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EP1354359 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONE-TIME PROGRAMMED MEMORY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 27.05.2011 Database last updated on 03.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.05.2011	Refusal of application	published on 29.06.2011 [2011/26]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Broadcom Corporation 5300 California Avenue Irvine, CA 92617 / US
	[2007/21]
Former [2003/43]	For all designated states Broadcom Corporation 16215 Alton Parkway Irvine, California 92618 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CHEN, Vincent 17 Via Palladio Newport Coast, CA 92657 / US
	02 / CHEN, Henry 1 South Santa Teresita Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	03 / TSAU, Liming 14591 Fir Avenue Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	04 / SHIAU, Jay 15 Faith Irvine, CA 92612 / US
	05 / BATTACHARYA, Surya 31 Santa Catalina Aisle Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	06 / ITO, Akira 284 Stonecliff Aisle Irvine, CA 92612 / US
	[2004/08]
Former [2003/43]	01 / CHEN, Vincent 67 Melrose Mission Viejo, CA 92692 / US
	02 / CHEN, Henry 1 South Santa Teresita Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	03 / TSAU, Liming 14591 Fir Avenue Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	04 / SHIAU, Jay 15 Faith Irvine, CA 92612 / US
	05 / BATTACHARYA, Surya 31 Santa Catalina Aisle Irvine, CA 92606 / US
	06 / ITO, Akira 284 Stonecliff Aisle Irvine, CA 92612 / US
Representative(s)	Jehle, Volker Armin, et al Bosch Jehle Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Flüggenstrasse 13 80639 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/52]	Jehle, Volker Armin, et al Bosch Jehle Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Flüggenstrasse 13 80639 München / DE
Former [2003/43]	Jehle, Volker Armin, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Bosch, Graf von Stosch, Jehle, Flüggenstrasse 13 80639 München / DE
Application number, filing date	01994268.9	20.12.2001
	[2003/43]
	WO2001US48853
Priority number, date	US20000739752	20.12.2000 Original published format: US 739752
	[2003/43]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO02063689
	Date:	15.08.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/33]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1354359
	Date:	22.10.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.08.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/43]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.08.2002
Classification	IPC:	H01L27/112, H01L21/8246, G11C17/16, G11C17/18, H01L23/525	[2003/43]
	CPC:	G11C17/18 (EP,US); H10B20/00 (EP,US); H01L2924/0002 (EP,US)
	C-Set:	H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2004/20]
Former [2003/43]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR EINMAL-PROGRAMMIERBAREN SPEICHER	[2003/43]
	English:	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONE-TIME PROGRAMMED MEMORY	[2003/43]
	French:	SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE MEMOIRE A PROGRAMMATION UNIQUE	[2003/43]
Entry into regional phase	21.07.2003	National basic fee paid
	21.07.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.07.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.07.2002	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	21.07.2003	Examination requested [2003/43]
	25.02.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.05.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.06.2008	Invitation to provide information on prior art
	03.09.2008	Reply to the invitation to provide information on prior art
	07.09.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.10.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.10.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.01.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.03.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.04.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.02.2011	Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/26]
	01.02.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	11.02.2011	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	14.02.2011	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/26]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 25.02.2008
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	03.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	02.01.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	02.01.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.01.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	05.01.2009	Renewal fee patent year 08
	04.01.2010	Renewal fee patent year 09
	03.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Cited in	International search	[A]US5163180 (ELTOUKHY ABDELSHAFY A [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * column 4, line 23 - column 9, line 3; figures 1-4 *;
		[A]US5742555 (MARR KENNETH W [US], et al) [A] 1-14* column 3, line 11 - line 28; figures 1,2 *;
		[X]US5949712 (RAO KAMESWARA K [US], et al) [X] 1-14 * the whole document *;
		[DX]US6044012 (RAO KAMESWARA K [US], et al) [DX] 1-14 * the whole document *;
		[A] - SHI Y ET AL, "POLARITY-DEPENDENT TUNNELING CURRENT AND OXIDE BREAKDOWN IN DUAL- GATE CMOSFET'S", IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, (19981001), vol. 19, no. 10, ISSN 0741-3106, pages 391 - 393, XP000779341 [A] 1-3,5,7-10,12,14 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/55.720196
	Examination	US6096610
		- CHIANG S. ET AL, "Antifuse structure comparison for field programmable gate arrays", ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING, 1992. TECHNICAL DIGEST., INTERNATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA 13-16 DEC. 1992, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US LNKD- DOI:10.1109/IEDM.1992.307435, (19921213), ISBN 978-0-7803-0817-6, pages 611 - 614, XP010106574 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEDM.1992.307435

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