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EP0250932 - Power supply system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.02.1993
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip23.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 26.12.2007  [2007/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1988/01]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Ashley, Donald James
824 Milan Avenue
Endicott, N.Y. 13760 / US
[1988/01]
Representative(s)Klein, Daniel Jacques Henri
Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Intellectuelle
06610 La Gaude / FR
[N/P]
Former [1989/16]Klein, Daniel Jacques Henri
Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Intellectuelle
F-06610 La Gaude / FR
Former [1988/40]Combeau, Jacques
Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Intellectuelle
F-06610 La Gaude / FR
Former [1988/01]Teufel, Fritz, Dipl.-Phys.
IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH Patentwesen und Urheberrecht Pascalstrasse 100
W-7000 Stuttgart 80 / DE
Application number, filing date87108183.205.06.1987
[1988/01]
Priority number, dateUS1986087785724.06.1986         Original published format: US 877857
[1988/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0250932
Date:07.01.1988
Language:EN
[1988/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0250932
Date:01.04.1992
Language:EN
[1992/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.11.1987
ClassificationIPC:G05F1/569
[1988/01]
CPC:
G05F1/569 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1988/01]
TitleGerman:Energieversorgungssystem[1988/01]
English:Power supply system[1988/01]
French:Système d'alimentation électrique[1988/01]
Examination procedure26.04.1988Examination requested  [1988/26]
09.10.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.01.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.04.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.11.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.06.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.10.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.10.1991Fee for grant paid
18.10.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.01.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.06.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
25.06.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
21.06.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT01.04.1992
[2007/52]
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Documents cited:Search[Y]   ELECTRONIC DESIGN, vol. 33, no. 19, August 1985, pages 39,40,42,44, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, US; G. HEFTMAN: "Novel designs ensure that linear regulator ICs remain up-to-date" [Y]
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