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EP0363465 - TEST PROGRAMME GENERATION ASSISTING APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL CIRCUITS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1990/16]TEST PROGRAMME GENERATION ASSISTING MEANS FOR DIGITAL CIRCUITS
[1993/44]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.09.1994
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.08.2008Change - applicantpublished on 17.09.2008  [2008/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1112 / US
[N/P]
Former [2008/38]For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto CA 94304-1112 / US
Former [1991/02]For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Company
Mail Stop 20 B-O, 3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304 / US
Former [1990/16]For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto California 94304 / US
Inventor(s)01 / WELHAM, Robert, Kenneth
Hewlett-Packard Limited Filton Road
Stoke Gifford Bristol 12 6QZ / GB
02 / GUPTA, Ajay
Hewlett-Packard India Swindsor Place - 6th Floor
Janpath, New Delhi 16001 / IN
[1990/16]
Representative(s)Kilgannon, Denise Mary
Hewlett-Packard Limited, Building 2, Intellectual Property Section, Filton Road
Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6QZ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/40]Smith, Denise Mary
Hewlett-Packard Limited, Building 2, Intellectual Property Section, Filton Road
Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6QZ / GB
Former [1990/16]Smith, Denise Mary
Hewlett-Packard Limited Cain Road
Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1HN / GB
Application number, filing date89904134.703.03.1989
[1990/16]
WO1989GB00209
Priority number, dateGB1988000512003.03.1988         Original published format: GB 8805120
[1990/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8908297
Date:08.09.1989
Language:EN
[1989/21]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0363465
Date:18.04.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.09.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0363465
Date:03.11.1993
Language:EN
[1993/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.09.1989
ClassificationIPC:G06F11/26
[1990/16]
CPC:
G01R31/318307 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1990/16]
TitleGerman:GERäT ZUR RECHNERGESTÜTZEN ERZEUGUNG VON PRÜFPROGRAMMEN FÜR DIGITALE SCHALTUNGEN[1993/44]
English:TEST PROGRAMME GENERATION ASSISTING APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL CIRCUITS[1993/44]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ASSISTANCE DE GENERATION DE TEST POUR CIRCUITS DIGITAUX[1993/44]
Former [1990/16]RECHNERGESTÜTZE ERZEUGUNG VON PRÜFPROGRAMMEN FÜR DIGITALE SCHALTUNGEN
Former [1990/16]TEST PROGRAMME GENERATION ASSISTING MEANS FOR DIGITAL CIRCUITS
Former [1990/16]PROCEDE AUXILIAIRE DE GENERATION DE PROGRAMMES D'ESSAI POUR CIRCUITS NUMERIQUES
Entry into regional phase21.10.1989National basic fee paid 
21.10.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
21.10.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.10.1989Examination requested  [1990/16]
02.03.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.08.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.01.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
30.04.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
07.05.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.05.1993Fee for grant paid
21.05.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.08.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
09.01.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
12.03.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]  - 7th European Conference on Electrotechnics, Advanced Technologies and Processes in Communication and Power Systems, 21-23 April 1986, Paris, Session A. II: New Software and Expert Systems, Communication AII-1, R. Lbath et al.: "A test pattern generation environment for complex test digital circuits" pages 66-72
 [A]  - IEEE Design & Test of Computer, volume 2, no. 5, October 1985, IEEE; (New York, US), Shigehiro Funatsu et al.: "An automatic test-generation system for large digital circuits", pages 54-60
 [A]  - Electronics, volume 54, no. 24, 30 November 1981, (New York, US), R. Hickling et al.: "Automating test generation closes the design loop", pages 129-133
 [A]  - Proceedings National Conference on Artifical Intelligence, 1982, M.R. Genesereth: "Diagnosis using hierarchical design models"; pages 278-283
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