Deutsch English Français

Contact

EP1218882

European procedure

Quick help

Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...

News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP1218882

EP1218882 - LAUNCH KEY, LOW POWER CD-ROM PLAYER FOR PORTABLE COMPUTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 26.11.2010 Database last updated on 22.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	26.11.2010	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 29.12.2010 [2010/52]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states O2 Micro International Limited P.O. Box 1794 GT Grand Cayman / KY
	[2002/27]
Inventor(s)	01 / CHAN, Reginia 1548 Plateau Avenue Los Altos, CA 94024 / US
	02 / DU, Sterling 895 Llima Court Palo Alto, CA 94123 / US
	[2002/27]
Representative(s)	Lippert Stachow Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Postfach 30 02 08 51412 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2005/52]	Lippert, Stachow & Partner Patentanwälte Postfach 30 02 08 51412 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Former [2002/27]	Kierdorf, Theodor, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwälte Lippert, Stachow, Schmidt & Partner Frankenforster Strasse 135-137 51427 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Application number, filing date	00957694.3	22.08.2000
	[2002/27]
	WO2000US23103
Priority number, date	US19990150516P	24.08.1999 Original published format: US 150516 P
	[2002/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0115159
	Date:	01.03.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1218882
	Date:	03.07.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.03.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/27]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	01.03.2001
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.06.2009
Classification	IPC:	G11B17/22	[2002/27]
	CPC:	G06F1/165 (EP,US); G06F1/1613 (EP,US); G06F1/26 (EP,US); G06F1/3203 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/27]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	CD-ROM SPIELER MIT STARTTASTE UND NIEDRIGEM STROMVERBRAUCH FÜR TRAGBARE RECHNER	[2002/27]
	English:	LAUNCH KEY, LOW POWER CD-ROM PLAYER FOR PORTABLE COMPUTERS	[2002/27]
	French:	LECTEUR DE CD-ROM A TOUCHE DE LANCEMENT A FAIBLE CONSOMMATION D'ENERGIE POUR ORDINATEURS PORTABLES	[2002/27]
Entry into regional phase	26.02.2002	National basic fee paid
	26.02.2002	Search fee paid
	26.02.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.02.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.03.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	26.02.2002	Examination requested [2002/27]
	22.02.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.07.2010	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2010/52]
	10.08.2010	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2010/52]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.08.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	19.08.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.08.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
	25.08.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.08.2009	Renewal fee patent year 10
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.08.2010	11 M06 Not yet paid
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	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	[X]EP0910015 (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1,3-5,7-9,11,12 * paragraphs [0001] - [0120]; figures 1-10 *;
		[X]US5900875 (HAITANI ROBERT YUJI [US], et al) [X] 1,3-5,7-9,11,12 * column 1, line 5 - column 6, line 42; figures 1-5 *;
		[X]JPH09101848 (HITACHI LTD) [X] 1,3-5,7-9,11 * abstract *;
		[PX]US6006285 (JACOBS WILLIAM E [US], et al) [PX] 1,3-5,7-9,11 * column 1, line 24 - column 9, line 12; figures 1-6 *;
		[A]EP0679983 (IBM [US]) [A] 1,9 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5890004 (POISNER DAVID I [US]) [A] 1,9 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5898859 (KARDACH JAMES P [US], et al) [A] 3 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5646508 (VAN PHUOC DUONG [DE], et al) [A] 3 * the whole document *;
		[PA]EP1001331 (O2MICRO INT LTD [KY]) [PA] 3 * the whole document *;
		[A]CN1208896 (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [A] 5,11 * the whole document *;
		US6185690 [ ] (CHO JONG-IL [KR]) [ ] * the whole document *;
		[A]EP0810510 (HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]) [A] 5,11 * the whole document *;
		[A]JPS58129520 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 7 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]US5910933 (MOORE ROBERT [US]);
		[Y]US5548777 (WOO TAE-JIN [KR]);
		[Y]US5796705 (KIM YONG JUN [KR]);
		[Y]US5870355 (FUJIHARA SHINOBU [JP]);
		[Y]US5671368 (CHAN REGINIA K [US], et al);
		[YE]US6125417 (BAILIS ROBERT THOMAS [US], et al);
		[YP]US6047380 (NOLAN JAMES [US], et al);
		[Y]US5903764 (SHYR YOU-YUH [US], et al);
		[Y]US5619402 (LIU KWANG H [US])

The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.

Legal notice
Terms of use
24.1.24; 35p