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EP About this file: EP0749634

EP0749634 - TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING INTERCONNECTING CONDUCTIVE LINKS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  16.12.2005
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.12.2005Refusal of applicationpublished on 01.02.2006  [2006/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 / US
[1996/52]
Inventor(s)01 / BERNSTEIN, Joseph, B.
37 Charlotte Road
Newton, MA 02159 / US
[1996/52]
Representative(s)Style, Kelda Camilla Karen, et al
Page White & Farrer Limited
Bedford House
21A John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/52]Style, Kelda Camilla Karen, et al
Page White & Farrer, 54 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LS / GB
Application number, filing date95914015.309.03.1995
[1996/52]
WO1995US03107
Priority number, dateUS1994020999710.03.1994         Original published format: US 209997
US1994032092511.10.1994         Original published format: US 320925
US1995037000409.01.1995         Original published format: US 370004
[1996/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9524734
Date:14.09.1995
Language:EN
[1995/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0749634
Date:27.12.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.09.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.09.1995
ClassificationIPC:H01L23/525
[1996/52]
CPC:
H01L23/5254 (EP,US); H01L23/525 (KR); H01L2924/0002 (EP,US);
H05K1/0286 (EP,US); H05K3/4038 (EP,US)
C-Set:
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1996/52]
TitleGerman:TECHNIK ZUR HERSTELLUNG VERBINDENDER LEITELEMENTE[1996/52]
English:TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING INTERCONNECTING CONDUCTIVE LINKS[1996/52]
French:TECHNIQUE DE PRODUCTION DE LIAISONS D'INTERCONNEXION CONDUCTRICES[1996/52]
Entry into regional phase29.08.1996National basic fee paid 
29.08.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
29.08.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.10.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
30.08.1996Examination requested  [1996/52]
31.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.02.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.03.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.10.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.09.2005Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2006/05]
11.09.2005Application refused, date of legal effect [2006/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
16.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
19.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
25.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
12.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
22.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
11.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
15.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
03.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 11
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31.03.200511   M06   Fee paid on   03.06.2005
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Cited inInternational search[A]US4665295  (MCDAVID JAMES M [US]) [A] 1,15 * column 2, line 19 - line 50 *;
 [A]US4751197  (WILLS KENDALL S [US]) [A] 1,15 * column 2, line 21 - column 3, line 46 *;
 [X]EP0256494  (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [X] 14,21,22 * abstract *
 [A]  - COHEN ET AL, "The mechanism of Laser-Induced vertical links", JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE US, vol. 138, no. 10, pages 3013 - 3018 [A] 1,15 * page 3013, column R, paragraph 2 - page 3016, column L, paragraph 1 *
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