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EP0866444
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| EP0866444 - Thin film magnetic head [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.01.2009 Database last updated on 06.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 16.01.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 18.02.2009 [2009/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/47] | For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP | ||
| Former [2008/11] | For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP | ||
| Former [1998/39] | For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Ohaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Sakakima, Hiroshi 3-20-19, Kasumizaka, Tanabe-cho Tsuzuki-gun, Kyoto / JP | 02 /
Satomi, Mitsuo 6-52-4, Kisabe Katano-shi, Osaka / JP | 03 /
Kawawake, Yasuhiro Runeuji-Nanryochominami 511, 34-1, Nishihata Ogura-cho, Uji-shi, Kyoto / JP | 04 /
Irie, Yousuke 25-3, Mido-cho Kadoma-shi, Osaka / JP | [1998/39] | Representative(s) | Kügele, Bernhard, et al Novagraaf International SA Chemin de l'Echo 3 1213 Onex / CH | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/39] | Kügele, Bernhard, et al NOVAPAT INTERNATIONAL SA, 9, Rue du Valais 1202 Genève / CH | Application number, filing date | 98111392.1 | 21.02.1997 | [1998/39] | Priority number, date | JP19960034557 | 22.02.1996 Original published format: JP 3455796 | [1998/39] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0866444 | Date: | 23.09.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/39] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0866444 | Date: | 12.03.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.08.1998 | Classification | IPC: | G11B5/00, G11B5/39 | [1998/39] | CPC: |
B82Y25/00 (EP,US);
G11B5/127 (KR);
G11B5/3903 (EP,US);
B82Y10/00 (EP,US);
G11B2005/3996 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL [1998/39] | Title | German: | Dünnfilm-Magnetkopf | [1998/39] | English: | Thin film magnetic head | [1998/39] | French: | Tête magnétique à film mince | [1998/39] | Examination procedure | 07.07.1998 | Examination requested [1998/39] | 07.05.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 30.07.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.12.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.04.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.07.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.10.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.10.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.01.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 28.01.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP97102827.9 / EP0791916 | Opposition(s) | 15.12.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/08] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.02.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.02.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 20.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 20.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 22.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 16.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 14.02.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 28.01.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 12 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 12.03.2008 | [2009/01] | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US5390061 (NAKATANI RYOICHI [JP], et al) [A] 1,2,6,15,16 * column 23, line 11 - line 23; figure 28C; claims 1,3,4 *; | [A]EP0669607 (READ RITE CORP [US]) [A] 1,2,6,20,23 * column 3, line 24 - line 33 * * column 4, line 10 - line 17; figure 7 *; | [AP]EP0712117 (READ RITE CORP [US]) [AP] 1,2,6,20,23* column 6, line 15 - column 7, line 5; figure 1B *; | [E]EP0768643 (READ RITE CORP [US]) [E] 1-3,8,20 * column 3, line 52 - column 4, line 24; figure 4 * * column 4, line 22 *; | [A] - SUEZAWA Y ET AL, "SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS AND MAGNETORESISTANCE IN FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS AND MULTILAYERS", JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, (19930901), vol. 126, no. 1 - 03, pages 524 - 526, XP000395853 [A] 1,15,16 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-8853(93)90677-T | [A] - ROTTMAYER R ET AL, "A NEW DESIGN FOR AN ULTRA-HIGH DENSITY MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD USING A GMR SENSOR IN THE CPP MODE", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, (19951101), vol. 31, no. 6, PART 01, pages 2597 - 2599, XP000561457 [A] 1,2,6,20,23 * page 2597, column L, line 34 - line 40 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/20.490065 |