EP1071538 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING OPTICAL DISCS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.04.2005 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.03.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PT | published on 23.04.2008 [2008/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Digital Innovations L.L.C. 2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60606 / US | [2004/43] |
Former [2004/25] | For all designated states Digital Innovations L.L.C. 906 University Place Evanston, IL 60201 / US | ||
Former [2001/05] | For all designated states Digital Innovations L.L.C. 906 Univrsity Place Evanston, IL 60201 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BORN, Joseph 5230 Lee Street Skokie, IL 60077 / US | 02 /
ANDERSON, Collin, D. Apartment 1, 3323 N. Seeley Avenue Chicago, IL 60618 / US | 03 /
SPATIG, Stephen, K. 1250 N. Ashbrook West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 / US | [2001/11] |
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BORN, Joseph 5230 Lee Street Skokie, IL 60077 / US | ||
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ANDERSON, Collin, D. Apartment 1, 3323 N. Seeley Avenue Chicago, IL 60618 / US | |||
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SPATIG, Stephen, K. 798 Judson Avenue Highland Park, IL 60035 / US | Representative(s) | Kemp, Paul Geoffrey Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2001/05] | Kemp, Paul Geoffrey Batchellor, Kirk & Co., 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB | Application number, filing date | 99910999.4 | 26.02.1999 | [2001/05] | WO1999US04172 | Priority number, date | US19980036892 | 09.03.1998 Original published format: US 36892 | [2001/05] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9946080 | Date: | 16.09.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/37] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1071538 | Date: | 31.01.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.09.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/05] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1071538 | Date: | 16.06.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/25] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 16.09.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 26.03.2001 | Classification | IPC: | B24B7/19, B24B7/30, B24B1/00 | [2001/19] | CPC: |
B24B29/04 (EP,US);
B24D13/02 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2001/05] | B24B7/19, B24B7/30 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/05] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM REPARIEREN VON OPTISCHEN PLATTEN | [2001/05] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING OPTICAL DISCS | [2001/05] | French: | TECHNIQUE DE REPARATION DE DISQUES OPTIQUES ET APPAREIL CORRESPONDANT | [2001/05] | Entry into regional phase | 06.10.2000 | National basic fee paid | 06.10.2000 | Search fee paid | 06.10.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 06.10.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.10.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 06.10.2000 | Examination requested [2001/05] | 04.03.2002 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 25.11.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.03.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 26.03.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 17.03.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.02.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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 | AT | 16.06.2004 | BE | 16.06.2004 | CH | 16.06.2004 | FI | 16.06.2004 | LI | 16.06.2004 | NL | 16.06.2004 | DK | 16.09.2004 | GR | 16.09.2004 | SE | 16.09.2004 | PT | 16.11.2004 | CY | 26.02.2005 | LU | 26.02.2005 | IE | 28.02.2005 | MC | 28.02.2005 | [2008/17] |
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IE | 28.02.2005 | ||
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LI | 16.06.2004 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]FR1401326 (ASSELIN ETS) [X] 4-8 * page 1, column L, line 15 - page 2, column R, line 22; figure - * [Y] 1-3; | [Y]US5593343 (BAUER JASON [US]) [Y] 1-3* column 7, line 5 - line 59 * | International search | [A]US3808753 (MARAN A); | [A]US4149294 (MACKAY JR JOSEPH H, et al); | [A]US4240483 (GREGORIC BRAN F [US]); | [A]US4365448 (WILSON BYRON); | [A]US4368756 (CARLSON DONALD E); | [A]US4451836 (LEONARD ERIC M [US], et al); | [A]US4462036 (LEONARD ERIC M [US], et al); | [A]US4504999 (PEDROTTE CHARLES E [US]); | [A]US4860611 (FLANAGAN RALPH C [CA], et al); | [A]US5101602 (HASHIMOTO HIROMASA [JP]); | [A]US5292567 (FOSTER JAMES [GB]); | [A]US5297366 (HUDDLESTON MICHAEL D [US]); | [A]US5423103 (BORN JOSEPH [US]); | [A]US5593343 (BAUER JASON [US]); | [A]US5733179 (BAUER JASON [US]) |