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EP3365894 - METHOD OF FORMING FLASH MEMORY WITH SEPARATE WORDLINE AND ERASE GATES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.03.2023 Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.04.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.02.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.02.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.01.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 27.07.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.04.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	31.05.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 03.07.2024 [2024/27]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. 450 Holger Way San Jose CA 95134 / US
	[2018/35]
Inventor(s)	01 / CHEN, Chun-Ming 6F, 42, Aly. 1, Ln. 138 Chang'an St. Banqiao Dist New Taipei 220 / TW
	02 / WU, Man-Tang 8, Aly. 2, Ln. 105 Zhongzheng Rd. Xinpu Township Hsinchu County 305 / TW
	03 / YANG, Jeng-Wei 1F, 48, Zhuangjing 3rd Rd. Zhubei City Hsinchu County / TW
	04 / SU, Chien-Sheng 20300 Kirkmont Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 / US
	05 / DO, Nhan 20451 Walnut Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 / US
	[2018/35]
Representative(s)	Betten & Resch Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Maximiliansplatz 14 80333 München / DE
	[2018/35]
Application number, filing date	16858026.4	14.10.2016
	[2018/35]
	WO2016US57101
Priority number, date	US201562244688P	21.10.2015 Original published format: US 201562244688 P
	US201615290960	11.10.2016 Original published format: US201615290960
	[2018/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017070018
	Date:	27.04.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/17]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3365894
	Date:	29.08.2018
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.04.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/35]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3365894
	Date:	18.05.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	27.04.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	16.08.2019
Classification	IPC:	H01L29/423, G11C16/04, H01L29/66, H01L27/11521, H01L29/40, H01L21/28	[2022/04]
	CPC:	H01L29/42328 (EP,KR,US); H10B41/30 (EP,KR,US); G11C16/0408 (EP,KR,US); H01L29/40114 (EP,US); H01L29/66825 (EP,KR,US); H01L29/788 (KR,US)
	Former IPC [2019/24]	G11C16/02, G11C11/34, G06F13/00, H01L21/28, H01L29/423, H01L27/11521, H01L29/66
	Former IPC [2018/35]	G11C16/02, G11C11/34, G06F13/00
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2018/35]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES FLASH-SPEICHERS MIT GETRENNTEN WORTLEITUNGS- UND LÖSCHGATES	[2018/35]
	English:	METHOD OF FORMING FLASH MEMORY WITH SEPARATE WORDLINE AND ERASE GATES	[2018/35]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION DE MÉMOIRE FLASH À GRILLES DE LIGNE DE MOTS ET D'EFFACEMENT SÉPARÉES	[2018/35]
Entry into regional phase	22.05.2018	National basic fee paid
	22.05.2018	Search fee paid
	22.05.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	22.05.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.05.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	22.05.2018	Examination requested [2018/35]
	12.03.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	19.01.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.02.2022	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	28.02.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.04.2022	Fee for grant paid
	06.04.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	06.04.2022	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	21.02.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.10.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.10.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
	20.10.2021	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	14.10.2016
	CY	11.05.2022
	MK	11.05.2022
	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	IT	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	IE	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
	[2024/27]
Former [2024/21]	HU	14.10.2016
	CY	11.05.2022
	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	IT	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	IE	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2024/18]	HU	14.10.2016
	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	IT	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	IE	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2024/11]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	IT	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	IE	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/48]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	IE	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/47]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	GB	14.10.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/42]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	BE	31.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/35]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
	CH	31.10.2022
	LI	31.10.2022
Former [2023/30]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
	LU	14.10.2022
Former [2023/25]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	MC	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SI	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2023/17]	AL	18.05.2022
	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2023/09]	AT	18.05.2022
	CZ	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	EE	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RO	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	SK	18.05.2022
	SM	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2023/07]	AT	18.05.2022
	DK	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2022/51]	AT	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	IS	18.09.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2022/50]	AT	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	PL	18.05.2022
	RS	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2022/49]	AT	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	HR	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	LV	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	BG	18.08.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	GR	19.08.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
Former [2022/47]	AT	18.05.2022
	ES	18.05.2022
	FI	18.05.2022
	LT	18.05.2022
	SE	18.05.2022
	NO	18.08.2022
	PT	19.09.2022
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