| EP0848376 - Microstep driving of an optical head after a track jump [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.11.2003 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.11.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 02.01.2004 [2004/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1-7 Yukigaya Otsuka-cho Ota-ku Tokyo 145 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/25] | For all designated states ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1-7 Yukigaya Otsuka-cho Ota-ku Tokyo 145 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Sakashita, Mitsunori 1-9-18 Kitainaba Furakawa-shi, Miyagi-ken / JP | [1998/25] | Representative(s) | Kensett, John Hinton Saunders & Dolleymore LLP 9 Rickmansworth Road Watford WD18 0JU / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/25] | Kensett, John Hinton Saunders & Dolleymore, 9 Rickmansworth Road Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 7HE / GB | Application number, filing date | 97308905.5 | 06.11.1997 | [1998/25] | Priority number, date | JP19960324537 | 20.11.1996 Original published format: JP 32453796 | [1998/25] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0848376 | Date: | 17.06.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/25] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0848376 | Date: | 22.12.1999 | [1999/51] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0848376 | Date: | 02.01.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/01] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.11.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G11B7/085, G11B21/02, G11B21/08, G11B5/55 | [1999/50] | CPC: |
G11B21/083 (EP,US);
G11B21/02 (KR);
G11B7/08505 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1998/25] | G11B5/55 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL [2000/35] |
| Former [1998/25] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Mikroschritt-Antrieb eines optischen Schreib/Lesekopfes nach einem Spursprung | [1998/25] | English: | Microstep driving of an optical head after a track jump | [1998/25] | French: | Dispositif d'entraînement pas à pas pour tête optique après un saut de piste | [1999/50] |
| Former [1998/25] | Entrainement de micropas pour une tête magneto-optique après un saut de piste | Examination procedure | 14.01.2000 | Examination requested [2000/11] | 04.03.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 26.06.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.07.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 05.07.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 03.10.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/01] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.10.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.10.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.11.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.10.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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