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EP1012971 - FORWARD BODY BIAS TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 05.03.2004 Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.03.2004	Refusal of application	published on 21.04.2004 [2004/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Intel Corporation 2200 Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2000/26]	For all designated states INTEL CORPORATION 2200 Mission College Boulevard, P.O. Box 58119 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / DE, Vivek, K. 9785 S.W. 151st Avenue Beaverton, OR 97007 / US
	02 / KESHAVARZI, Ali 2341 N.W. Birkendene Street Portland, OR 97229 / US
	03 / NARENDRA, Siva, G. Apartment 1102, 3280 S.W. 170th Street Beaverton, OR 97006 / US
	04 / BORKAR, Shekhar, Y. 3574 N.W. Paisley Court Beaverton, OR 97006 / US
	[2000/26]
Representative(s)	Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al Harrison Goddard Foote 40- 43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2004/10]	Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al Harrison Goddard Foote 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JA / GB
Former [2001/36]	Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon 11th Floor, Tower 3, Clements Inn London WC2A 2AZ / GB
Former [2000/26]	Molyneaux, Martyn William Langner Parry 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RR / GB
Application number, filing date	98930284.9	16.06.1998
	[2000/26]
	WO1998US12523
Priority number, date	US19970880047	20.06.1997 Original published format: US 880047
	US19980078432	13.05.1998 Original published format: US 78432
	US19980078424	13.05.1998 Original published format: US 78424
	US19980078395	13.05.1998 Original published format: US 78395
	US19980078388	13.05.1998 Original published format: US 78388
	[2000/26]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9859419
	Date:	30.12.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/52]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1012971
	Date:	28.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/26]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	30.12.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	03.08.2000
Classification	IPC:	H03K19/0948, H01L27/092, H01L29/10	[2000/38]
	CPC:	H01L27/0928 (EP); H01L29/1087 (EP); H03K19/0948 (EP); H03K2217/0018 (EP)
	Former IPC [2000/26]	H03K3/01
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2000/26]
Title	German:	TRANSISTOR-SCHALTUNGEN MIT SUBSTRAT-VORWÄRTSVORSPANNUNG	[2000/26]
	English:	FORWARD BODY BIAS TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS	[2000/26]
	French:	CIRCUITS DE TRANSISTOR A CORPS POLARISE EN SENS DIRECT	[2000/26]
Entry into regional phase	18.01.2000	National basic fee paid
	18.01.2000	Search fee paid
	18.01.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.01.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.01.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	18.01.2000	Examination requested [2000/26]
	06.02.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.05.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.10.2003	Application refused, date of legal effect [2004/17]
	16.10.2003	Date of oral proceedings
	18.11.2003	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2004/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.06.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]EP0739097 (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE) [X] 1-6,14,19 * column 19, line 5 - column 20, line 48; figures 14A,14B,23 *;
		[X]JPH0832068 ;
		US5914515 [ ];
		[X]JPH098645 ;
		US5838047 [ ];
		[X]DE19622646 (TOSHIBA KAWASAKI KK) [X] 1,2,5,6,14,15,19 * column 29, line 22 - column 30, line 40; figures 18,19 *;
		[X]US5610533 (ARIMOTO KAZUTAMI ET AL) [X] 1-9 * column 6, lines 44-57; figures 6,9,21 * * column 16, line 48 - column 17, line 38 *;
		[X]US5612643 (HIRAYAMA TAKESHI) [X] 1-9 * column 5, line 31 - column 6, line 56; figure 1 * * column 9, line 51 - column 10, line 10; figures 6,7 *;
		[X]EP0724295 (NIPPON ELECTRIC CO) [X] 1-6 * column 7, line 21 - column 8, line 20; figures 4,5 *;
		[X]EP0022266 (TOKYO SHIBAURA ELECTRIC CO) [X] 14,19 * page 4, lines 4-24; figure 1 * * page 12, lines 16-20 *
		[X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960628), vol. 1996, no. 06, & JP08032068 A 19960202 (NIPPONDENSO CO LTD) [X] 1-6,14,19 * abstract *
		[X] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970530), vol. 1997, no. 05, & JP09008645 A 19970110 (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP) [X] 1-11 * abstract *
	International search	[XP]US5689144 ;
		[Y]US5557231 ;
		[X]US5489870 ;
		[X]US5461338 ;
		[X]US4565960

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