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EP0867873 - Optical recording medium [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1998/40]	Optical recording medium and optical disk apparatus
	[2007/51]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.03.2009 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	20.03.2009	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 22.04.2009 [2009/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2008/20]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP
Former [1998/40]	For all designated states SONY CORPORATION 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Kashigawi, Toshiyuki c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP
	02 / Kawakubo, Osamu c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP
	03 / Nakaoki, Ariyoshi c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP
	04 / Kaneko, Masahiko c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP
	[1998/40]
Representative(s)	Müller, Frithjof E. Müller Hoffmann & Partner Patentanwälte Innere Wiener Strasse 17 81667 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1998/40]	Müller, Frithjof E., Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte MÜLLER & HOFFMANN, Innere Wiener Strasse 17 81667 München / DE
Application number, filing date	98105116.2	20.03.1998
	[1998/40]
Priority number, date	JP19970072439	25.03.1997 Original published format: JP 7243997
	JP19970185130	10.07.1997 Original published format: JP 18513097
	[1998/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0867873
	Date:	30.09.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/40]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0867873
	Date:	13.01.1999
	[1999/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0867873
	Date:	14.05.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/20]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.11.1998
Classification	IPC:	G11B7/007, G11B7/013, G11B7/24, // G11B7/135	[2007/51]
	CPC:	G11B7/24038 (EP,US); G11B7/24067 (KR); G11B7/1374 (EP,US); G11B7/24 (EP,US); G11B7/24053 (KR); G11B7/2533 (KR); (+) G11B7/2585 (KR); G11B7/26 (EP,US); G11B7/263 (EP,KR,US); G11B2007/0133 (KR); G11B2007/13727 (EP,US); G11B2220/232 (KR); G11B2220/235 (KR); G11B2220/2525 (KR); G11B2220/2537 (KR); G11B7/007 (EP,US); G11B7/00718 (EP,US); G11B7/24085 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1998/40]	G11B7/24, G11B7/135, // G11B7/007
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [1999/38]
Former [1998/40]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	Optisches Aufzeichnungsmedium	[2007/51]
	English:	Optical recording medium	[2007/51]
	French:	Support d'enregistrement optique	[2007/51]
	Former [1998/40]	Optisches Aufzeichnungsmedium und optisches Plattengerät
	Former [1998/40]	Optical recording medium and optical disk apparatus
	Former [1998/40]	Support d'enregistrement optique et appareil de disque optique
Examination procedure	15.06.1999	Examination requested [1999/32]
	09.12.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.04.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.09.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.02.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.08.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.11.2007	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.03.2008	Fee for grant paid
	26.03.2008	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	17.02.2009	No opposition filed within time limit [2009/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.03.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	09.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	14.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]JPH0397134 ;
		[Y]JPH02158932 ;
		[DA]JPH03225650 ;
		[A]US4175145 (FECHTER HENRY G [US]) [A] 8 * column 2, paragraph 1 - paragraph 2 *;
		[Y]US4957776 (HIGUCHI MASAHIRO [JP], et al) [Y] 19 * the whole document *;
		[A]EP0473785 (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1,25 * the whole document *;
		[Y]EP0518213 (MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS [JP]) [Y] 22 * page 6, line 48 - line 52 *;
		[Y]DE19542022 (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [Y] 21 * the whole document *;
		[Y]US5530641 (KANEHIRA JUN [JP]) [Y] 8 * column 1, line 57 - line 61 *;
		[Y]EP0729141 (SONY CORP [JP], et al) [Y] 9-15 * the whole document *;
		[Y]EP0751508 (IBM [US]) [Y] 6 * page 5, line 29 - line 31 *;
		[YA]EP0762405 (SONY CORP [JP]) [Y] 16-18 * the whole document * [A] 1;
		[XY] - YAMAMOTO, K ET AL, "0.8-NA two element objective lens for the optical disk", JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS., TOKYO JP, (199701), vol. 36, no. 1b, pages 456 - 459, XP002084439 [X] 1,25-28 * the whole document * [Y] 2,6,8-19,21-23 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.36.456
		[YA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19910717), vol. 015, no. 281, Database accession no. (P - 1228), & JP03097134 A 19910423 (SONY CORP) [Y] 2 * abstract * [A] 1,25
		[Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19900905), vol. 014, no. 409, Database accession no. (P - 1101), & JP02158932 A 19900619 (TOSHIBA CORP) [Y] 23 * abstract *
		[DA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920107), vol. 16, no. 003, Database accession no. (P - 1294), & JP03225650 A 00000000 [DA] * abstract *
		[A] - MARCHANT, ALAN B, "Cover sheet aberrations in optical recording", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, Arlington, Virginia, US, (19830608), vol. 421, pages 43 - 49, XP002084440
		[A] - MARCHANT, A, Optical Recording, READING, US, ADDISON WESLEY, (1992), XP002084441 [A] * page 125 - page 131 *

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