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EP0038858 - DIGITALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC BIAS CIRCUIT FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.08.1987
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.08.1987No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 23.09.1987 [1987/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AMPEX CORPORATION
401 Broadway M.S. 3-35 Redwood City
California 94063-3199 / US
[N/P]
Former [1981/44]For all designated states
AMPEX CORPORATION
401 Broadway M.S. 3-35
Redwood City California 94063-3199 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TIN, Lucas K.
4541 Renato Court Fremont
CA 94560 / US
[1981/44]
Representative(s)Horton, Andrew Robert Grant
Bowles Horton
Felden House
Dower Mews
High Street
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1981/44]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Application number, filing date81900034.031.10.1980
[1981/44]
WO1980US01476
Priority number, dateUS1979009013701.11.1979         Original published format: US 90137
[1981/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8101342
Date:14.05.1981
[1981/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0038858
Date:04.11.1981
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.05.1981 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1981/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0038858
Date:08.10.1986
Language:EN
[1986/41]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.03.1982
ClassificationIPC:G11B5/03
[1986/41]
CPC:
G11B5/03 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1981/44]G11B5/47
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1981/44]
TitleGerman:DIGITAL GESTEUERTE AUTOMATISCHE VORMAGNETISIERUNGSSCHALTUNG FÜR DIE MAGNETISCHE AUFZEICHNUNG[1981/44]
English:DIGITALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC BIAS CIRCUIT FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING[1981/44]
French:CIRCUIT AUTOMATIQUE DE POLARISATION COMMANDE DE MANIERE DIGITALE POUR L'ENREGISTREMENT MAGNETIQUE[1981/44]
File destroyed:03.03.2001
Entry into regional phase22.06.1981National basic fee paid 
22.06.1981Search fee paid 
22.06.1981Designation fee(s) paid 
22.06.1981Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.06.1981Examination requested  [1982/19]
19.04.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.08.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.11.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.03.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.04.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.10.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.12.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.05.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
07.11.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.01.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
17.03.1986Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.04.1986Fee for grant paid
14.04.1986Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.07.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1987/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.09.1982Renewal fee patent year 03
20.09.1983Renewal fee patent year 04
19.09.1984Renewal fee patent year 05
12.10.1985Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]US4038692  (UMEDA KENKICHI, et al);
 [A]US4011585  (SUNAGA YOSHIMITSU)
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