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EP2264523 - A method of forming a pattern on a substrate in imprint lithographic processes [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  03.08.2018
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.12.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip03.08.2018Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 05.09.2018  [2018/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Office of the General Counsel, 201 West 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701 / US
[2010/51]
Inventor(s)01 / Choi, Byung, Jin
11512 Medallion Lane
Austin, TX 78758 / US
02 / Colburn, Matthew
1807 West Braker Lane Suite C-100
Austin, TX 78758 / US
03 / Sreenivasan, S., v.
10502 Grand Oak Drive
Austin, TX 78750 / US
04 / Bailey, Todd
1807 West Braker Lane Suite C-100
Austin, TX 78758 / US
 [2011/24]
Former [2011/10]01 / Choi, Byung, Jin
11512 Medallion Lane
Austin, TX 78758 / US
02 / Colburn, Matthew
41 Fairview Rd
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 / US
03 / Sreenivasan, S., v.
10502 Grand Oak Drive
Austin, TX 78750 / US
04 / Bailey, Todd
1106 Jefferson Blvd
Fishkill, NY 12524 / US
Former [2010/51]01 / Choi, Byung, Jin
1634 Jerusalem Drive
Round Rock, TX 78664 / US
02 / Colburn, Matthew
4100 Everest Lane
Austin, TX 78727 / US
03 / Sreenivasan, S., v.
10502 Grand Oak Drive
Austin, TX 78750 / US
04 / Bailey, Todd
11160 Jollyville Road, 434
Austin, TX 78759 / US
Representative(s)Sutto, Luca, et al
PGA S.P.A., Milano
Succursale di Lugano
Via Castagnola, 21c
6900 Lugano / CH
[N/P]
Former [2010/51]Sutto, Luca
Ponzellini, Gioia e Associati S.r.l. Via Mascheroni, 31
20145 Milano / IT
Application number, filing date10182709.516.07.2001
[2010/51]
Priority number, dateUS20000218568P16.07.2000         Original published format: US 218568 P
[2010/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2264523
Date:22.12.2010
Language:EN
[2010/51]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2264523
Date:30.11.2011
Language:EN
[2011/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.10.2011
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/00, G03F9/00
[2010/51]
CPC:
B29C35/0888 (EP,US); G03F9/00 (EP,KR,US); B29C37/005 (EP);
B29C37/0053 (EP,US); B29C43/003 (EP,US); B29C43/021 (EP,US);
B82Y10/00 (EP,US); B82Y40/00 (EP,US); G03F7/0002 (EP,US);
B29C2035/0827 (EP,US); B29C2043/025 (EP,US); Y10S101/36 (EP,US);
Y10T428/24802 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2010/51]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Bildung von Mustern auf einem Substrat in Lithographiedruckverfahren[2010/51]
English:A method of forming a pattern on a substrate in imprint lithographic processes[2010/51]
French:Procédé de formation d'un motif sur un substrat dans des procédés lithographiques d'empreinte[2010/51]
Examination procedure29.05.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.05.2012Examination requested  [2012/28]
23.03.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.07.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.04.2018Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2018/36]
30.04.2018Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2018/36]
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP01952771.2  / EP1303792
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 (EP20010952771) is  20.07.2005
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 09
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
25.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 11
25.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 12
29.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 13
28.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 14
27.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 15
27.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 16
27.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 17
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5772905  (CHOU STEPHEN Y [US]) [A] 1-15 * column 6, line 42 - line 67 *;
 [XYI]  - WHITE D L ET AL, "Novel alignment system for imprint lithography", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: PART B, AVS / AIP, MELVILLE, NEW YORK, NY, US, (20000602), vol. 18, no. 6, doi:10.1116/1.1319706, ISSN 1071-1023, pages 3552 - 3556, XP002204287 [X] 1,2,5,6,8-11 * the whole document * [Y] 7 [I] 12-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.1319706
 [A]  - COLBURN M ET AL, "STEP AND FLASH IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY: A NEW APPROACH TO HIGH-RESOLUTION PATTERNING", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING SPIE, USA, (19990315), vol. 3676, doi:10.1117/12.351155, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 379 - 389, XP008011830 [A] 1-15 * P.380, bottom *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.351155
 [Y]  - AOYAMA H ET AL, "Magnification correction by changing wafer temperature in proximity x-ray lithography", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B: MICROELECTRONICSPROCESSING AND PHENOMENA, AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY, NEW YORK, NY, US, (19991101), vol. 17, no. 6, doi:10.1116/1.591021, ISSN 0734-211X, pages 3411 - 3414, XP012007946 [Y] 7 * Introduction; page 3411, column 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.591021
ExaminationUS5155749
 JPH0963929
    - FLANDERS D C ET AL, "A NEW INTERFEROMETRIC ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, US, (19771001), vol. 31, no. 7, doi:10.1063/1.89719, ISSN 0003-6951, pages 426 - 428, XP009012795

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.89719
by applicantUS5204739
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