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EP About this file: EP0382839

EP0382839 - REAL TIME RANK ORDERING LOGIC CIRCUIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.04.1995
Database last updated on 12.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
[N/P]
Former [1992/27]For all designated states
Hughes Aircraft Company
7200 Hughes Terrace P.O. Box 45066
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 / US
Former [1990/34]For all designated states
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
P.O. Box 80028
Los Angeles, CA 90080-0028 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ENGELSMAN, Ronald, L.
289 Calle Da Gama
Anaheim, CA 92807 / US
[1990/34]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/34]KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
D-85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date89910365.914.07.1989
[1990/34]
WO1989US03092
Priority number, dateUS1988022013815.07.1988         Original published format: US 220138
[1990/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9000772
Date:25.01.1990
[1990/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0382839
Date:22.08.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.01.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0382839
Date:15.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.02.1990
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/22
[1990/34]
CPC:
G06F7/22 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1990/34]
TitleGerman:IN ECHTZEIT ARBEITENDE LOGISCHE SCHALTUNG ZUR RANGORDNUNG[1994/24]
English:REAL TIME RANK ORDERING LOGIC CIRCUIT[1990/34]
French:CIRCUIT LOGIQUE POUR CLASSEMENT PAR RANG EN TEMPS REEL[1990/34]
Former [1990/34]IN ECHTZEITARBEITENDE LOGISCHE SCHALTUNG ZUR RANGORDNUNG
Entry into regional phase13.02.1990National basic fee paid 
13.02.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
13.02.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.02.1990Examination requested  [1990/34]
16.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.08.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.09.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
21.12.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.03.1994Fee for grant paid
31.03.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.03.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.06.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
17.06.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
16.06.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT15.06.1994
[2008/01]
Former [1999/42]IT15.06.1994
Cited inInternational searchUS3927391  [ ] (CANTRELL BEN H);
 EP0036751  [ ] (MARCONI CO LTD [GB]);
 US4649394  [ ] (MINKER MANFRED [DE], et al)
Examination   - Proceeding of the 1985 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 5-7 June 1985, Kyoto (JP), vol. 3, IEEE, N.Kanopoulos et al.: "On the architecture of a monolithic median filter with variable window widths"
    - Systems and Computers in Japan, vol.17, no. 1 , January 1986, Scripta Technica, Inc. (New York,US),T.Nkayama et al.:"An alorithm to perform the rank filter and its applications", pages 19-25
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