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EP0394514 - Method for the synchronisation of data-processing equipments [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.05.1995
Database last updated on 04.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1
DE-80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/44]For all designated states
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
D-80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Daar, Horst, Dr.-Ing.
Friedrich-Bauer-Strasse 30
D-8520 Erlangen / DE
02 / Barthel, Herbert, Dipl.-Ing.
Am Hasengarten 6a
D-8522 Herzogenaurach / DE
[1990/44]
Application number, filing date89107476.725.04.1989
[1990/44]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0394514
Date:31.10.1990
Language:DE
[1990/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0394514
Date:13.07.1994
Language:DE
[1994/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.01.1990
ClassificationIPC:G05B19/05, G05B9/03
[1990/44]
CPC:
G05B19/0421 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [1990/51]
Former [1990/44]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  ES,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IT,  LI,  LU,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Synchronisation von Datenverarbeitungsanlagen[1990/44]
English:Method for the synchronisation of data-processing equipments[1990/44]
French:Méthode de synchronisation d'équipements de traitement de données[1990/44]
Examination procedure26.04.1990Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
23.07.1990Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, GR
23.07.1990Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) LU, NL
31.10.1990Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
26.11.1990Examination requested  [1991/04]
16.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.04.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
18.01.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.04.1994Fee for grant paid
07.04.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.04.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
23.04.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
22.04.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
19.04.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
23.05.1990AT   M01   Not yet paid
23.05.1990BE   M01   Not yet paid
23.05.1990GR   M01   Not yet paid
23.05.1990LU   M01   Not yet paid
23.05.1990NL   M01   Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES13.07.1994
[2002/24]
Documents cited:Search[A]DE2458224  (SIEMENS AG);
 [A]EP0075278  (ALSTHOM CGEE [FR]);
 [A]EP0104490  (KRUPP GMBH [DE]);
 [AD]DE3633953  (SIEMENS AG [DE])
 [A]  - ELECTRONIQUE INDUSTRIELLES. no. 51, 15 April 1983, PARIS FR Seiten 61 - 67; "Les automates et la securite"
 [A]  - SIEMENS POWER ENGINEERING & AUTOMATION. vol. 7, no. 6, 1986, BERLIN DE Seiten 408 - 410; EURINGER Manfred et al.: "Fault-Tolerant and Fail-Safe Process Control with Redundant Automation Systems"
 [A]  - IEEE MICRO. vol. 7, no. 5, Oktober 1987, NEW YORK US Seiten 27 - 50; KIRRMANN Hubert D. et al.: "Fault Tolerance in Process Contol : An Overview and Examples of European Products"
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