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EP1521420 - Autonomic block-level hierarchical storage management for storage networks [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 15.08.2008 Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.07.2009	Change - representative	published on 19.08.2009 [2009/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2005/14]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Bolik, Christian Radbodstrasse 17 26121 Oldenburg / DE
	[2005/14]
Representative(s)	Kuisma, Sirpa Tuulikki IBM Deutschland Management & Business Support GmbH Patentwesen u. Urheberrecht 71137 Ehningen / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2009/34]	Kuisma, Sirpa Tuulikki IBM Deutschland GmbH Management & Business Support GmbH Patentwesen u. Urheberrecht 71137 Ehningen / DE
Former [2008/21]	Kuisma, Sirpa Tuulikki IBM Deutschland GmbH Patente und Urheberrecht Pascalstrasse 100 70548 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2005/14]	Teufel, Fritz IBM Deutschland GmbH, Intellectual Property, Pascalstrasse 100 70569 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date	04104166.6	31.08.2004
	[2005/14]
Priority number, date	EP20030103623	30.09.2003 Original published format: EP 03103623
	[2005/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1521420
	Date:	06.04.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/14]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1521420
	Date:	22.06.2005
	[2005/25]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.05.2005
Classification	IPC:	H04L29/06	[2005/14]
	CPC:	G06F3/0649 (EP); G06F3/0605 (EP); G06F3/0685 (EP); H04L67/1095 (EP); H04L67/1097 (EP); H04L67/61 (EP); (+) H04L67/63 (EP); H04L69/329 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/14]
Title	German:	"Vegetativ" operierende, hierarchische Speicherverwaltung auf Datenblockebene für Speichernetze	[2005/14]
	English:	Autonomic block-level hierarchical storage management for storage networks	[2005/14]
	French:	Gestion de mémoire hiérarchique, au niveau bloc de données, pour des réseaux de stockage, opérant en fonctionnement "végétatif"	[2005/14]
Examination procedure	30.09.2005	Examination requested [2005/48]
	18.11.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	17.03.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.08.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.12.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.03.2008	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2008/38]
	23.04.2008	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2008/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.08.2007	04 M06 Not yet paid
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		[X] - MICHAEL D ZISMAN, "New Horizons in Storage Technology", IBM TOTAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS, (2002), no. 2, pages 4 - 7, XP002326053 [X] 1-14 * page 4, column L * * page 5, column R - page 6, column R * * page 7, column R *
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		[A] - ANONYMOUS, "DataMgr - HSM option for AMASS", SOURCE BELGIUM, (20030811), page 1, URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20030811185553/www.source.be/papers/adic/DataMgr32.pdf, (20050411), XP002326055 [A] 1,7,10,12 * the whole document *
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		[A] - FORD D A ET AL, "Redundant Arrays of Independent Libraries (RAIL): The StarFish tertiary storage system", PARALLEL COMPUTING, ELSEVIER PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (1998), vol. 24, no. 1, ISSN 0167-8191, pages 45 - 64, XP004113767 [A] 3,7,8 * abstract * * sections 1., 5., 6., 7. * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8191(97)00116-6
		[A] - HAHN U ET AL, "Improved adaptive replacement algorithm for disk caches in HSM systems", MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS, 1999. 16TH IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON SAN DIEGO, CA, USA 15-18 MARCH 1999, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, US, (19990315), ISBN 0-7695-0204-0, pages 128 - 140, XP010376292 [A] 4,9-11,13 * abstract * * section 1., first paragraph of section 2., section 2.2, section 2.3, first paragraph of section 3. * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MASS.1999.830009

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