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EP1261968
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| EP1261968 - DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE (DASD) WITH A VARIABLE SPINDLE ROTATION SPEED [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.01.2006 Database last updated on 14.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.01.2006 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 08.03.2006 [2006/10] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. Locatellikade 1 Parnassustoren 1076 AZ Amsterdam / NL | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/13] | For all designated states Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. Locatellikade 1, Parnassustoren 1076 AZ Amsterdam / NL | ||
| Former [2002/49] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Stephenson, John Jeffrey 1323 28th street, S.W. Rochester, MN 55902 / US | [2002/49] | Representative(s) | Calderbank, Thomas Roger Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/22] | Calderbank, Thomas Roger MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | ||
| Former [2002/49] | Jennings, Michael John IBM United Kingdom Limited, Intellectual Property Department, Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | Application number, filing date | 98967090.6 | 10.12.1998 | [2002/49] | WO1998US26250 | Priority number, date | US19970989471 | 12.12.1997 Original published format: US 989471 | [2002/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9931660 | Date: | 24.06.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/25] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1261968 | Date: | 04.12.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.06.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1261968 | Date: | 16.03.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 24.06.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G11B19/28 | [2002/49] | CPC: |
G11B19/28 (EP,KR,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2004/50] |
| Former [2002/49] | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE | Title | German: | SPEICHEREINHEIT MIT VARIABELER MOTORUMDREHUNGSGESCHWINDIGKEIT | [2002/49] | English: | DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE (DASD) WITH A VARIABLE SPINDLE ROTATION SPEED | [2002/49] | French: | UNITE DE MEMOIRE A ACCES DIRECT AVEC VITESSE DE ROTATION DU DISQUE VARIABLE | [2002/49] | Entry into regional phase | 16.05.2000 | National basic fee paid | 16.05.2002 | Designation fee(s) paid | 16.05.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.07.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 16.05.2000 | Examination requested [2002/49] | 05.09.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 05.01.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.09.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.01.2005 | Fee for grant paid | 13.01.2005 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 19.12.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2006/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 22.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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. | Cited in | International search | [A]JPH09306084 ; | [A]JPH01308183 ; | [A]US4689698 (ISHIKAWA SHIGEKI [JP], et al) [A] 1,3,6,7 * the whole document *; | [A]EP0653752 (TEAC CORP [JP], et al); | [A]US5638307 (KAMIMURA MITSUO [JP], et al) [A] 1,3,6,7 * the whole document * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980227), vol. 098, no. 003, & JP09306084 A 19971128 (SHARP CORP) [A] 1,4,6,8 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19900227), vol. 014, no. 108, Database accession no. (E - 0896), & JP01308183 A 19891212 (ASAHI OPTICAL CO LTD) [A] * abstract * |