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EP3311418 - RESISTANCE REDUCTION IN TRANSISTORS HAVING EPITAXIALLY GROWN SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.04.2021
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.03.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip01.06.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Intel Corporation
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054 / US
[2018/17]
Inventor(s)01 / MEHANDRU, Rishabh
4606 SW 42nd Place
Portland, Oregon 97221 / US
02 / MURTHY, Anand S.
10934 NW Lucerne Court
Portland, Oregon 97229 / US
03 / GHANI, Tahir
14191 NW Stonebridge Drive
Portland, Oregon 97229 / US
04 / GLASS, Glenn A.
5009 NW 124th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97229 / US
05 / JAMBUNATHAN, Karthik
2226 NW Thorncroft Drive
Apt. 528
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 / US
06 / MA, Sean T.
3306 SW Scholls Ferry Road
Portland, Oregon 97221 / US
07 / WEBER, Cory E.
524 NE 61st Place
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 / US
 [2018/17]
Representative(s)2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Landaubogen 3
81373 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2018/17]2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Postfach 15 17 23
80050 München / DE
Application number, filing date15895827.219.06.2015
[2018/17]
WO2015US36688
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016204786
Date:22.12.2016
Language:EN
[2016/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3311418
Date:25.04.2018
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.12.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR22.12.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.12.2018
ClassificationIPC:H01L29/775, H01L29/78, H01L21/336, H01L29/08, H01L29/06, H01L29/66, H01L29/423, H01L21/02, H01L29/786, H01L27/088, H01L27/092
[2019/02]
CPC:
H01L29/7848 (EP,CN,KR,US); H01L29/78 (EP,CN,US); H01L21/0245 (US);
H01L21/02532 (US); H01L21/02579 (US); H01L21/30604 (US);
H01L21/76224 (US); H01L21/8238 (KR); H01L27/0886 (EP,KR,US);
H01L29/0649 (US); H01L29/0673 (EP,US); H01L29/0847 (EP,US);
H01L29/42392 (EP,CN,KR,US); H01L29/66439 (EP,US); H01L29/66636 (US);
H01L29/66795 (US); H01L29/775 (EP,CN,KR,US); H01L29/785 (EP,CN,KR,US);
H01L29/7851 (US); H01L29/78618 (EP,CN,KR,US); H01L29/78696 (EP,CN,KR,US);
H01L21/823814 (US); H01L21/823821 (US); H01L21/823878 (US);
H01L27/0924 (US); H01L29/165 (EP,US); H01L29/167 (EP,US);
H01L29/66545 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2018/17]H01L29/78, H01L21/336
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2018/17]
TitleGerman:WIDERSTANDSREDUZIERUNG IN TRANSISTOREN MIT EPITAXIAL GEZÜCHTETEN SOURCE/DRAIN-REGIONEN[2018/17]
English:RESISTANCE REDUCTION IN TRANSISTORS HAVING EPITAXIALLY GROWN SOURCE/DRAIN REGIONS[2018/17]
French:RÉDUCTION DE RÉSISTANCE DANS DES TRANSISTORS AYANT DES RÉGIONS DE SOURCE/DRAIN OBTENUES PAR CROISSANCE ÉPITAXIALE[2018/17]
Entry into regional phase15.11.2017National basic fee paid 
15.11.2017Search fee paid 
15.11.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
15.11.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.11.2017Examination requested  [2018/17]
15.11.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.06.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.04.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
12.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
13.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
15.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
14.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
26.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
29.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 09
30.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2008124878  (COOK TED E [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * Figs. 3, 5F, 8 and corresponding text *;
 [A]US2013207166  (CHEN CHAO-HSUING [TW], et al) [A] 1-15 * Figs. 1, 5 and corresponding text. *;
 [X]US2013240989  (GLASS GLENN A [US], et al) [X] 1,2,7-12 * Figs. 1-3 and corresponding text. *;
 [X]US2013264639  (GLASS GLENN A [US], et al) [X] 1-10 * Figs. 1-3, 5A, 5B and corresponding text. *;
 [X]US2015093868  (OBRADOVIC BORNA J [US], et al) [X] 1,2,7-12 * Figs. 1, 2, 10 and corresponding text. *;
 [A]US2015137193  (CHENG KANGGUO [US], et al) [A] 1-15* Fig. 8 and corresponding text. *
International search[A]US2011147828  (MURTHY ANAND S [US], et al) [A] 1-25 * See abstract, claims 1-42 and figures 1-15. *;
 [XY]US2013240989  (GLASS GLENN A [US], et al) [X] 1, 4-16, 18-20 * See paragraph [0036], claims 1-15 and figures 3A-3C. * [Y] 2-3, 17, 21-25;
 [Y]US2013264639  (GLASS GLENN A [US], et al) [Y] 2-3, 17, 21-25 * See paragraphs [0030]-[0049], claims 6, 25 and figures 3A-4G. *;
 [A]US2015093868  (OBRADOVIC BORNA J [US], et al) [A] 1-25* See abstract and figures 1-13. *;
 [A]US2015171193  (CHENG KANGGUO [US], et al) [A] 1-25 * See abstract, claims 1-20 and figures 1-8. *
by applicantUS2008124878
 US2013240989
 US2013264639
 US2015093868
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