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EP0077451 - Storage subsystem including a bypassable cache [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.03.1989
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip22.04.1989Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 07.06.1989 [1989/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1983/17]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Duke, Alan Herschel
9050 E Saddleback Drive
Tucson, AZ 85715 / US
02 / Hartung, Michael Howard
3865 N Tanuri Drive
Tucson, AZ 85712 / US
03 / Marschner, Frederick James
1341 N Sunspot Place
Tucson, AZ 85715 / US
04 / Nolan, Kenneth Patrick
1704 Pine Street
Boulder Colorado 80302 / US
[1983/17]
Representative(s)Grant, Iain Murray
IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester
Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
[N/P]
Former [1983/17]Grant, Iain Murray
IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park
Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Application number, filing date82107802.925.08.1982
[1983/17]
Priority number, dateUS1981031157015.10.1981         Original published format: US 311570
[1983/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0077451
Date:27.04.1983
Language:EN
[1983/17]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0077451
Date:19.03.1986
Language:EN
[1986/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0077451
Date:08.06.1988
Language:EN
[1988/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.01.1986
ClassificationIPC:G06F13/00, G06F12/08
[1988/23]
CPC:
G06F12/0866 (EP,US); G06F12/0888 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1986/09]G06F13/00, G11C9/06
Former IPC [1983/17]G06F13/00
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1983/17]
TitleGerman:Speicher-Subsystem mit einem überbrückbaren Cache-Speicher[1983/17]
English:Storage subsystem including a bypassable cache[1983/17]
French:Sous-système de mémoire à antémémoire court-circuitable[1983/17]
Examination procedure23.08.1983Examination requested  [1983/43]
27.01.1987Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.07.1987Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.09.1987Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.12.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.01.1988Fee for grant paid
12.01.1988Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.03.1989No opposition filed within time limit [1989/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.08.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.1985Renewal fee patent year 04
19.08.1986Renewal fee patent year 05
21.08.1987Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE30.06.1988
[1989/23]
Documents cited:Search[A]   PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMP-CON FALL 80: DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING, 23rd-25th September 1980, Twenty-first IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Washington, D.C., pages 412-416, New York, US; T.TOKUNAGA et al.: "Integrated disk cache system with file adaptive control" [A]
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