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EP0912934 - METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE-DEFINED DATA STRUCTURES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/18]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE-DEFINED DATA STRUCTURES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS
[2003/27]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.12.2004
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.02.2006Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): NL
published on 22.03.2006  [2006/12]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
724 Solutions Software Inc.
1221 State Street Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 / US
[2003/25]
Former [1999/39]For all designated states
TANTAU Software, Inc.
110 Wild Basin Road Suite 160
Austin, TX 78746 / US
Former [1999/18]For all designated states
Tandem Computers Incorporated
10435 N. Tantau Avenue, LOC. 200-16
Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Inventor(s)01 / SCHOFIELD, Andrew
Lindenbuehl 27
CH-6330 Cham / CH
 [2003/37]
Former [1999/18]01 / SCHOFIELD, Andrew
Lindenbuehl 27
CH-6330 Cham / US
Representative(s)Liesegang, Eva
Boehmert & Boehmert
Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Pettenkoferstrasse 22
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/18]Liesegang, Eva
Forrester & Boehmert, Franz-Josef-Strasse 38
80801 München / DE
Application number, filing date97934069.210.07.1997
[1999/18]
WO1997US11883
Priority number, dateUS1996068020311.07.1996         Original published format: US 680203
[1999/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9802810
Date:22.01.1998
Language:EN
[1998/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0912934
Date:06.05.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.01.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0912934
Date:28.01.2004
Language:EN
[2004/05]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.01.1998
ClassificationIPC:G06F9/46
[1999/18]
CPC:
G06F9/465 (EP,US); Y10S707/99942 (US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1999/18]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM TRANSPORTIEREN VON IN EINER SCHNITTSTELLENDEFINITIONSSPRACHE DEFINIERTEN DATENSTRUKTUREN ZWISCHEN HETEROGENEN SYSTEMEN[2003/27]
English:METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE-DEFINED DATA STRUCTURES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS[2003/27]
French:PROCEDE DE TRANSFERT DE STRUCTURES DE DONNEES DEFINIES PAR UN LANGAGE DE DEFINITION D'INTERFACE ENTRE DES SYSTEMES HETEROGENES[2003/27]
Former [1999/18]VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUM TRANSPORTIEREN VON IN EINER SCHNITTSTELLENDEFINITIONSSPRACHE DEFINIERTEN DATENSTRUKTUREN ZWISCHEN HETEROGENEN SYSTEMEN
Former [1999/18]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE-DEFINED DATA STRUCTURES BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS
Former [1999/18]PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE TRANSFERT DE STRUCTURES DE DONNEES DEFINIES PAR UN LANGAGE DE DEFINITION D'INTERFACE ENTRE DES SYSTEMES HETEROGENES
Entry into regional phase04.02.1999National basic fee paid 
04.02.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
04.02.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.02.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
04.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/18]
17.07.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.01.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.08.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.11.2003Fee for grant paid
17.11.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.10.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2005/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
12.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
12.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
14.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI28.01.2004
NL28.01.2004
SE28.04.2004
ES09.05.2004
[2006/12]
Former [2004/46]FI28.01.2004
SE28.04.2004
ES09.05.2004
Former [2004/40]FI28.01.2004
SE28.04.2004
Cited inInternational search[A]US3886522  (BARTON ROBERT S, et al)[A] 1,11,17;
 [A]EP0381645  (IBM [US]) [A] 1,11,17 * abstract *;
 [A]  - NEUFELD G ET AL, "AN OVERVIEW OF ASN.1", COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS, (19920201), vol. 23, no. 5, pages 393 - 415, XP000249379 [A] 1,11,17 * abstract * * page 404, line 9 - page 409, line 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-7552(92)90014-H
 [A]  - CHAPPELL D, "A TUTORIAL ON ABSTRACT SYNTAX NOTATION ONE (ASN.1)", OPEN SYSTEMS DATA TRANSFER, (19861201), vol. 25, pages 1 - 13, XP000564222 [A] 1,11,17 * page 9, line 19 - page 13, line 22 *
Examination   - ORB 2.0 RFP Submission, OMG TC Document 94.9.32, published 1994
    - Instant CORBA, by Robert Orfali et. al., Wiley Computer Publishing, published 1997, pp. 85-91
    - Inside CORBA, by Thomas J. Mowbray et. al., Addison Wesley, published 1997, pp. 62-64, 72-75
    - The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification, Revision 1.2, Draft 29, OMG Document 93.xx.y (93.12.43), publ. 1993/94
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