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EP0116591 - MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR HANDLING INTERPROCESSOR CALLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1984/35]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING INTERPROCESSOR CALLS IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM
[1987/30]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.06.1988
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.06.1988No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 03.08.1988 [1988/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, NY 10038 / US
[1984/35]
Inventor(s)01 / DeBRULER, Dennis, L.
4720 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515 / US
[1984/35]
Representative(s)Weitzel, David Stanley, et al
Western Electric Company Limited Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1984/35]Weitzel, David Stanley, et al
Western Electric Company Limited 5, Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date83902652.328.03.1983
[1984/35]
WO1983US00435
Priority number, dateUS1982041189926.08.1982         Original published format: US 411899
[1984/35]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8401043
Date:15.03.1984
[1984/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0116591
Date:29.08.1984
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.03.1984 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1984/35]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0116591
Date:22.07.1987
Language:EN
[1987/30]
Search report(s)
ClassificationIPC:G06F15/16, G06F9/46
[1984/35]
CPC:
G06F12/0284 (EP,US); G06F12/0292 (EP,US); G06F15/161 (EP,US);
G06F15/173 (EP,US); G06F9/544 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   NL,   SE [1984/35]
TitleGerman:MULTIPROZESSORSYSTEM ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ANRUFEN ZWISCHEN PROZESSOREN[1987/30]
English:MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR HANDLING INTERPROCESSOR CALLS[1987/30]
French:SYSTEME A MULTIPROCESSEURS PERMETTANT D'ASSURER L'ECOULEMENT DU TRAFIC D'APPEL ENTRE PROCESSEURS[1987/30]
Former [1984/35]VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ANRUFEN ZWISCHEN PROZESSOREN IN EINEM MULTIPROZESSORSYSTEM
Former [1984/35]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING INTERPROCESSOR CALLS IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM
Former [1984/35]PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT D'ASSURER L'ECOULEMENT DU TRAFIC D'APPEL ENTRE PROCESSEURS DANS UN SYSTEME A MULTIPROCESSEURS
Entry into regional phase18.04.1984National basic fee paid 
18.04.1984Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.1984Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.08.1984Examination requested  [1984/43]
13.08.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.12.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.02.1986Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.06.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.10.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
26.01.1987Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.04.1987Fee for grant paid
02.04.1987Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.04.1988No opposition filed within time limit [1988/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
26.03.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
16.03.1987Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[Y]US3643227  (SMITH WILLIAM R, et al);
 [Y]GB1170587  (GEN ELECTRIC [US])
 [Y]  - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 5, October 1979 (New York, US) LAKE et al.: "Loosely Coupled Multiprocess Model Applied to a line Switching Architecture", pages 1918-1923, see page 1918, lines 1,2, 10-20; the figure; page 1919, lines 1,2,11-16; page 1921, lines 1-4, 12-22
 [Y]  - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, July 1981 (New York, US) LORIE et al.: "Multiprocessor System for Executing Concurrent Sequential Processes with Shared Variables", pages 1019-1020, see page 1019; page 1020, lines 1-16
 [A]  - American Federation of Information Processing Society Proceedings of the National Computer Conference; Dallas, 13-16 June 1977, A.F.I.P.S. Joint Computer Conference. 1977, Vol. 46 (Montvale, US) SWAN et al.: "The Implementation of the Cm Multi-Microprocessor", pages 645-655
Examination   - Giloi, "Rechnerarchitektur", 1981, pp. 282-286, 308-320, 328-329
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