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EP0398188 - Modular computer memory circuit board [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.12.1996 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	30.11.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL	published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Compaq Computer Corporation 20555 S.H. 249 Houston Texas 77070 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1990/47]	For all designated states Compaq Computer Corporation 20555 S.H. 249 Houston Texas 77070 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Windsor, James A. 16411 Marrat Court Tomball, Texas 77375 / US
	02 / Hamid, Mustafa Ali 8330 Willow Place, South No. 816 Houston, Texas 77070 / US
	03 / Thoma, Roy E. III 11514 Taos Court Houston, Texas 77070 / US
	04 / Paschal, James P. 8011 Hidden Trail Lane Spring, Texas 77379 / US
	05 / Felcman, Francis A. 2615 Lazy Lane Rosenberg, Texas 77471 / US
	[1990/47]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1990/47]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 D-80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	90108939.1	11.05.1990
	[1990/47]
Priority number, date	US19890354115	19.05.1989 Original published format: US 354115
	[1990/47]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0398188
	Date:	22.11.1990
	Language:	EN
	[1990/47]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0398188
	Date:	15.01.1992
	Language:	EN
	[1992/03]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0398188
	Date:	31.01.1996
	[1996/05]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.11.1991
Classification	IPC:	G11C5/00, H05K7/02, G11C5/14, H05K7/14	[1991/52]
	CPC:	H05K7/023 (EP,US); G06F12/06 (KR); G11C5/00 (EP,US); G11C5/025 (EP,US); G11C5/143 (EP,US); G11C8/00 (EP,US); (+) H05K7/1459 (EP,US); H05K1/141 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1990/47]	G11C5/00
Designated contracting states	BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, NL, SE [1990/47]
Title	German:	Schaltungsplatte für modularen Rechnerspeicher	[1990/47]
	English:	Modular computer memory circuit board	[1990/47]
	French:	Platine de circuit de mémoire modulaire de calculateur	[1990/47]
Examination procedure	10.07.1992	Examination requested [1992/37]
	24.03.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.08.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.09.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.01.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.03.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	02.08.1995	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.11.1995	Fee for grant paid
	09.11.1995	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	01.11.1996	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/04]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.05.1992	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.05.1993	Renewal fee patent year 04
	09.05.1994	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.04.1995	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	DK	31.01.1996
	ES	31.01.1996
	GR	31.01.1996
	IT	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	NL	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
	[2003/07]
Former [2002/24]	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	DK	31.01.1996
	ES	31.01.1996
	GR	31.01.1996
	IT	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [2000/04]	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	DK	31.01.1996
	GR	31.01.1996
	IT	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [1999/42]	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	DK	31.01.1996
	IT	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [1998/15]	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	DK	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [1997/13]	BE	31.01.1996
	CH	31.01.1996
	LI	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [1996/51]	BE	31.01.1996
	SE	30.04.1996
Former [1996/38]	SE	30.04.1996
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JP60010481 ;
		[A]US4109161 (IIJIMA HIROSHI);
		[Y]US4683550 (JINDRICK JAMES A [US], et al);
		[Y]US4745524 (PATTON III CHARLES R [US]);
		[Y]EP0289157 (TANDEM COMPUTERS INC [US]);
		[XP]EP0335123 (BULL HN INFORMATION SYST [US])
		[Y] - Fujitsu Scientific & Technical Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, September 1985, pages 452-460, Kawasaki, JP, M. TAKAMURA et al.: "High-density packaging of main storage".
		[A] - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 3, August 1987, pages 1417-1418, Armonk, NY, US; "Intercarrier-connected module".
		[Y] - IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 11B, April 1978, pages 4868-4869, New York, US; V.T. MAZZEO et al.: "Overload and current sensing for circuit boards".
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 9, No. 127 (P-360)(1850), 31 May 1985; & JP-A-60 010 481 (ASUKII K.K.) 19 January 1985, & JP60010481 A 19850119

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