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EP0124580 - FINE AND COARSE SERVO SYSTEM FOR ACCESS AND TRACKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.02.1992
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.1992No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 25.03.1992 [1992/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS II
2270 South 88th Street Louisville
Colorado 80028 / US
[N/P]
Former [1984/46]For all designated states
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS II
2270 South 88th Street
Louisville Colorado 80028 / US
Inventor(s)01 / STAHL, Karl, John
4769 Tanglewood Trail
Boulder, CO 80301 / US
02 / JOHNSON, Albin, Kenneth
10639 N. 65th Street
Longmont, CO 80501 / US
03 / REDDERSEN, Brad, Rawson
3236 W. 11th Avenue Ct.
Broomfield, CO 80020 / US
04 / MUCKLE, Alexander, Montgomery
3625 Endicott Drive
Boulder, CO 80303 / US
[1984/46]
Representative(s)Uexküll & Stolberg
Partnerschaft von
Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [1984/46]UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
D-22607 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date83903682.913.10.1983
[1984/46]
WO1983US01614
Priority number, dateUS1982043813301.11.1982         Original published format: US 438133
[1984/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8401849
Date:10.05.1984
[1984/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0124580
Date:14.11.1984
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.05.1984 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1984/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0124580
Date:03.04.1991
Language:EN
[1991/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.08.1986
ClassificationIPC:G11B21/08
[1984/46]
CPC:
G11B7/08505 (EP); G11B7/0903 (EP)
Designated contracting statesFR,   GB [1984/46]
TitleGerman:FEINE UND GROBE SERVOSCHLEIFE ZUM ZUGRIFF UND SPURENNACHSTEUERN AUF EINER OPTISCHEN PLATTE[1984/46]
English:FINE AND COARSE SERVO SYSTEM FOR ACCESS AND TRACKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK[1984/46]
French:SYSTEME D'ASSERVISSEMENT PRECIS ET GROSSIER POUR L'ACCES ET LE SUIVI DE PISTE D'UN DISQUE OPTIQUE[1984/46]
Entry into regional phase15.06.1984National basic fee paid 
15.06.1984Search fee paid 
15.06.1984Designation fee(s) paid 
24.10.1984Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.10.1984Examination requested  [1985/01]
11.04.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.10.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.11.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.05.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.06.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.11.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.12.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.04.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.06.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.09.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.12.1990Fee for grant paid
20.12.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.01.1992No opposition filed within time limit [1992/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.10.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
16.10.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
24.10.1987Renewal fee patent year 05
15.10.1988Renewal fee patent year 06
17.01.1990Renewal fee patent year 07
21.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 08
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.10.198907   M06   Fee paid on   17.01.1990
31.10.199008   M06   Fee paid on   21.12.1990
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Documents cited:Search[YP]JP57130240  ;
 [Y]JP5379335  ;
 [XP]JP5860439  ;
 [Y]GB1516285  ;
 [A]DE2033557  ;
 [A]US4198701  ;
 [YD]FR2366636  ;
 [Y]FR2217761  ;
 [Y]EP0019379  ;
 [A]GB2016747
 [YP]  - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 6, no. 229 (P-155)[1107], 16th November 1982; & JP - A - 57 130 240 (OLYMPUS KOGAKU KOGYO K.K.) 22-08-1982, & JP57130240 A 00000000
 [Y]  - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 2, no. 113, 20th September 1978, page 6347E78; & JP - A - 53 79 335 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.) 13-07-1978, & JP5379335 A 00000000
 [XP]  - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 150 (P-207)[1295], 30th June 1983; & JP - A - 58 60 439 (NIHON KOUGAKU KOGKYO K.K.) 09-04-1983, & JP5860439 A 00000000
International search[X]US4094010  ;
 [Y]US3657707  ;
 [Y]US4123147
ExaminationJP5379335
 JP5860439
 JPS57130240
    - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 2, no. 113, 20th September 1978, page 6347E78; & JP - A - 53 79 335 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.) 13-07-1978, & JP5379335 A 00000000
    - PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 150 (P-207)[1295], 30th June 1983; & JP - A - 58 60 439 (NIHON KOUGAKU KOGKYO K.K.) 09-04-1983, & JP5860439 A 00000000
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