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EP0430691 - Semiconductor heterostructures [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.04.1995
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.04.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 24.05.1995 [1995/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Square Rochester
New York 14644 / US
[N/P]
Former [1991/23]For all designated states
XEROX CORPORATION
Xerox Square
Rochester New York 14644 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Thornton, Robert L.
123 Mission Drive
East Palo Alto, California, 94303 / US
[1991/23]
Representative(s)Weatherald, Keith Baynes, et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway Marlow
Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1991/23]Weatherald, Keith Baynes, et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway
Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL / GB
Application number, filing date90312999.729.11.1990
[1991/23]
Priority number, dateUS1989044399930.11.1989         Original published format: US 443999
[1991/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0430691
Date:05.06.1991
Language:EN
[1991/23]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0430691
Date:21.11.1991
Language:EN
[1991/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0430691
Date:01.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.10.1991
ClassificationIPC:H01S3/19, H01S3/085, H01L29/72, H01L27/15, H01S3/109
[1994/22]
CPC:
H01S5/187 (EP,US); H01S5/026 (EP,US); H01S5/0422 (EP,US);
H01S5/12 (EP,US); H01S5/005 (EP,US); H01S5/0605 (EP,US);
H01S5/06203 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1991/23]H01S3/19, H01S3/085, H01L29/72
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1991/23]
TitleGerman:Halbleiter-Heterostrukturen[1991/23]
English:Semiconductor heterostructures[1991/23]
French:Hétérostructures semi-conductrices[1991/23]
Examination procedure29.04.1992Examination requested  [1992/26]
09.02.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.05.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.07.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.11.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.12.1993Fee for grant paid
02.12.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)02.03.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
28.09.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP1020690  ;
 [A]EP0322847  (CANON KK [JP])
 [A]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, vol. 35, no. 12, December 1988, pages 2456-2457, New York, US; R.L. THORNTON et al.: "Unified planar process for fabricating heterojunction bipolar transistors and buried heterostructure lasers utilizing impurity-induced disordering"
 [AD]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, vol. 36, no. 10, October 1989, pages 2156-2164, New York, US; R.L. THORNTON et al.: "Demonstration and properties of a planar heterojunction bipolar transistor with lateral current flow"
 [A]  - ELECTRONICS LETTERS, vol. 24, no. 2, 21st January 1988, pages 97-99, Stevenage, Herts, GB; F. BRILLOUET et al.: "New low capacitance transverse junction stripe AlGaAs/GaAs laser for planar laser-MESFET integration"
 [A]  - APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 50, no. 25, 22nd June 1987, pages 1788-1790, New York, US; K. MITSUNAGA et al.: "CW surface-emitting grating-coupled GaAs/AlGaAs distributed feedback laser with very narrow beam divergence"
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 13, no. 198 (E-756), 11th May 1989; & JP-A-1 020 690 (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.) 24-01-1989, & JP1020690 A 00000000
 [AP]  - APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 56, no. 17, 23rd April 1990, pages 1670-1672, New York, US; R.L. THORNTON et al.: "Achievement of high gain in a multiple quantum channel lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor"
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