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EP0958610
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| EP0958610 - A BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS OF SiC AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OF SiC [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.09.2013 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.04.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 21.05.2014 [2014/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Cree, Inc. 4600 Silicon Drive Durham, NC 27703 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/11] | For all designated states CREE, INC. 4600 Silicon Drive Durham, NC 27703 / US | ||
| Former [1999/47] | For all designated states ABB RESEARCH LTD. P.O. Box 8131 8050 Zürich / CH | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BAKOWSKI, Mietek F gelbergsvägen 8 S-730 50 Skultuna / SE | 02 /
BLEICHNER, Harry Geijersgatan 38 B S-752 26 Uppsala / SE | 03 /
GUSTAVSSON, Ulf Ekholmsvägen 84 A S-582 61 Linköping / US | [1999/47] | Representative(s) | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/46] | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | ||
| Former [2010/47] | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | ||
| Former [1999/47] | Olsson, Jan, et al Bjerkéns Patentbyra KB P.O.Box 1274 801 37 Gävle / SE | Application number, filing date | 97932077.7 | 25.06.1997 | [1999/47] | WO1997SE01137 | Priority number, date | SE19960002993 | 16.08.1996 Original published format: SE 9602993 | [1999/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9808259 | Date: | 26.02.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/08] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0958610 | Date: | 24.11.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0958610 | Date: | 14.11.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | SE | 26.02.1998 | Classification | IPC: | H01L29/24, H01L29/70, H01L21/20 | [1999/47] | CPC: |
H01L29/1608 (EP,US);
H01L29/6606 (EP,US);
H01L29/66068 (EP,US);
H01L29/7395 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, SE [1999/47] | Title | German: | BIPOLARE HALBLEITERANORDNUNG MIT SIC-HALBLEITERSCHICHTEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER SIC-HALBLEITERANORDNUNG | [1999/47] | English: | A BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS OF SiC AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OF SiC | [1999/47] | French: | COMPOSANT BIPOLAIRE DOTE DE COUCHES SEMI-CONDUCTRICES DE CARBURE DE SILICIUM ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION CORRESPONDANT | [1999/47] | Entry into regional phase | 09.02.1999 | National basic fee paid | 09.02.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.02.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.02.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: SE | 09.02.1999 | Examination requested [1999/48] | 20.10.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.02.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.08.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.12.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.11.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 21.01.2008 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1} | 21.01.2008 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 08.11.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.03.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 15.03.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Appeal following examination | 19.03.2008 | Appeal received No. T1198/08 | 23.05.2008 | Statement of grounds filed | 26.05.2011 | Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant | 26.05.2011 | Date of oral proceedings | 19.07.2011 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 20.10.2005 | Opposition(s) | 15.08.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.06.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.06.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.06.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.06.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.06.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.06.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 14.06.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 14.06.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 14.06.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 28.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 16.06.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 11.06.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 13.06.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 15 | 26.07.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 16 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.06.2012 | 16 M06 Fee paid on 26.07.2012 |
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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 | IT | 14.11.2012 | SE | 14.11.2012 | GB | 25.06.2013 | [2014/21] |
| Former [2013/37] | IT | 14.11.2012 | |
| SE | 14.11.2012 | ||
| Former [2013/21] | SE | 14.11.2012 | Cited in | International search | [A]US5385855 (BROWN DALE M [US], et al) |