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EP0424375 - MONOLITHIC CHANNELING MASK HAVING AMORPHOUS/SINGLE CRYSTAL CONSTRUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.08.1994
Database last updated on 30.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.08.1994No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.10.1994 [1994/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
[N/P]
Former [1991/18]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ATKINSON, Gary, M.
1012 7th Street, 15
Santa Monica, CA 90403 / US
[1991/18]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/18]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date88909414.030.08.1988
[1991/18]
WO1988US02961
Priority number, dateUS1987010628509.10.1987         Original published format: US 106285
[1991/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8903544
Date:20.04.1989
Language:EN
[1989/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0424375
Date:02.05.1991
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.04.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1991/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0424375
Date:13.10.1993
Language:EN
[1993/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.04.1989
ClassificationIPC:G03F1/00
[1991/18]
CPC:
G03F1/22 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1991/18]
TitleGerman:MONOLITISCHE TUNNELMASKE MIT EINER AMORPHEN/EINKRISTALLINEN STRUKTUR[1991/18]
English:MONOLITHIC CHANNELING MASK HAVING AMORPHOUS/SINGLE CRYSTAL CONSTRUCTION[1991/18]
French:MASQUE DE CANALISATION MONOLITHIQUE AYANT UNE CONSTRUCTION DE CRISTAUX AMORPHES/MONOCRISTAUX[1991/18]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase08.06.1989National basic fee paid 
08.06.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
08.06.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.06.1989Examination requested  [1991/18]
10.01.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.07.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.12.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
08.04.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.07.1993Fee for grant paid
12.07.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.07.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.07.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
09.07.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
14.07.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
15.07.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[X]  - JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, Volume 5, No. 1, January/February 1987, AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY, (Woodbury, NY, US), E.J. PARMA Jr. et al., "Channeling Transmission of Protons Through Thin Silicon Membranes", pages 228-231.
 [Y]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Volume 25, No. 11B, April 1983, (New York, US), E. BASSOUS et al., "Triple Layer System for High Resolution Microlithography", pages 5916-5917.
 [Y]  - RESEARCH DISCLOSURE, No. 274, February 1987, (New York, US), "X-ray Mask/Membrane Fabrication", page 116, Disclosure No. 27481.
 [Y]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Volume 23, No. 10, March 1981, (New York, US), J.H. KELLER et al., "Fabrication Technique for an Ion Beam Lithography Mask in Tensile Stress", pages 4486-4488.
 [Y]  - EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, Volume 82, No. 1, May 1982, (Pennington, New Jersey, US), J. BARTELT et al., "Membrane Mask Considerations in Ion Beam Lithography", pages 454-455, Abstract No. 277.
 [A]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Volume 24, No. 12, May 1982, (New York, US), C.R. GUARNIERI et al., "Fabrication of an Improved Membrane Substrate", pages 6270-6271.
Examination   - IBM Technical Disclosue Bulletin, volume 24, no. 12, May 1982, (New York, US), C.R. Guarnieri et al.: "Fabrication of an improved membrane substrate", pages 6270-6271
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