EP0327636 - IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MAGNETO-OPTICAL RECORDING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.11.1994 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 146 Main Street Maynard, MA 01754 / US | [1989/33] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LEE, Neville, K., S. 7 Larkspur Lane Medfield, MA 02052 / US | 02 /
HOWARD, James 32 Everett Street Natick, MA 01760 / US | [1989/33] | Representative(s) | Goodman, Christopher, et al Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1989/33] | Goodman, Christopher, et al Eric Potter & Clarkson St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham NG1 1LE / GB | Application number, filing date | 88907897.8 | 08.08.1988 | [1989/33] | WO1988US02710 | Priority number, date | US19870084577 | 12.08.1987 Original published format: US 84577 | [1989/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8901688 | Date: | 23.02.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0327636 | Date: | 16.08.1989 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.02.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1989/33] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0327636 | Date: | 29.12.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/52] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.02.1989 | Classification | IPC: | G11B11/10 | [1989/33] | CPC: |
G11B11/10532 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1989/33] | Title | German: | MAGNETO-OPTISCHES AUFNAHMEGERÄT | [1989/33] | English: | IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MAGNETO-OPTICAL RECORDING | [1989/33] | French: | APPAREIL AMELIORE D'ENREGISTREMENT MAGNETO-OPTIQUE | [1989/33] | File destroyed: | 15.01.2000 | Entry into regional phase | 07.04.1989 | National basic fee paid | 07.04.1989 | Designation fee(s) paid | 07.04.1989 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.04.1989 | Examination requested [1989/33] | 10.07.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 10.01.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.07.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.10.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.11.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 06.01.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.03.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 25.06.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.09.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 03.09.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 30.09.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/51] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.08.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.07.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 17.07.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.07.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | DE | 29.12.1993 | FR | 29.12.1993 | IT | 29.12.1993 | NL | 29.12.1993 | GB | 08.08.1994 | [2006/14] |
Former [1999/42] | DE | 29.12.1993 | |
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FR | 20.05.1994 | ||
GB | 08.08.1994 | ||
Former [1995/37] | DE | 29.12.1993 | |
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GB | 08.08.1994 | ||
Former [1995/08] | DE | 29.12.1993 | |
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FR | 20.05.1994 | ||
Former [1995/03] | DE | 29.12.1993 | |
FR | 20.05.1994 | ||
Former [1994/45] | DE | 29.12.1993 | Cited in | International search | [Y]JPS583141 ; | [Y]JPS5958638 ; | [Y]JPS60234246 ; | US3869193 [ ] (SCHMIT FRANCIS M); | EP0097035 [ ] (XEROX CORP [US]); | EP0180459 [ ] (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]); | EP0252445 [ ] | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19830325), vol. 007, no. 073, Database accession no. (P - 186)<1218>, & JP58003141 A 19830108 (FUJITSU K.K.) | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19840727), vol. 008, no. 163, Database accession no. (P - 290)<1600>, & JP59058638 A 19840404 (NIPPON DENKI K.K.) | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19860418), vol. 010, no. 102, Database accession no. (P - 448)<2159>, & JP60234246 A 19851120 (MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO K.K.) |