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EP0942375 - Adapter device with a local memory and method for processor emulation [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.03.2004
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 23.04.2008  [2008/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STMicroelectronics Limited
1000 Aztec West Almondsbury
Bristol BS32 4SQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/37]For all designated states
STMicroelectronics Limited
1000 Aztec West
Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4SQ / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Edwards, David Alan
6 Pro Cathedral Lane
Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LB / GB
[1999/37]
Representative(s)Slingsby, Philip Roy, et al
Page White & Farrer
Bedford House
John Street
London, WC1N 2BF / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/37]Slingsby, Philip Roy, et al
Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LS / GB
Application number, filing date99301877.911.03.1999
[1999/37]
Priority number, dateGB1998000547913.03.1998         Original published format: GB 9805479
[1999/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0942375
Date:15.09.1999
Language:EN
[1999/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0942375
Date:21.05.2003
Language:EN
[2003/21]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.06.1999
ClassificationIPC:G06F11/00
[1999/37]
CPC:
G06F11/3656 (EP,US); G06F11/261 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2000/21]
Former [1999/37]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Adaptervorrichtung mit einem lokalen Speicher und Verfahren zur Emulation eines Prozessors[1999/37]
English:Adapter device with a local memory and method for processor emulation[1999/37]
French:Dispositif d'adaptation avec une mémoire locale et méthode d'émulation d'un processeur[1999/37]
Examination procedure23.02.2000Examination requested  [2000/16]
14.12.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.06.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.12.2002Fee for grant paid
09.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.02.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
22.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
11.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT21.05.2003
DE22.08.2003
[2008/17]
Former [2004/23]DE22.08.2003
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 [A]  - BECKERS F, "UMSTIEG AUF IDT'S R3041 RISC-PROZESSOREN", F & M FEINWERKTECHNIK MIKROTECHNIK MIKROELEKTRONIK, (19960501), vol. 104, no. 5, page 344/345, XP000592216 [A] 1-28 * page 344, column R, line 5 - page 345, column L, line 45; figure 2 *
 [A]  - LAWDAY G, "FULLY BUFFERED REAL-TIME ICE FOR MULTIPROCESSING", ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, (19910201), vol. 63, no. 770, page 67, 69, 71, XP000208113 [A] 1-28 * page 67, column L, line 39 - page 68, column L, line 25; figure 1 *
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