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A COMPUTER CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT FOR PROCESSING A COMPUTATION TASK AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF

Publication No. EP2628080

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App No. EP11768015

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Filed by ParTec AG

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Filed on 2011-10-13

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Issued/Published on 2019-06-12

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP2628080 A1

Application No. EP11768015 Filed: 2011-10-13

Grant Date 2023-10-31 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 2 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

G06F9/50, H04L29/08 G06F9/50

Priority Claims

EP 20100187436 Date: 2010-10-13

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

ParTec AG

Possartstr. 20, 81679 München

ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH

Possartstrasse 20, 81679 München

Lippert, Thomas

Sonnenstrasse 43, 63743 Aschaffenburg

Inventors (1)

LIPPERT, Thomas

Sonnenstrasse 43, 63743 Aschaffenburg

Representatives / Agents

Leske, Thomas

Frohwitter, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Tomlinson, Edward James, et al

Frohwitter, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte

Gigerich, Jan

Frohwitter Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Possartstrasse 20, 81679 München

Alatis

3, rue Paul Escudier, 75009 Paris

Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte

Prinzregentenplatz 7, 81675 München

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2013-05-10

Mention Of Grant Published 2023-10-31

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2016-11-21

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP2628080 under EPC Article 99.

2 ACTIVE OPPONENTS

Opponent Company

ALTA ALATIS PATENT SPEAS

109 Boulevard Haussmann, FR

Representative

Alatis

Filing Date

2020-03-11

Opposition in Progress

Opponent Company

NVIDIA Corporation

2788 San Tomas Expressway, US

Representative

Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte

Filing Date

2025-02-11

Opposition in Progress

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A COMPUTER CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT FOR PROCESSING A COMPUTATION TASK AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF

Patent Abstract / Summary

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Inventors (1)

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Key Procedural Dates

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