03.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.12.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
11.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
12.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
11.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[PX]EP0525678  (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [PX] 1,2 * column 5, line 39 - column 12, line 35; figures 1-6 *;
 [PXA]EP0550751  (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [PX] 1 * page 14, line 41 - page 15, line 43; figures 21-25; table 5 * [A] 13,17;
 [E]US5295106  (JINBO TOSHIKATSU [JP]) [E] 1 * column 6, line 51 - column 12, line 32; figures 5-9 *;
 [A]US4642798  (RAO KAMESWARA K [US])
 [A]  - NAKAYAMA ET AL, "A new decoding scheme and erase sequence for 5V only sector erasable flash memory", SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS, SEATTLE, US, (19920604), doi:doi:10.1109/VLSIC.1992.229255, pages 22 - 23, XP010064961 [A] 1,2 * page 22, column L, line 41 - column R, line 13; figure 3; table 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.1992.229255
 [A]  - UMEZAWA ET AL, "A 5V-only operation 0.6um flashEEPROM with row decoder scheme in triple-well structure", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, NEW YORK US, vol. 27, no. 11, doi:doi:10.1109/4.165334, pages 1540 - 1545, XP000320440 [A] 1 * figure 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/4.165334
by applicantEP0550751
 US4642798
    - H. KUME ET AL., "A 3.42 pm2 Flash Memory Cell Technology Conformable to a Sector Erase", SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY, (1991), pages 77 - 78, XP000259983
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