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EP0449964 - DISTRIBUTED SWITCHING ARCHITECTURE FOR COMMUNICATION MODULE REDUNDANCY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.08.1997 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
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 CODEX CORPORATION 20 Cabot Boulevard Mansfield Massachusetts 02048 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1991/41]	For all designated states CODEX CORPORATION 20 Cabot Boulevard Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / KEREN-ZVI, Joseph 17 Rob's Lane Sharon, MA 02067 / US
	02 / KING, Wayne, M. 136 Bailey Street Canton, MA 02021 / US
	[1991/41]
Representative(s)	Lupton, Frederick, et al Motorola European Intellectual Property Midpoint Alencon Link Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 1PL / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1991/41]	Lupton, Frederick, et al Motorola European Intellectual Property, Midpoint, Alencon Link Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 1PL / GB
Application number, filing date	90901432.6	21.12.1989
	[1991/41]
	WO1989US05728
Priority number, date	US19880288788	22.12.1988 Original published format: US 288788
	[1991/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9007827
	Date:	12.07.1990
	Language:	EN
	[1990/16]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0449964
	Date:	09.10.1991
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.07.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1991/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0449964
	Date:	23.10.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/43]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	12.07.1990
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.12.1992
Classification	IPC:	G06F11/20	[1991/41]
	CPC:	G06F11/2005 (EP,US); G06F11/22 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1991/41]
Title	German:	VERTEILTER SCHALTUNGSAUFBAU FÜR KOMMUNIKATIONSMODULREDUNDANZ	[1991/41]
	English:	DISTRIBUTED SWITCHING ARCHITECTURE FOR COMMUNICATION MODULE REDUNDANCY	[1991/41]
	French:	ARCHITECTURE DECENTRALISEE DE COMMUTATION A MODULES REDONDANTS DE COMMUNICATION	[1991/41]
Entry into regional phase	19.06.1991	National basic fee paid
	19.06.1991	Search fee paid
	19.06.1991	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.06.1991	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.07.1990	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: GB
	19.06.1991	Examination requested [1991/41]
	10.05.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.09.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.12.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	26.04.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.08.1996	Fee for grant paid
	06.08.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	24.07.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/42]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.10.1991	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.10.1992	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.10.1993	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.10.1994	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.01.1996	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	CH	23.10.1996
	IT	23.10.1996
	LI	23.10.1996
	NL	23.10.1996
	LU	31.12.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
	[2003/07]
Former [2000/52]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	CH	23.10.1996
	IT	23.10.1996
	LI	23.10.1996
	LU	31.12.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
Former [2000/50]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	IT	23.10.1996
	LU	31.12.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
	CH	28.01.1997
	LI	28.01.1997
Former [2000/06]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	IT	23.10.1996
	LU	31.12.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
Former [1999/42]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	IT	23.10.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
Former [1997/39]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
	SE	23.01.1997
Former [1997/29]	AT	23.10.1996
	BE	23.10.1996
Former [1997/28]	AT	23.10.1996
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US3252149 (WEIDA ROBERT L, et al);
		[Y]US4486829 (MORI KINJI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4623883 (KONEN NOEL R [US]);
		[X]US4628508 (SAGER JOHN C [GB], et al)
	International search	[A]US4141066 (KEILES YOEL);
		[A]US4356546 (WHITESIDE ARLISS E, et al);
		[Y]US4486829 (MORI KINJI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US4623883 (KONEN NOEL R [US]);
		[X]US4628508 (SAGER JOHN C [GB], et al);
		[A]US4774709 (TULPLUE BHALCHANDRA R [US], et al)

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