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EP About this file: EP0163690

EP0163690 - COLOR AND POSITIONALLY CODED PERMUTATIVE ONE-HANDED KEYBOARD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.03.1991
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.2006Change - lapse in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR		published on 05.04.2006  [2006/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STONE, Philip J.
70 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 / US
[1985/50]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1985/50]
Representative(s)von Bezold, Dieter, et al
v. Bezold & Partner Patentanwälte Akademiestrasse 7
80799 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1985/50]von Bezold, Dieter, Dr., et al
Dr. Dieter von Bezold Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schütz Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Heusler Brienner Strasse 52
D-8000 München 2 / DE
Application number, filing date84904236.125.10.1984
[1985/50]
WO1984US01729
Priority number, dateUS1983054688431.10.1983         Original published format: US 546884
[1985/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8501914
Date:09.05.1985
Language:EN
[1985/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0163690
Date:11.12.1985
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1985/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0163690
Date:09.05.1990
Language:EN
[1990/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US09.05.1985
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.07.1987
ClassificationIPC:B41J5/12, B41J7/54, G05G1/00, G06C7/02
[1990/19]
CPC:
H03M11/08 (EP,US); B41J5/10 (EP,US); G06F3/0235 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1985/50]B41J5/12, B41J7/54, G08C9/00, G09G1/00, H04L15/04
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1985/50]
TitleGerman:PERMUTIERBARE FARB- UND POSITIONSKODIERTE EINHANDTASTATUR[1985/50]
English:COLOR AND POSITIONALLY CODED PERMUTATIVE ONE-HANDED KEYBOARD[1985/50]
French:CLAVIER A UNE MAIN PERMUTABLE A CODAGE DE COULEUR ET DE POSITION[1985/50]
File destroyed:15.01.2000
Entry into regional phase28.06.1985National basic fee paid 
28.06.1985Search fee paid 
28.06.1985Designation fee(s) paid 
31.10.1985Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.10.1985Examination requested  [1986/03]
28.06.1989Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.11.1989Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.02.1990Fee for grant paid
05.02.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.02.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.10.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
12.10.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
24.04.1989Renewal fee patent year 05
14.09.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.10.198805   M06   Fee paid on   24.04.1989
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR09.05.1990
NL09.05.1990
SE09.05.1990
[2006/14]
Former [1991/36]NL09.05.1990
SE09.05.1990
FR28.09.1990
Former [1991/18]NL09.05.1990
SE09.05.1990
Former [1990/50]SE09.05.1990
Documents cited:Search[X]US3927752  (JONES ROGER W, et al);
 [Y]FR2251864  (TERMIFLEX CORP [US]);
 [X]US3955074  (RODE FRANCE, et al);
 [X]DE1932271  (SCHUETZ MANFRED HERBERT HEINZ)
 [X]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 19, no. 2, July 1976, page 375, New York, US; R.D. MATHEWS: "Dual-keyboard graphics"
International search[A]US706002  (ALLEN GEORGE GILLESPIE [US]);
 [A]US1319687  ;
 [X]US3225883  (AYRES WALDEMAR A);
 [A]US3235055  (PAGENKOPF WALTER H);
 [A]US3833765  (HILBORN E, et al);
 [A]US3967273  (KNOWLTON KENNETH CHARLES);
 [X]US4042777  (BEQUAERT FRANK CHARLES, et al);
 [A]US4180337  (OTEY FLEM B III [US], et al);
 [X]US4310839  (SCHWERDT KURT R);
 [A]US4381502  (PRAME ERIC S [SE]);
 [AP]US4458238  (LEARN DALE H [US])
 [A]  - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Volume 24, No. 2, issued July 1981 (Armonk, New York), J. SVIGALS, "Interactive Complex Transactoin Keyboard and Display", see pages 1224 to 1226
Examination   - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 24, no. 2, issued July 1981 (Armonk, N.J.), J. Svigals, "Interactive Complex Transaction Keybord and Display", see pages 1221-1226
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