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EP About this file: EP0084534

EP0084534 - HIGH DENSITY RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.04.1989
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR		published on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
QUIXOTE CORPORATION
Suite 3500 One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601 / US
[1983/31]
Inventor(s)01 / RESTER, Marshall D.
P.O. Box 4011
Anaheim, CA 92806 / US
[1983/37]
Former [1983/31]01 / RESTER, Marshall D.
1221 N. State College Apt. 32
Anaheim, CA 92806 / US
Representative(s)Horton, Andrew Robert Grant, et al
Bowles Horton
Felden House
Dower Mews
High Street
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1988/28]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant, et al
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Former [1983/31]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Application number, filing date82900897.816.02.1982
[1983/31]
WO1982US00181
Priority number, dateUS1981028906431.07.1981         Original published format: US 289064
[1983/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8300460
Date:17.02.1983
[1983/05]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0084534
Date:03.08.1983
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.02.1983 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1983/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0084534
Date:29.06.1988
Language:EN
[1988/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.04.1984
ClassificationIPC:G11B7/24, G11B7/26
[1988/26]
CPC:
G11B7/241 (EP,US); G11B7/261 (EP,US); G11B7/252 (EP,US);
G11B7/256 (EP,US); G11B7/2585 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1983/31]B32B31/28, C23F1/02, G01D15/14, G01D15/34, G03C5/00, G11B7/24, G11B11/12, G11C13/04, H04N5/84
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1983/31]
TitleGerman:AUFZEICHNUNGSTRÄGER HOHER DICHTE UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG[1983/31]
English:HIGH DENSITY RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME[1983/31]
French:SUPPORT D'ENREGISTREMENT DE HAUTE DENSITE ET SON PROCEDE DE FABRICATION[1983/31]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Entry into regional phase23.03.1983National basic fee paid 
23.03.1983Search fee paid 
23.03.1983Designation fee(s) paid 
23.03.1983Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.03.1983Examination requested  [1983/31]
23.05.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.11.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.02.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.10.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.01.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.05.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.08.1987Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
03.12.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.03.1988Fee for grant paid
03.03.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.03.1989No opposition filed within time limit [1989/24]
Request for further processing for:13.10.1986Request for further processing filed
13.10.1986Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
30.10.1986Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.02.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
11.02.1985Renewal fee patent year 04
10.02.1986Renewal fee patent year 05
14.02.1987Renewal fee patent year 06
24.02.1988Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
CH29.06.1988
FR29.06.1988
LI29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
SE30.06.1988
GB16.02.1989
LU28.02.1989
[2002/24]
Former [1999/52]AT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
CH29.06.1988
LI29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
SE30.06.1988
GB16.02.1989
LU28.02.1989
Former [1990/04]AT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
CH29.06.1988
LI29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
SE30.06.1988
GB16.02.1989
Former [1989/27]AT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
CH29.06.1988
LI29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
SE30.06.1988
Former [1989/23]AT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
SE30.06.1988
Former [1989/13]AT29.06.1988
BE29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
Former [1989/11]BE29.06.1988
NL29.06.1988
Former [1989/03]BE29.06.1988
Documents cited:Search[Y]DE2744533  (POLYGRAM GMBH);
 [Y]GB2005457  (PHILIPS NV);
 [Y]US4179532  (SOEDING HORST [DE])
 [Y]  - THE BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL, vol. 58, no. 5, May/June 1979, pages 1027-1036, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, US
International search[X]US3379095  (KAPRELIAN EDWARD K);
 [X]US3894179  (JACOBS BERNARDUS ANTONIUS JOHA, et al);
 [A]US3905817  (BAKEWELL JOSEPH J);
 [X]US3942981  (SATO MASAMICHI);
 [A]US3954469  (AVANZADO NORMA ABIGANIA, et al);
 [A]US4063949  (UHLIG FRITZ, et al);
 [A]US4164754  (DUBOIS JEAN-CLAUDE [FR]);
 [A]US4174219  (ANDRES HEINRICH A [DE], et al);
 [X]US4258126  (HIESINGER LEOPOLD);
 [X]US4259433  (MIZOBUCHI YUZO, et al)
 [X]  - Solid State Technology, issued June 1979, DAVID ELLIOT et al., one Micron Range Photoresist Imaging: A Practical Approach see pages 53-60
ExaminationEP0049813
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