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EP0959459
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0959459 - A method and system for determining which of a plurality of heads in a recording device writes the widest track [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.05.2003 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.10.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BE | published on 26.11.2003 [2003/48] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/26] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | ||
| Former [1999/47] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Chainer, Timothy Joseph c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Intel. Prop. Law. Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | 02 /
Sohn, Wayne Jay c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Intel. Prop. Law. Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | 03 /
Yarmchuck, E. J. c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Intel. Prop. Law. Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [1999/47] | Representative(s) | Burt, Roger James IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/47] | Burt, Roger James, Dr. IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | Application number, filing date | 99107227.3 | 13.03.1995 | [1999/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0959459 | Date: | 24.11.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0959459 | Date: | 26.06.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/26] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.10.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G11B5/596, G11B21/10, G11B27/30 | [1999/47] | CPC: |
G11B20/1217 (EP);
G11B21/106 (EP);
G11B27/30 (EP);
G11B5/59611 (EP);
G11B2220/20 (EP);
G11B5/59633 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IE, LI, NL, SE [1999/47] | Title | German: | Verfahren und System zur Bestimmung welcher von einer Mehrzahl von Köpfen in einer Aufnahmevorrichtung die breiteste Spur schreibt | [1999/48] | English: | A method and system for determining which of a plurality of heads in a recording device writes the widest track | [1999/47] | French: | Procédé et système pour determiner quelle tête parmi plusieurs, dans un dispositif d'enregistrement, écrit avec la piste la plus grande | [1999/47] |
| Former [1999/47] | Verfahren und system zur Bestimmung welcher von einer Mehrzahl von Köpfen in einer Aufnahmevorrichtung die breiteste Spur schreibt | Examination procedure | 14.04.1999 | Examination requested [2000/36] | 30.05.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 07.09.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.09.2001 | Fee for grant paid | 24.09.2001 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP95913669.8 / EP0815556 | Opposition(s) | 27.03.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/25] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 14.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 15.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 15.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | AT | 26.06.2002 | BE | 26.06.2002 | CH | 26.06.2002 | LI | 26.06.2002 | NL | 26.06.2002 | SE | 26.09.2002 | [2003/48] |
| Former [2003/31] | AT | 26.06.2002 | |
| CH | 26.06.2002 | ||
| LI | 26.06.2002 | ||
| NL | 26.06.2002 | ||
| SE | 26.09.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/10] | AT | 26.06.2002 | |
| NL | 26.06.2002 | ||
| SE | 26.09.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/09] | NL | 26.06.2002 | |
| SE | 26.09.2002 | ||
| Former [2002/49] | SE | 26.09.2002 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]GB2280302 (HITACHI) [A] 1-4 * page 9, line 17 - page 21, line 1; figure - *; | [A]EP0546227 (IBM) [A] 1,3 * page 4, column 5, line 50 - page 6, column 10, line 31; figure - *; | [A]EP0565854 (HP) [A] 1,3 * page 3, column 19, line 5 - page 19, column - *; | [A]WO9411864 (HARDISK TECH) [A] 1,3 * page 8, line 11 - page 20, line 21; figure - *; | [A]JPH03187012 ; | [A]JPH0266718 | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19911113), vol. 15, no. 446, Database accession no. (P - 1274), & JP03187012 A 19910815 (NEC) [A] 1,3 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19900530), vol. 14, no. 253, Database accession no. (P - 1054), & JP02066718 A 19900306 (TOSHIBA) [A] 1,3 * abstract * |