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EP0241678
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0241678 - Method for self-configuring terminals in a data processing system [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.09.1994 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.03.1997 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 23.04.1997 [1997/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1987/43] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation Old Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hugues, David Robert 4101 Weaver Drive Raleigh NC 27612 / US | 02 /
Posey, Hollis Phillip 920 Carnoustie Circle Cary-NC 27511 / US | [1987/43] | Representative(s) | Bonneau, Gérard Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Intellectuelle 06610 La Gaude / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [1987/43] | Bonneau, Gérard Compagnie IBM France Département de Propriété Intellectuelle F-06610 La Gaude / FR | Application number, filing date | 87102618.3 | 24.02.1987 | [1987/43] | Priority number, date | US19860849641 | 09.04.1986 Original published format: US 849641 | [1987/43] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0241678 | Date: | 21.10.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/43] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0241678 | Date: | 02.05.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0241678 | Date: | 24.11.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/47] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.03.1990 | Classification | IPC: | G06F15/16, G06F13/10 | [1987/43] | CPC: |
G06F9/4411 (EP,US);
G06F13/10 (EP,US);
G06F15/177 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1987/43] | Title | German: | Verfahren zur Selbstkonfigurierung von Endgeräten in einem Datenverarbeitungssystem | [1987/43] | English: | Method for self-configuring terminals in a data processing system | [1987/43] | French: | Méthode pour l'autoconfiguration de terminaux dans un système de traitement de données | [1987/43] | Examination procedure | 24.02.1988 | Examination requested [1988/16] | 13.02.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 05.08.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.02.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 28.05.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.07.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 12.07.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 25.08.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/46] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.02.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.02.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.01.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.02.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 18.02.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [A] JP57211629 | [A] IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 27, no. 5, October 1984, page 2853; J.K. FITZGERALD et al.: "Flexible configuration aid for a remote workstation controller" | [A] IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 28, no. 5, October 1985, pages 1920-1922: "Fast IPL via save/restore process" [A] | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 67 (P-184)[1212], 19 March 1983; & JP-A-57 211 629 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO) [A] |