EP2688069 - Devices and methods for reducing lubricant accumulation on sliders [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.04.2018 Database last updated on 13.11.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.01.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Seagate Technology LLC 10200 South DeAnza Boulevard Cupertino CA 95014 / US | [2014/04] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ramakrishnan, Narayanan 7350 Bristol Village Drive No 328 Bloomington, MN 55438 / US | 02 /
Rajasekharan, Ajaykumar 4210 Riley Drive Longmount, CO 80503 / US | [2014/12] |
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Ramakrishnan, Narayanan 7350 Bristol Village Drive No 328 Bloomington, MN Minnesota 55438 / US | ||
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Rajasekharan, Ajaykumar 9300 Collegeview Road No 102 Bloomington, MN Minnesota 55437 / US | Representative(s) | Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB | [2014/04] | Application number, filing date | 13173888.2 | 26.06.2013 | [2014/04] | Priority number, date | US201213553072 | 19.07.2012 Original published format: US201213553072 | [2014/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2688069 | Date: | 22.01.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/04] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2688069 | Date: | 25.06.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/26] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2688069 | Date: | 21.06.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/25] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.05.2014 | Classification | IPC: | G11B5/60 | [2014/04] | CPC: |
G11B5/6082 (EP,US);
G11B21/21 (KR)
| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2017/25] |
Former [2014/04] | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Title | German: | Vorrichtungen und Verfahren zur Minderung von Schmiermittelansammlungen auf Schiebern | [2014/04] | English: | Devices and methods for reducing lubricant accumulation on sliders | [2014/04] | French: | Dispositifs et procédés permettant de réduire l'accumulation de lubrifiant sur des coulisseaux | [2014/04] | Examination procedure | 16.07.2013 | Examination requested [2014/04] | 23.12.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.11.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 18.03.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.01.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.05.2017 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 08.05.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 08.05.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 20.11.2015 | Opposition(s) | 22.03.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/22] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.06.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.06.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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