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EP About this file: EP0953893

EP0953893 - Transparent record access manager for a disk drive [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  06.08.2010
Database last updated on 27.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.2010Refusal of applicationpublished on 08.09.2010  [2010/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
416, Maetan-dong
Paldal-gu
Suwon-City, Kyungki-do / KR
[N/P]
Former [1999/44]For all designated states
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
416, Maetan-dong, Paldal-gu
Suwon-City, Kyungki-do / KR
Inventor(s)01 / Bovatsek, Kenneth John
146 Lily Blossom Court
San Jose, CA 95123 / US
02 / Pearson, Mark Steven
4614 Korbel Street
Union City, CA 94587 / US
[1999/44]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/44]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date99107467.529.04.1999
[1999/44]
Priority number, dateUS1998006999330.04.1998         Original published format: US 69993
[1999/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0953893
Date:03.11.1999
Language:EN
[1999/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0953893
Date:29.08.2007
[2007/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.07.2007
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/06
[1999/44]
CPC:
G06F3/0607 (EP); G11B19/02 (KR); G06F3/0638 (EP);
G06F3/0674 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [2008/19]
Former [1999/44]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Transparenter Satzzugriffverwalter für eine Platteneinheit[1999/44]
English:Transparent record access manager for a disk drive[1999/44]
French:Gestionnaire transparent d'accès aux enregistrements pour une unité de disques[1999/44]
Examination procedure29.04.1999Examination requested  [1999/44]
20.11.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.03.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
25.03.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.04.2008Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
13.04.2010Application refused, date of legal effect [2010/36]
13.04.2010Date of oral proceedings
26.04.2010Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2010/36]
26.04.2010Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
29.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
29.04.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
30.04.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
29.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 07
29.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 08
27.04.2007Renewal fee patent year 09
26.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 10
29.04.2009Renewal fee patent year 11
30.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP0440413  (SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY [KY]) [X] 1-19 * page 3, line 1 - page 8, line 56; figures 3-5 *;
 [A]US4924331  (ROBINSON DON M [US], et al) [A] 1-19 * the whole document *;
 [A]US5729397  (OTTESEN HAL HJALMAR [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * column 3, line 31 - column 5, line 17; figure 4 *;
 [A]US5615190  (BEST JOHN S [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * column 3, line 23 - line 41 * * column 6, line 12 - column 7, line 27; figures 3,5 *
 [X]  - B. L. WORTHINGTON ET AL., "On-Line Extraction of SCSI Disk Drive Parameters", (19970101), URL: http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/97/HPL-97-02.pdf, (20070713), XP002442660 [X] 1-19 * the whole document *
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