EP2140371A1

Iteratively locating a position corresponding to a desired seek time

Abstract

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Term

1.6 yearsto projected expiry

Projected expiry 1 May 2028, counted from filing; an application has no term until it is granted.

Every citation, both ways

Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Cited during
US9060190B2	Cited by	United States of America	Applicant
US9060190B2	Cited by	United States of America	Applicant
US9060190B2	Cited by	United States of America	Applicant
WO03010970A2	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Search report
EP0786909A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Search report
US2002122357A1	Cites	United States of America	Search report
US5630005A	Cites	United States of America	Search report

10 members in 4 offices

This recordMember, by publication datePriority claim

Priority claims3

Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
743482	United States of America	–	2007-05-02
74348207	United States of America	A	2007-05-02
2008062136	United States of America	W	2008-05-01

Members10

Family members, oldest first
Document	Office	Kind
US2008276173A1	United States of America	A1	2008-11-06
WO2008137493A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2008-11-13
EP2140371A1This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-01-06
CN101675427A	China	A	2010-03-17
EP2140371A4	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2010-10-06
US7975225B2	United States of America	B2	2011-07-05
US2011225186A1	United States of America	A1	2011-09-15
CN101675427B	China	B	2012-10-10
EP2140371B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2014-06-18
US9060190B2	United States of America	B2	2015-06-16

81 legal events, as 9 offices reported them to INPADOC

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Events

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	Event	Code	Office
2026-07-11	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2026-07-09	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2026-04-20	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2025-07-10	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2025-07-09	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2024-07-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2023-06-14	Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredP01	P01	EP
2019-04-10	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2018-04-11	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2017-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-04-13	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2016-12-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-04-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-04-12	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2016-02-24	Patent lapsedLapsedMM4A	MM4A	IE
2016-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-12-31	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
2015-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-07-02	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2015-06-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-06-11	Change of applicant/patenteeR081	R081	DE
2015-06-11	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2015-05-27	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
2015-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-04-30	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2015-04-24	No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE	PLBE	EP
2015-04-24	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA	STAA	EP
2015-04-08	Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)REGISTERED BETWEEN 20150312 AND 20150318732E	732E	GB
2015-03-19	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2015-03-18	Party data changed (patent owner data changed or rights of a patent transferred)RAP2	RAP2	EP
2015-02-27	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-02-27	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-02-27	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-02-27	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2015-01-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-11-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-11-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-11-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-11-25	Invalidated european patentMG4D	MG4D	LT
2014-11-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
2014-11-12	Discontinued in the netherlands as no translation has been filedVDEP	VDEP	NL
2014-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2014-07-31	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
2014-07-16	European patents granted designating irelandGrantedFG4D	FG4D	IE
2014-07-15	Reference to at number (ep patent validated in austria)REF	REF	AT
2014-06-30	European patent takes effect as a national patent in ch/liEP	EP	CH
2014-06-18	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2014-06-18	European patent grantedGrantedFG4D	FG4D	GB
2014-05-16	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
2014-03-28	Grant fee paidORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3GRAS	GRAS	EP
2014-03-26	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2014-03-05	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2014-02-26	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2014-02-20	Information related to disapproval of communication of intention to grant by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the epo deletedORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSDIGR1GRAJ	GRAJ	EP
2014-02-05	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2014-01-30	Information related to disapproval of communication of intention to grant by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the epo deletedORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSDIGR1GRAJ	GRAJ	EP
2014-01-15	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2013-12-25	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grantRIC1	RIC1	EP
2013-12-17	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2013-11-19	Amendment of ipc main classPREVIOUS MAIN CLASS: G06F0017000000R079	R079	DE
2012-04-11	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
2010-10-06	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatchedA4	A4	EP
2010-08-11	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)DAX	DAX	EP
2010-01-06	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
2010-01-06	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2009-12-04	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Iteratively locating a position corresponding to a desired seek time

Abstract

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Members10

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