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EP About this file: EP0020470

EP0020470 - MODULAR PROCESSOR SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1981/01]MODULAR PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSOR
[1984/16]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.02.1985
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.02.1985No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 17.04.1985 [1985/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace
Los Angeles, CA 90045-0028 / US
[1982/24]
Former [1981/01]For all designated states
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Corporate Office, Building COC1, MS A126, 7200 Hughes Terrace
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Inventor(s)01 / PROPSTER, John A.
15123 E.Tacuba
La Mirada, CA 90638 / US
02 / ROWAN, John H.
3006 Clairmont Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92635 / US
[1981/01]
Representative(s)Kohler Schmid Möbus Patentanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Gropiusplatz 10
70563 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1981/01]KOHLER SCHMID + PARTNER
Patentanwälte Ruppmannstrasse 27
D-70565 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date79901287.707.09.1979
[1981/01]
WO1979US00701
Priority number, dateUS1978094934106.10.1978         Original published format: US 949341
[1981/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8000758
Date:17.04.1980
[1980/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0020470
Date:07.01.1981
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.04.1980 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1981/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0020470
Date:18.04.1984
Language:EN
[1984/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.06.1981
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/38, G06F15/00
[1981/01]
CPC:
G06F11/2051 (EP); G06F15/8015 (EP)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1981/01]
TitleGerman:MODULARES RECHNERSYSTEM[1984/16]
English:MODULAR PROCESSOR SYSTEM[1984/16]
French:SYSTEME DE PROCESSEUR MODULAIRE[1984/16]
Former [1981/01]PROGRAMMIERBARER MODULARER SIGNALRECHNER
Former [1981/01]MODULAR PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSOR
Former [1981/01]PROCESSEUR MODULAIRE PROGRAMMABLE
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Entry into regional phase02.06.1980National basic fee paid 
02.06.1980Search fee paid 
02.06.1980Designation fee(s) paid 
26.09.1980Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.09.1980Examination requested  [1981/01]
22.07.1982Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.11.1982Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.12.1982Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.04.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.09.1983Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
29.09.1983Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.12.1983Fee for grant paid
08.12.1983Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.01.1985No opposition filed within time limit [1985/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.08.1981Renewal fee patent year 03
13.08.1982Renewal fee patent year 04
12.08.1983Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:SearchFR1383587  [ ]
    [ ] - SIMULATION OF SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8th AICA CONGRESS, Delft, August 23-28, 1976, North-Holland Publishing Comp. Amsterdam (NL) H. SCHOMBERG: "Parallel solution of a nonlinear elliptic boundary vallue problem", pages 461-469.
    [ ] - ELEKTRONISCHE RECHENANLAGEN, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1978 Muenchen (DE) S.A. NILSSON: "M3R - Ein modulares Mehrmikrorechner-System mit Restverfugbarkeit und Prozesssicherungsstruktur", pages 115-122.
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