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EP About this file: EP0042000

EP0042000 - CACHE MEMORY IN WHICH THE DATA BLOCK SIZE IS VARIABLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.12.1988
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.12.1988No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.02.1989 [1989/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NCR CORPORATION
World Headquarters
Dayton, Ohio 45479 / US
[1981/51]
Inventor(s)01 / SCHMIDT, Carson Thomas
12968 Ilene Street
Poway, CA 92064 / US
[1981/51]
Representative(s)Robinson, Robert George
International Intellectual Property Department, NCR Limited, 206 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6LY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1981/51]Robinson, Robert George
International Patent Department NCR Limited 206 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6LY / GB
Application number, filing date81900188.410.12.1980
[1981/51]
WO1980US01666
Priority number, dateUS1979010518619.12.1979         Original published format: US 105186
[1981/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8101894
Date:09.07.1981
[1981/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0042000
Date:23.12.1981
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.07.1981 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1981/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0042000
Date:24.02.1988
Language:EN
[1988/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.02.1985
ClassificationIPC:G06F12/08
[1988/08]
CPC:
G06F12/0864 (EP,US); G06F2212/601 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1981/51]G06F13/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1981/51]
TitleGerman:PUFFERSPEICHER MIT VERÄNDERLICHER DATENBLOCKLÄNGE[1981/51]
English:CACHE MEMORY IN WHICH THE DATA BLOCK SIZE IS VARIABLE[1981/51]
French:ANTEMEMOIRE DANS LAQUELLE LA DIMENSION DU BLOC DE DONNEES EST VARIABLE[1981/51]
Entry into regional phase10.08.1981National basic fee paid 
10.08.1981Search fee paid 
10.08.1981Designation fee(s) paid 
19.10.1981Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.10.1981Examination requested  [1981/51]
17.10.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.01.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.09.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.01.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.06.1987Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
13.07.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.07.1987Fee for grant paid
24.07.1987Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.11.1988No opposition filed within time limit [1989/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.12.1982Renewal fee patent year 03
05.12.1983Renewal fee patent year 04
12.12.1984Renewal fee patent year 05
06.12.1985Renewal fee patent year 06
05.12.1986Renewal fee patent year 07
10.12.1987Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[X]US3840863  (FUQUA R, et al);
 [Y]US4095269  (KAWABE SHUN, et al);
 [A]US3820078  (FRANKLIN B, et al)
 [A]  - COMPUTER DESIGN, vol. 10, no. 1, January 1971, CONCORD (US), A. WEINBERGER: "The hybrid associative memory concept", pages 77-85.
 [A]  - ELECTRONIQUE ET MICROELECTRONIQUE INDUSTRIELLES, no. 151, 15th February 1972, PARIS (FR), "Générateur de 4 mots de longueur variable", page 24.
 [A]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 22, no. 5, October 1979, NEW YORK (US), A.L. BERGEY et al.: "Verification of automatic data transfer", pages 2092-2093.
International search[X]US3764996  (ROSS R);
 [X]US4161024  (JOYCE THOMAS F, et al)
 [X]  - FLORES, Computer Organization, 1969 Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Chapter 9, pages 228-237
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