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EP0118178 - Offset balancing method and apparatus for a DC amplifier [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.01.1988
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip25.01.1988No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 16.03.1988 [1988/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TEKTRONIX, INC.
Tektronix Industrial Park D/S Y3-121 4900 S.W. Griffith Drive P.O. Box 500 Beaverton
Oregon 97077 / US
[N/P]
Former [1984/37]For all designated states
TEKTRONIX, INC.
Tektronix Industrial Park D/S Y3-121 4900 S.W. Griffith Drive P.O. Box 500
Beaverton Oregon 97077 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Bristol, Lloyd Rodney
9580 S.W. O'Mara
Tigard Oregon 97223 / US
[1984/37]
Representative(s)Wright, Peter David John, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
[1984/37]
Application number, filing date84300414.424.01.1984
[1984/37]
Priority number, dateUS1983046428407.02.1983         Original published format: US 464284
[1984/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0118178
Date:12.09.1984
Language:EN
[1984/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0118178
Date:25.03.1987
Language:EN
[1987/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.06.1984
ClassificationIPC:H03F3/45, H03F1/30
[1984/37]
CPC:
H03G1/0023 (EP,US); H03F1/304 (EP,US); H03F3/45103 (EP,US);
H03F3/45618 (EP,US); H03F3/45623 (EP,US); H03F3/45977 (EP,US);
H03G1/0035 (EP,US); H03F2203/45318 (EP,US); H03F2203/45702 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1984/37]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Anordnung zum Beseitigen der Nullpunktdrift eines Gleichstromverstärkers[1984/37]
English:Offset balancing method and apparatus for a DC amplifier[1984/37]
French:Procédé et dispositif pour compenser le décalage de zéro dans un amplificateur à courant continu[1984/37]
Examination procedure02.11.1984Examination requested  [1985/03]
06.11.1985Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.03.1986Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.1986Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
29.07.1986Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.10.1986Fee for grant paid
01.10.1986Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.12.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1988/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.12.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
19.12.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]   REVIEW SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, vol. 50, no. 7, July 1979 B. BROERSEN et al. "Differential automatic zero-adjusting amplifier", pages 897-899 [A]
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