EP0713307 - Method and apparatus for configuring fabrics within a fibre channel system [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 24.10.2003 Database last updated on 12.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.10.2003 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 10.12.2003 [2003/50] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states McData Corporation 310 Interlocken Parkway Broomfield Colorado 80021-3464 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1997/45] | For all designated states McData Corporation 310 Interlocken Parkway Broomfield, Colorado 80021-3464 / US | ||
Former [1996/21] | For all designated states Hewlett-Packard Company 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, California 94304 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Stoevhase, Bent 20 Carlton Street, Apt. 1224 Toronto, Ontario M5B 2H5 / CA | [1996/21] | Representative(s) | Driver, Virginia Rozanne Page White & Farrer Limited Bedford House 21A John Street London WC1N 2BF / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2001/18] | Driver, Virginia Rozanne Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS / GB | ||
Former [2001/15] | (deleted) | ||
Former [1996/21] | Schoppe, Fritz, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt, Georg-Kalb-Strasse 9 D-82049 Pullach / DE | Application number, filing date | 95115727.0 | 05.10.1995 | [1996/21] | Priority number, date | US19940336396 | 08.11.1994 Original published format: US 336396 | [1996/21] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0713307 | Date: | 22.05.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/21] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0713307 | Date: | 13.10.1999 | [1999/41] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.08.1999 | Classification | IPC: | H04L29/06 | [1996/21] | CPC: |
H04L61/5061 (EP,US);
H04L61/5038 (EP,US);
H04L61/5076 (EP,US);
H04L9/40 (US);
H04L2101/604 (EP,US);
H04L2101/622 (EP,US);
H04L69/24 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1996/21] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Struktur-Konfiguration in einem Lichtwellenleitersystem | [1996/21] | English: | Method and apparatus for configuring fabrics within a fibre channel system | [1996/21] | French: | Méthode et appareil pour la configuration de structures dans un système de canal de fibre | [1996/21] | Examination procedure | 30.12.1999 | Examination requested [2000/10] | 02.01.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.07.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.01.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.06.2003 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2003/50] | 07.07.2003 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2003/50] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.10.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.09.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.09.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.10.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.10.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JPH06103204 ; | [XAY]WO9006027 (DATAPOINT CORP [US]) [X] 1,2,9 * abstract * * page 11, line 34 - page 12, line 22; figure 2 * * page 14, line 14 - page 18, line 29; figure 3 * * page 26, line 33 - page 29, paragraph 34; figures 13,14 * * page 31, line 18 - page 33, line 19; figures 15,16 * [A] 3-5 [Y] 6-8; | [YA]US5341477 (PITKIN RICHARD P [US], et al) [Y] 6-8 * abstract * * column 6, line 31 - line 53; figure 4 * [A] 1-5,9; | US5408618 [ ] (AHO MICHAEL E [US], et al) [ ] * column 5, line 20 - column 6, line 16; figure 2 * * column 9, line 37 - column 12, line 35; figure 7 *; | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980331), vol. 098, no. 007, & JP06103204 A 19940415 (INTERNATL BUSINESS MACH CORP | [A] - KUMAR MALAVALLI ET AL, "DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING WITH FIBRE CHANNEL FABRIC", INTELLECTUAL LEVERAGE, SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 24 - 28, 1992, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19920224), no. CONF. 37, ISBN 0-8186-2655-0, pages 269 - 274, XP000340745 |