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| EP4236650 - METHOD FOR READING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLASH MEMORY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.04.2025 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.12.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 07.06.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 28.07.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.02.2026 | New entry: Communication of a notice of opposition and request to file observations + time limit | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. No.88 Weilai 3rd Road East Lake High-tech Development Zone Wuhan, Hubei 430000 / CN | [2023/35] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHEN, Zilong Wuhan, Hubei 430000 / CN | 02 /
FU, Xiang Wuhan, Hubei 430000 / CN | [2025/19] |
| Former [2023/35] | 01 /
CHEN, Zilong Wuhan, Hubei 430074 / CN | ||
| 02 /
FU, Xiang Wuhan, Hubei 430074 / CN | Representative(s) | Lippert Stachow Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Postfach 30 02 08 51412 Bergisch Gladbach / DE | [2023/35] | Application number, filing date | 23181351.0 | 23.10.2019 | [2023/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP4236650 | Date: | 30.08.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/35] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP4236650 | Date: | 11.10.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4236650 | Date: | 14.05.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/20] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 07.09.2023 | Classification | IPC: | G11C16/34, G11C16/04, G11C11/56, G11C16/08, G11C16/32, H10B41/10, H10B41/27, H10B43/10 | [2023/41] | CPC: |
G11C16/08 (EP,CN,KR,US);
G11C16/3459 (EP,CN,KR);
G11C11/5671 (EP,CN,KR);
G11C16/3427 (EP,CN,KR,US);
G11C16/0483 (EP,CN,KR,US);
G11C16/26 (US);
G11C16/32 (EP,CN,KR);
H10B41/10 (EP);
H10B41/27 (EP,KR);
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| Former IPC [2023/35] | H10B43/10 | 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 [2023/35]
| Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUM LESEN EINES DREIDIMENSIONALEN FLASH-SPEICHERS | [2023/35] | English: | METHOD FOR READING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLASH MEMORY | [2023/35] | French: | PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE LIRE UNE MÉMOIRE FLASH TRIDIMENSIONNELLE | [2023/35] | Examination procedure | 26.06.2023 | Examination requested [2023/35] | 11.04.2024 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.04.2024 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 07.06.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.10.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.12.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.04.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 03.04.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.04.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP19949634.0 / EP3891743 | Divisional application(s) | EP25167197.0 / EP4557906 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
13.02.2026
16.02.2026
ADMISSIBLE Micron Technology, Inc. 8000 South Federal Way Boise, ID 83716 / US Opponent's representative Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2026/13] | 27.02.2026 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.06.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.06.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.10.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.10.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CZ | 14.05.2025 | ES | 14.05.2025 | HR | 14.05.2025 | PL | 14.05.2025 | SK | 14.05.2025 | SM | 14.05.2025 | NO | 14.08.2025 | RS | 14.08.2025 | GR | 15.08.2025 | IS | 14.09.2025 | [2026/11] |
| Former [2025/49] | ES | 14.05.2025 | |
| HR | 14.05.2025 | ||
| PL | 14.05.2025 | ||
| NO | 14.08.2025 | ||
| RS | 14.08.2025 | ||
| GR | 15.08.2025 | ||
| IS | 14.09.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/48] | ES | 14.05.2025 | |
| HR | 14.05.2025 | ||
| PL | 14.05.2025 | ||
| NO | 14.08.2025 | ||
| RS | 14.08.2025 | ||
| GR | 15.08.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/46] | ES | 14.05.2025 | Documents cited: | Search | [XAI] US2015036426 (KWAK DONGHUN et al.) [X] 1,2,8,12-14 * paragraph [0061] - paragraph [0068]; figure 3 * * paragraph [0074] - paragraph [0077]; figures 5A, 5B * * paragraph [0085] - paragraph [0099]; figures 7, 8 * * paragraph [0100] - paragraph [0102]; figure 9 *[A] 4-7,11 [I] 3,9,10,15 | [XAI] US2018137925 (NAM SANG-WAN et al.) [X] 1,2,4-6,8,13,14 * paragraph [0055] - paragraph [0057]; figure 3 * * paragraph [0064] - paragraph [0067]; figure 5 * * paragraph [0070] - paragraph [0079]; figure 9 *[A] 7,11 [I] 3,9,10,12,15 | Opposition | US9286994 | US2015003169 | US2019074062 | US9837164 | US2014247659 | US10235294 |