| EP0936552 - Pseudo precise I-cache inclusivity for vertical caches [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.03.2007 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.03.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 23.04.2008 [2008/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2006/17] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US | ||
| Former [1999/33] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation Old Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Arimilli, Ravi Kumar 9221 Spicebrush Drive Austin, Texas 78759 / US | 02 /
Dodson, John Steven 1205 Bell Rock Circle Pflugerville, Texas 78660 / US | [1999/33] | Representative(s) | Burt, Roger James, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/37] | Burt, Roger James, Dr., et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | ||
| Former [1999/33] | Burrington, Alan Graham Headford Alan Burrington & Associates 41 The Street Ashtead Surrey KT21 1AA / GB | Application number, filing date | 99301051.1 | 15.02.1999 | [1999/33] | Priority number, date | US19980024321 | 17.02.1998 Original published format: US 24321 | [1999/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0936552 | Date: | 18.08.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/33] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0936552 | Date: | 22.09.1999 | [1999/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0936552 | Date: | 26.04.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/17] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.08.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G06F12/08 | [1999/33] | CPC: |
G06F12/0811 (EP,US);
G06F12/08 (KR)
| Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE [2000/22] |
| Former [1999/33] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Pseudo-genaue I-Cache-Speichereinschliessbarkeit für vertikale Cache-Speicher | [1999/33] | English: | Pseudo precise I-cache inclusivity for vertical caches | [1999/33] | French: | Inclusivité pseudo précise d'antémémoire d'instructions pour des antémémoires verticales | [1999/33] | Examination procedure | 17.03.2000 | Examination requested [2000/20] | 23.03.2000 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 07.07.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, CY, DK, FI, GR, LU, MC, PT | 15.12.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.04.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.06.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 29.10.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.10.2005 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.01.2006 | Fee for grant paid | 16.01.2006 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 29.01.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2007/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 15.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 16.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 15.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 15.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 27.04.2000 | AT   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | CY   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | DK   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | FI   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | GR   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | LU   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | MC   M01   Not yet paid | 27.04.2000 | PT   M01   Not yet paid |
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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 | BE | 26.04.2006 | CH | 26.04.2006 | IT | 26.04.2006 | LI | 26.04.2006 | NL | 26.04.2006 | SE | 26.07.2006 | ES | 06.08.2006 | [2008/17] |
| Former [2007/21] | BE | 26.04.2006 | |
| CH | 26.04.2006 | ||
| LI | 26.04.2006 | ||
| NL | 26.04.2006 | ||
| SE | 26.07.2006 | ||
| ES | 06.08.2006 | ||
| Former [2007/03] | CH | 26.04.2006 | |
| LI | 26.04.2006 | ||
| SE | 26.07.2006 | ||
| ES | 06.08.2006 | ||
| Former [2006/50] | SE | 26.07.2006 | |
| ES | 06.08.2006 | ||
| Former [2006/49] | SE | 26.07.2006 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y] EP0681241 (COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP et al.) [Y] 1-10 * page 4, line 2 - page 5, line 5; figure 2 * | [Y] DEVILLE Y: "A PROCESS-DEPENDENT PARTITIONING STRATEGY FOR CACHE MEMORIES", COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE NEWS, vol. 21, no. 1, 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01), pages 26 - 33, XP000355625, ISSN: 0163-5964 [Y] 1-10 * page 27, column L, line 4 - line 15 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/152479.152483 |