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EP About this file: EP0372974

EP0372974 - Optical disk apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  02.03.1995
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.03.1995Refusal of applicationpublished on 19.04.1995 [1995/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
22-22 Nagaike-cho
Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi
Osaka-fu 545-0013 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1990/24]For all designated states
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
22-22 Nagaike-cho Abeno-ku
Osaka 545 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Yamane, Daiji
2613-1, Ichinomoto-cho
Tenri-shi Nara-ken / JP
02 / Sakamoto, Noriaki
10-8, 1-chome Nagamodai Kamo-cho
Soraku-gun Kyoto-fu / JP
03 / Horie, Nobuyuki
2613-1, Ichinomoto-cho
Tenri-shi Nara-ken / JP
[1990/24]
Representative(s)Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/24]Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date89312789.407.12.1989
[1990/24]
Priority number, dateJP1988031095907.12.1988         Original published format: JP 31095988
[1990/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0372974
Date:13.06.1990
Language:EN
[1990/24]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0372974
Date:22.01.1992
Language:EN
[1992/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.12.1991
ClassificationIPC:G11B7/00
[1990/24]
CPC:
G11B7/0945 (EP,US); G11B19/00 (EP,US); G11B7/0037 (EP,US);
G11B7/0941 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   IT [1990/24]
TitleGerman:Optisches Scheibengerät[1990/24]
English:Optical disk apparatus[1990/24]
French:Appareil de disques optiques[1990/24]
File destroyed:03.03.2001
Examination procedure27.12.1989Examination requested  [1990/24]
20.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.11.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.07.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.1994Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [1995/16]
02.12.1994Application refused, date of legal effect [1995/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.12.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
09.10.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
07.12.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0195606  (SHARP KK [JP]);
 [A]US4742505  (TAKEUCHI TOYOAKI [JP], et al);
 [A]EP0234594  (TOSHIBA KK [JP])
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