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EP0978829
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| EP0978829 - NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MEMORY HEAD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.05.2008 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 16.05.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 18.06.2008 [2008/25] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Seiko Instruments Inc. 8 Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2007/28] | For all designated states SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 8 Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | ||
| Former [2000/06] | For all designated states Seiko Instruments Inc. 8 Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KASAMA, Nobuyuki, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 02 /
MITSUOKA, Yasuyuki, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 03 /
CHIBA, Norio, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 04 /
NIWA, Takashi, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 05 /
NAKAJIMA, Kunio, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 06 /
OUMI, Manabu, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 07 /
KATO, Kenji, Seiko Instruments Inc. 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | 08 /
SHINOGI, Masataka, Seiko Instruments R & D Center Inc., 8, Nakase 1-chome, Mihama-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8507 / JP | [2000/06] | Representative(s) | Watkin, Timothy Lawrence Harvey, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London, EC2V 8AS / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/06] | Watkin, Timothy Lawrence Harvey, et al Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway London, WC2B 6HP / GB | Application number, filing date | 99905268.1 | 22.02.1999 | [2000/06] | WO1999JP00781 | Priority number, date | JP19980043715 | 25.02.1998 Original published format: JP 4371598 | JP19980043718 | 25.02.1998 Original published format: JP 4371898 | JP19990004548 | 11.01.1999 Original published format: JP 454899 | JP19990006802 | 13.01.1999 Original published format: JP 680299 | [2000/06] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9944198 | Date: | 02.09.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0978829 | Date: | 09.02.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/06] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0978829 | Date: | 11.07.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/28] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 02.09.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 13.12.2000 | Classification | IPC: | G11B7/135 | [2000/06] | CPC: |
G11B7/122 (EP,US);
G11B7/12 (EP,US);
G11B7/124 (EP,US);
G11B7/1387 (EP,US);
G11B7/22 (EP,US);
B82Y10/00 (EP,US);
Y10S977/862 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2000/06] | Title | German: | OPTISCHER NAHFELDKOPF FÜR SPEICHER | [2000/06] | English: | NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MEMORY HEAD | [2000/06] | French: | TETE DE MEMOIRE OPTIQUE DANS LE CHAMP PROCHE | [2000/06] | Entry into regional phase | 14.10.1999 | Translation filed | 28.10.1999 | National basic fee paid | 28.10.1999 | Search fee paid | 28.10.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 28.10.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 28.10.1999 | Examination requested [2000/06] | 25.05.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.09.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.02.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.05.2006 | Fee for grant paid | 09.05.2006 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 29.12.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 30.01.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | Divisional application(s) | EP06006226.2 / EP1684275 | Opposition(s) | 14.04.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/25] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 15.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 14.02.2007 | 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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]WO9503561 (BRITISH TECH GROUP [GB], et al) [A] 1-17 * page 4, line 27 - page 5, line 35 * * page 10, line 11 - page 11, line 3 * * page 21, line 20 - page 23, line 22 * * figures 14-17 *; | [A]EP0797117 (SEIKO INSTR INC [JP]) [A] 1-17 * column 1, line 5 - line 14 * * column 2, line 48 - column 4, line 32 * * column 5, line 38 - column 6, line 22 * * figures 1,2,6,7 *; | [A]US4725727 (HARDER CHRISTOPH S [CH], et al) [A] 1-17 * column 2, line 40 - column 3, line 61 *; | [A]EP0535611 (FUJIHIRA MASAMICHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-17 * abstract * * column 6, line 18 - line 54 * * figure 5 *; | [A]US5354985 (QUATE CALVIN F [US]) [A] 1-17 * column 2, line 66 - column 5, line 34 *; | [A]JPH09269329 ; | [E]US6046972 (KURODA RYO [JP], et al) [E] 1-17; | [DA]US5294790 (OHTA YOSHINORI [JP], et al) [DA] 1-17 * column 7, line 7 - line 54; figure 9 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980130), vol. 1998, no. 02, & JP09269329 A 19971014 (CANON INC) [A] 1-17 * abstract * | International search | [A]JPH09231608 (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP); | [A]JPH08106646 (SEIKO INSTR INC) |