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EP0078389 - Bus contention resolution in data processing apparatus having multiple independant users [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.04.1987
Database last updated on 30.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip08.12.1987Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 27.01.1988 [1988/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1983/19]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Grice, Donald George
R. D. 6, Box 46E
Kingston New York 12401 / US
02 / Howley, Frank Edward
7 Homer Place
Poughkeepsie New York 12603 / US
[1983/19]
Representative(s)Grant, Iain Murray
IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester
Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
[N/P]
Former [1983/19]Grant, Iain Murray
IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park
Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Application number, filing date82108526.316.09.1982
[1983/19]
Priority number, dateUS1981031782403.11.1981         Original published format: US 317824
[1983/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0078389
Date:11.05.1983
Language:EN
[1983/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0078389
Date:28.05.1986
Language:EN
[1986/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.03.1983
ClassificationIPC:G06F13/36
[1986/22]
CPC:
G06F13/374 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1983/19]G06F3/04
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1983/19]
TitleGerman:Buskonkurrenzbetriebs-Auflösung in einer Datenverarbeitungsanlage mit mehreren unabhängigen Benutzern[1983/19]
English:Bus contention resolution in data processing apparatus having multiple independant users[1983/19]
French:Résolution de contention pour bus dans un dispositif de processeur de données avec utilisateurs indépendants multiples[1986/22]
Former [1983/19]Résolution de contention pour bus dans un dispositif de processeur de données avec multiples utilisateurs indépendants
Examination procedure15.09.1983Examination requested  [1983/47]
06.07.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.12.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.01.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.03.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.08.1985Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
18.11.1985Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.11.1985Fee for grant paid
26.11.1985Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.03.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1987/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.09.1984Renewal fee patent year 03
20.09.1985Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE28.05.1986
[1988/04]
Documents cited:Search[A]   WESCON CONF. RECORD., 18th-20th September 1979, pages 1-6, San Francisco (USA); [A]
Examination  Fall joint computer conference, 1972, pp. 719-740 [A]
   IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. C-21, no. 1, Jan. 1972, pp. 37-42
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