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EP0471442
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| EP0471442 - Method for implementing server functions in a distributed heterogeneous environment [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1992/08] | Methods and apparatus for implementing server functions in a distributed heterogeneous environment | ||
| [1999/10] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.08.2000 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.12.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 09.01.2008 [2008/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 111 Powdermill Road Maynard Massachusetts 01754-1418 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/08] | For all designated states DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 111 Powdermill Road Maynard Massachusetts 01754-1418 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Jacobson, Neal F. 6 Cranwell Court Nashua, New Hampshire 03062 / US | 02 /
Renzullo, Michael J. 7 Byron Road Ashland, Massachusetts 01721 / US | 03 /
Reilly, Paul A. 70 Underhill Street Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 / US | [1992/08] | Representative(s) | Goodman, Christopher, et al Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/08] | Goodman, Christopher, et al Eric Potter & Clarkson St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham NG1 1LE / GB | Application number, filing date | 91306171.9 | 08.07.1991 | [1992/08] | Priority number, date | US19900567131 | 14.08.1990 Original published format: US 567131 | [1992/08] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0471442 | Date: | 19.02.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/08] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0471442 | Date: | 13.01.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0471442 | Date: | 27.10.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/43] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.11.1992 | Classification | IPC: | G06F9/44 | [1992/08] | CPC: |
G06F9/548 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1992/08] | Title | German: | Verfahren zur Realisierung von Anbieterfunktionen in einer verteilten heterogenen Umgebung | [1999/10] | English: | Method for implementing server functions in a distributed heterogeneous environment | [1999/10] | French: | Procédé pour réaliser des fonctions serveur dans un environnement hétérogène distribué | [1999/10] |
| Former [1992/08] | Verfahren und Gerät zur Realisierung von Anbieterfunktionen in einer verteilten heterogenen Umgebung | ||
| Former [1992/08] | Methods and apparatus for implementing server functions in a distributed heterogeneous environment | ||
| Former [1992/08] | Procédés et appareil pour réaliser des fonctions serveur dans un environnement hétérogène distribué | Examination procedure | 19.07.1991 | Examination requested [1992/08] | 25.09.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.03.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.02.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 16.04.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 03.05.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.07.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 05.07.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.07.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/41] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.06.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.06.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 16.06.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.06.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.06.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.06.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 13.07.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | IT | 27.10.1999 | NL | 27.10.1999 | [2008/02] |
| Former [2003/07] | NL | 27.10.1999 | Documents cited: | Search | [ED]EP0474339 (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP [US]); | [ED]EP0474340 (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP [US]); | [ED]EP0472279 (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP [US]) | [A] - S.C. DEWHURST ET AL. 'Programming in C++' 1989 , PRENTICE-HALL , NEW JERSEY | [A] - PROCEEDINGS 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS September 1987, BERLIN, WEST GERMANY pages 113 - 118 DAVE OTWAY ET AL. 'REX: a remote execution protocol for object-oriented distributed applications' | [A] - COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS vol. 13, no. 6, July 1990, GUILDFORD GB pages 365 - 373 RODGER LEA ET AL. 'Supporting object interaction in heterogeneous distributed systems' | [AP] - WILLIAMS T., "INDUSTRY GROUP INITIATES OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE STANDARDS.", COMPUTER DESIGN., PENNWELL PUBL. LITTLETON, MASSACHUSETTS., US, US, (19900901), vol. 29., no. 17., ISSN 0010-4566, page 46 + 49/50., XP000151375 | [AP] - J. FORGIONE ET AL. 'Response to the OMG RFI for the Object Request Broker' 15 August 1990 , DATA GENERAL CORPORATION , WESTBORO, MA, USA |