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EP0132122 - Apparatus for inspecting mask for use in manufacturing large scale integrated circuits [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.09.1989
Database last updated on 02.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.1989No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.11.1989 [1989/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1985/04]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210, Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Ikenaga, Osamu c/o Patent Division
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku Tokyo 105 / JP
02 / Yoshikawa, Ryoichi c/o Patent Division
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome
Minato-ku Tokyo 105 / JP
[1985/04]
Representative(s)Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
Marks & Clerk Incorporating Edward Evans Barker 90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1985/04]Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date84304754.911.07.1984
[1985/04]
Priority number, dateJP1983012891315.07.1983         Original published format: JP 12891383
[1985/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0132122
Date:23.01.1985
Language:EN
[1985/04]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0132122
Date:18.09.1985
Language:EN
[1985/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0132122
Date:09.11.1988
Language:EN
[1988/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.07.1985
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/88
[1985/04]
CPC:
G01N21/956 (EP); G03F1/84 (EP); H01L21/30 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1988/45]
Former [1985/04]DE,  FR,  GB,  NL 
TitleGerman:Apparat zur Untersuchung von Masken für die Herstellung von hochgradig integrierten Schaltungen[1985/04]
English:Apparatus for inspecting mask for use in manufacturing large scale integrated circuits[1985/04]
French:Appareil pour l'inspection de masques utilisés dans la réalisation de circuits intégrés à haute densité[1985/04]
Examination procedure30.07.1984Examination requested  [1985/04]
29.01.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.05.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.02.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
22.04.1988Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
11.05.1988Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.08.1988Fee for grant paid
10.08.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.08.1989No opposition filed within time limit [1989/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.07.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
07.07.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
13.07.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[AD]EP0114517  ;
 [AD]EP0105661  ;
 [A]GB2076533  ;
 [A]EP0066466  ;
 [A]EP0054596
 [A]  - IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 27, no. 1, January 1983, pages 50-58, New York, US; M.A. WEST et al.: "Computer-controlled optical testing of high-density printed-circuit boards"
 [A]  - REVIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION LABORATORIES, vol. 30, no. 6, 1982, pages 1076-1085, Tokyo, JP; B. TSUJIYAMA et al.: "An automated mask defect inspection system"
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