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EP About this file: EP0070863

EP0070863 - STORED-PROGRAM CONTROL MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.02.1987
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.02.1987No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.04.1987 [1987/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, NY 10038 / US
[1983/10]
Former [1983/06]For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10038 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BLAHUT, Donald Edgar
9 Stevens Drive
Holmdel, NJ 07733 / US
02 / HARRISON, Marc Lawrence
11 Union Hill Road
Morganville, NJ 07751 / US
03 / KILLIAN, Michael John
146 Wedgewood Circle
Eatontown, NJ 07724 / US
04 / THIERBACH, Mark Ernest
84 Martin Drive
Lincroft, NJ 07738 / US
[1983/06]
Representative(s)Weitzel, David Stanley, et al
Western Electric Company Limited Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1983/06]Weitzel, David Stanley, et al
Western Electric Company Limited 5, Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date82900494.423.12.1981
[1983/06]
WO1981US01745
Priority number, dateUS1981023314310.02.1981         Original published format: US 233143
[1983/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8202783
Date:19.08.1982
[1982/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0070863
Date:09.02.1983
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.08.1982 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1983/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0070863
Date:23.04.1986
Language:EN
[1986/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.07.1983
ClassificationIPC:G06F9/22
[1983/06]
CPC:
G06F15/7832 (EP,US); G06F9/22 (KR); G06F9/223 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   NL [1983/06]
TitleGerman:STEUERGERÄT MIT GESPEICHERTEM PROGRAMM[1983/06]
English:STORED-PROGRAM CONTROL MACHINE[1983/06]
French:MACHINE DE COMMANDE A PROGRAMME MEMORISE[1983/06]
Entry into regional phase06.10.1982National basic fee paid 
06.10.1982Search fee paid 
06.10.1982Designation fee(s) paid 
24.01.1983Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.02.1983Examination requested  [1983/16]
07.11.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.03.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.04.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.04.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.09.1985Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
21.10.1985Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.12.1985Fee for grant paid
09.12.1985Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.01.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1987/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.12.1983Renewal fee patent year 03
14.12.1984Renewal fee patent year 04
09.12.1985Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:SearchGB1257760  [ ];
 US3651482  [ ] (BENSON VICTOR M, et al)
International search[A]US3983538  (JONES JOHN W);
 [A]US4034356  (HOWLEY FRANK E, et al);
 [A]US4037089  (HORNINGER KARLHEINRICH);
 [A]US4237542  (CUKIER MAURICE);
 [AP]US4268908  (LOGUE JOSEPH C, et al)
 [A]  - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, issued July 1973, ELLIOTT et al, Array Logic Processing pp. 586, 587
 [A]  - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, issued April 1978, PILOST et al, Lached Input-An Improvement to PLA, pp. 4438-4439
 [A]  - Introduction to VLSI Systems, MEAD et al ADDISON-WESLEY, 1980, p. 81
Examination   - IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CIRCUITS, vol. SC-14, no. 5, October 1979, NEW YORK (US), P.W. COOK: "A study in the use of PLA-based macros", pages 833-840
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