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EP0379215 - Control system design method and design support apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.04.1995
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR
published on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1990/30]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210, Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Iino, Yutaka
Heartland-yoshizawa 202, Noborito 498, Tama-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
02 / Shigemasa, Takashi
2-7-4 Higashihongou, Midori-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
[1990/30]
Representative(s)Lehn, Werner, et al
Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20
81904 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/30]Lehn, Werner, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20
D-81904 München / DE
Application number, filing date90101094.219.01.1990
[1990/30]
Priority number, dateJP1989000968220.01.1989         Original published format: JP 968289
[1990/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0379215
Date:25.07.1990
Language:EN
[1990/30]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0379215
Date:08.05.1991
Language:EN
[1991/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0379215
Date:08.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.03.1991
ClassificationIPC:G05B23/02, G05B11/42, G05B13/04
[1990/30]
CPC:
G05B17/02 (EP,US); G05B15/00 (KR); G05B13/042 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1990/30]
TitleGerman:Entwurfsverfahren eines Steuerungssystems und Entwurfsunterstützungsgerät[1990/30]
English:Control system design method and design support apparatus[1990/30]
French:Procédé de conception de système de régulation et appareil d'assistance à la conception[1990/30]
Examination procedure19.01.1990Examination requested  [1990/30]
05.08.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.12.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.03.1994Fee for grant paid
14.03.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.03.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.01.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
15.01.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
11.01.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR08.06.1994
IT08.06.1994
[2006/14]
Former [1999/42]IT08.06.1994
FR04.11.1994
Former [1995/27]FR04.11.1994
Documents cited:Search[A]DE3618025  (AACHENER FORSCH REGELUNGSTECH [DE])
 [A]  - INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. vol. 48, no. 9, September 1975, RADNOR US & Y.C. PAO: "Computer graphics aids Bode analysis"
 [A]  - CONTROL ENGINEERING. vol. 35, no. 11, November 1988, NEW YORK US page 99 G.J. BLICKLEY: "PID tuning made easy with hand-held computer"
Examination   - INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. vol. 48, no. 9, September 1975, Radnor,US; pages 31-36; S.J.ZITEK & Y.C. PAO: "Computer graphics aids Bode analysis"
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