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EP About this file: EP0733267

EP0733267 - WAFER HEATING CHUCK WITH DUAL ZONE BACKPLANE HEATING AND SEGMENTED CLAMPING MEMBER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.08.2002
Database last updated on 04.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 22.09.2004  [2004/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
TBS Broadcast Center, 5-3-6 Akasaka Minato-ku
Tokyo 107 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/51]For all designated states
Tokyo Electron Limited
TBS Broadcast Center, 5-3-6 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107 / JP
Former [1996/39]For all designated states
MATERIALS RESEARCH CORPORATION
Route 303
Orangeburg New York 10962 / US
Inventor(s)01 / JELINEK, Vaclav
87 Resorvoir Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661 / US
[1996/39]
Representative(s)Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/39]Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW / GB
Application number, filing date95904144.329.11.1994
[1996/39]
WO1994US13615
Priority number, dateUS1994031988407.10.1994         Original published format: US 319884
[1996/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9611495
Date:18.04.1996
Language:EN
[1996/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0733267
Date:25.09.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.04.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0733267
Date:10.10.2001
Language:EN
[2001/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.04.1996
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/00
[1996/39]
CPC:
H01L21/67109 (EP,US); H01L21/68785 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1996/39]
TitleGerman:HEIZUNGSSUBSTRATHALTER FÜR EINE HALBLEITERSCHEIBE MIT ZWEI-ZONEN RÜCKWANDHEIZUNG UND SEGMENTIERTEM KLEMMELEMENT[1996/39]
English:WAFER HEATING CHUCK WITH DUAL ZONE BACKPLANE HEATING AND SEGMENTED CLAMPING MEMBER[1996/39]
French:SUPPORT CHAUFFANT POUR UNE TRANCHE DE SILICIUM AVEC DEUX ZONES DE CHAUFFAGE POUR LA PLAQUE D'APPUI ET UN ELEMENT DE FIXATION SEGMENTE[1996/39]
Entry into regional phase06.06.1996National basic fee paid 
06.06.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
06.06.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.06.1996Examination requested  [1996/39]
18.06.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.11.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.12.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.12.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.06.2001Fee for grant paid
29.06.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)11.07.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.10.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
29.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
19.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
04.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
03.11.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.11.199805   M06   Fee paid on   19.03.1999
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE10.10.2001
LU29.11.2001
SE10.01.2002
[2004/39]
Former [2003/06]BE10.10.2001
SE10.01.2002
Former [2002/26]SE10.01.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0452779  (APPLIED MATERIALS INC [US]) [A] 1,13,16,20,21,23,25,26,29,33,41 * column 8, line 3 - column 8, line 37; figure 1 *;
 [A]US5294778  (CARMAN JUSTICE [US], et al) [A] 1,16,20,23,25,29,33 * column 2, line 62 - column 3, line 33; figure 1 *;
 [A]US5267607  (WADA YUICHI [JP]) [A] 1,13,16,21,23,26,29,33,41 * column 7, line 56 - column 8, line 51; figure 3 *
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