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EP0126424 - Process for making polycide structures [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.09.1991
Database last updated on 15.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.1997 [1997/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1984/48]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Roberts, Stanley
5 Beechwood Lane
South Burlington Vermont 05401 / US
02 / White, Francis Roger
66 Greenfield Road
Essex Junction Vermont 05452 / US
[1984/48]
Representative(s)Mönig, Anton
IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH, Patentwesen und Urheberrecht
70548 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/27]Mönig, Anton, Dipl.-Ing.
IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH, Patentwesen und Urheberrecht
D-70548 Stuttgart / DE
Former [1984/48]Oechssler, Dietrich, Dr. rer. nat.
IBM Deutschland GmbH Patentwesen und Urheberrecht Schönaicher Strasse 220
D-71032 Böblingen / DE
Application number, filing date84105540.316.05.1984
[1984/48]
Priority number, dateUS1983049737223.05.1983         Original published format: US 497372
[1984/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0126424
Date:28.11.1984
Language:EN
[1984/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0126424
Date:13.01.1988
Language:EN
[1988/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0126424
Date:28.11.1990
Language:EN
[1990/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.11.1987
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/28, H01L21/31
[1984/48]
CPC:
H01L29/66575 (EP,US); H01L21/0272 (EP,US); H01L21/28061 (EP,US);
H01L21/28123 (EP,US); H01L21/32134 (EP,US); H01L21/32137 (EP,US);
H01L21/7688 (EP,US); H01L21/76889 (EP,US); Y10S148/084 (EP,US);
Y10S438/951 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1984/48]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polycide-Strukturen[1984/48]
English:Process for making polycide structures[1984/48]
French:Procédé pour la fabrication des structures en polyciures[1984/48]
Examination procedure23.11.1984Examination requested  [1985/06]
02.08.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.11.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.01.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.05.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.06.1990Fee for grant paid
19.06.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.08.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.05.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
29.05.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
31.05.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
30.05.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
19.05.1990Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JP55165636
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 5, no. 44 (E-50)[716], 24th March 1981; & JP-A-55 165 636 (TOSHIHIKO FUKUYAMA) 24-12-1980, & JP55165636 A 00000000
 [YD]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 24, no. 9, February 1982, page 4486, New York, US; R.S. BENNETT et al.: "Process for reactive ion etching of polycide"
 [A]  - IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CIRCUITS, vol. SC-15, no. 4, August 1980, pages 482-489, New York, US; H.J. GEIPEL, Jr. et al.: "Composite silicide gate electrodes - Interconnections for VLSI device technologies"
 [A]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, vol. ED-26, no. 4, April 1979, pages 369-371, New York,US; B.L. CROWDER et al.: "1 Mum-MOSFET VLSI technology: Part VII - Metal silicide interconnection technology - A future perspective"
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