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EP About this file: EP0606979

EP0606979 - CMOS multi-tap digital delay line with non-inverting taps [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  18.10.1996
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.10.1996Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 04.12.1996 [1996/49]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. Box 58090 Santa Clara
California 95052-8090 / US
[N/P]
Former [1994/29]For all designated states
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. Box 58090
Santa Clara, California 95052-8090 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Llewellyn, William D.
1484 Proud Drive
San Jose, California 95132 / US
[1994/29]
Representative(s)Horton, Andrew Robert Grant, et al
Bowles Horton
Felden House
Dower Mews
High Street
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/29]Horton, Andrew Robert Grant, et al
BOWLES HORTON Felden House Dower Mews High Street
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 2BL / GB
Application number, filing date94300061.206.01.1994
[1994/29]
Priority number, dateUS1993000404215.01.1993         Original published format: US 4042
[1994/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0606979
Date:20.07.1994
Language:EN
[1994/29]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0606979
Date:13.09.1995
Language:EN
[1995/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.07.1995
ClassificationIPC:H03K5/13, H03H11/26
[1994/29]
CPC:
H03K5/131 (EP,US); H03K5/133 (EP,US); H03L7/085 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1994/29]
TitleGerman:Mit mehreren nicht-invertierenden Abgriffen versehene, digitale CMOS-Verzögerungsleitung[1994/29]
English:CMOS multi-tap digital delay line with non-inverting taps[1994/29]
French:Ligne à retard numérique CMOS à prises multiples non inversantes[1994/29]
File destroyed:13.09.2003
Examination procedure14.03.1996Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1996/49]
05.07.1996Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: examination fee not paid in time  [1996/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.01.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
23.04.1996M01   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE4140564  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1,3,4,6,13 * page 4, line 1 - line 46 * * page 5, line 55 - page 6, line 37; figures 1,10,11 *;
 [A]EP0091375  (FAIRCHILD CAMERA INSTR CO [US]) [A] 1,3,4,6,13 * page 8, line 14 - page 9, line 7; figure 3 *;
 [A]EP0317758  (TEKTRONIX INC [US]) [A] 1,3,4,6,13 * column 3, line 17 - column 4, line 57; figure 1 *
 [A]  - K. SAKAMOTO ET AL., "A digitally programmable delay chip with picosecond resolution.", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1989 BIPOLAR CIRCUITS AND TECHNOLOGY MEETING, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US, (19890918), pages 295 - 297 [A] 1,3,4,6,13 * page 295, line 7 - line 25; figure 1 *
 [A]  - V. RAO, "Phase shifter varies clock-generator output.", ELECTRONIC DESIGN, WASECA, MN, DENVILLE, NJ, US, (198302), vol. 31, no. 4, pages 153 - 154 [A] 1,6,13 * the whole document *
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