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EP0402397
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0402397
| EP0402397 - DISK DRIVE APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.04.1998 Database last updated on 16.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 930 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0360 / US | For all designated states ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1-7 Yukigaya Otsuka-cho Ota-ku Tokyo 145 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/22] | For all designated states Seagate Technology, Inc. 930 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0360 / US | ||
| For all designated states ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1-7 Yukigaya Otsuka-cho Ota-ku Tokyo 145 / JP | |||
| Former [1997/02] | For all designated states CONNER PERIPHERALS, INC. 3081 Zanker Road San José, California 95134-2128 / US | ||
| For all designated states ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1-7 Yukigaya Otsuka-cho Ota-ku Tokyo 145 / JP | |||
| Former [1990/51] | For all designated states PRAIRIETEK CORPORATION 1830 Lefthand Circle Longmont, CO 80501 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MOREHOUSE, James, H. P.O. Box 264 Jamestown, CO 80455 / US | 02 /
ANDREWS, Thomas, L., Jr. 47 Ranch Road Overland Star Route Ward, CO 80481 / US | 03 /
BLAGAILA, John, H. 1565 Ithaca Drive Boulder, CO 80303 / US | 04 /
FURAY, David, M. 288 Ridgeview Lane Jamestown Star Route Boulder, CO 80303 / US | 05 /
JOHNSON, Terry, G. 10135 North 7th Street Longmont, CO 80501 / US | 06 /
CHESSMAN, H., Ross 4626 Betty Place Erie, CO 80516 / US | [1990/51] | Representative(s) | Harris, Ian Richard, et al D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/02] | Harris, Ian Richard, et al c/o D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB | ||
| Former [1990/51] | Thomas, Roger Tamlyn D. Young & Co. 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB | Application number, filing date | 89903356.7 | 27.02.1989 | [1990/51] | WO1989US00785 | Priority number, date | US19880162799 | 01.03.1988 Original published format: US 162799 | [1990/51] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8908313 | Date: | 08.09.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/21] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0402397 | Date: | 19.12.1990 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.09.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1990/51] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0402397 | Date: | 11.06.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/24] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 08.09.1989 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.11.1992 | Classification | IPC: | G11B33/12, H02K33/00, G11B25/04, G11B33/14, G11B33/02, G11B5/55, G11B21/08 | [1993/03] | CPC: |
G11B33/121 (EP,US);
G11B25/04 (KR);
G11B19/00 (EP,US);
G11B19/06 (EP,US);
G11B21/00 (EP,US);
G11B21/08 (EP,US);
G11B21/083 (EP,US);
G11B21/12 (EP,US);
G11B21/22 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [1990/51] | G11B33/12, G11B33/14, G11B33/02, G11B5/55, G11B25/04, H02K33/00 | Designated contracting states | BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1990/51] | Title | German: | PLATTENANTRIEBSANORDNUNG | [1990/51] | English: | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS | [1990/51] | French: | UNITE DE DISQUES | [1990/51] | Entry into regional phase | 31.08.1990 | National basic fee paid | 31.08.1990 | Search fee paid | 30.08.1990 | Designation fee(s) paid | 31.08.1990 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 02.10.1989 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE | 31.08.1990 | Examination requested [1990/51] | 11.12.1990 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 21.01.1991 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, CH, LI, LU | 06.12.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.06.1994 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [1994/50] | 16.01.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.01.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | deleted | Deletion: Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [1995/12] | 19.07.1994 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [1995/12] | 11.07.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.12.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.05.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 05.12.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 10.12.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.01.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 27.01.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 12.03.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.12.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.02.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 08.02.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.02.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 21.02.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 24.01.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 04.02.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 31.10.1990 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 31.10.1990 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 31.10.1990 | LU M01 Not yet paid |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Stay/Interruption | 01.04.1994 | Interruption of proceedings. Reason: legal incapacity of representative | [1995/12] | 16.01.1995 | Resumption of proceedings | [1995/12] | 16.01.1995 | Resumption of proceedings | 01.04.1994 | Interruption of proceedings. Reason: legal incapacity of representative | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | BE | 11.06.1997 | FR | 11.06.1997 | IT | 11.06.1997 | NL | 11.06.1997 | SE | 11.09.1997 | [2006/14] |
| Former [2003/07] | BE | 11.06.1997 | |
| IT | 11.06.1997 | ||
| NL | 11.06.1997 | ||
| SE | 11.09.1997 | ||
| FR | 07.11.1997 | ||
| Former [1999/42] | BE | 11.06.1997 | |
| IT | 11.06.1997 | ||
| SE | 11.09.1997 | ||
| FR | 07.11.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/19] | BE | 11.06.1997 | |
| SE | 11.09.1997 | ||
| FR | 07.11.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/12] | BE | 11.06.1997 | |
| SE | 11.09.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/10] | BE | 11.06.1997 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US4712146 (MOON WILLIAM G [US], et al) | [YP] - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY REVIEW vol. 8, no. 16, 1988, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA pages 36 - 37 MOREHOUSE 'DYNAMIC HEAD LOADING, IN-HUB MOTOR SHRINK HARD DISK DRIVE' | International search | [YP]US4737867 (ISHIKAWA SHIGEKI [JP], et al); | [Y]US4672487 (BRAND WILHELM [DE], et al); | [X]US4639863 (HARRISON JOEL N [US], et al); | [Y]US4638383 (MCGINLAY JAMES G [GB], et al); | [Y]US4599666 (LIU JEFFREY [US], et al); | [Y]US4535374 (ANDERSON KURT M [US], et al); | [Y]US4503530 (HINLEIN SIGMUND [US], et al); | [Y]US4458273 (JOHNSON JEROME P [US]); | [Y]US4200827 (OSWALD RICHARD K [US]) |