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| EP1024604 - Flexible viterbi decoder for wireless applications [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 10.09.2010 Database last updated on 19.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.09.2010 | Refusal of application | published on 13.10.2010 [2010/41] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Texas Instruments Incorporated 7839 Churchill Way Mail Station 3999 Dallas, Texas 75251 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/31] | For all designated states Texas Instruments Incorporated 7839 Churchill Way, Mail Station 3999 Dallas, Texas 75251 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hocevar, Dale E. 3408 Sherrye Drive Plano, Texas 75082 / US | 02 /
Gatherer, Alan 2105 Bluebonnet Drive Richardson, Texas 75082 / US | [2000/31] | Representative(s) | Potter, Julian Mark D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/31] | Potter, Julian Mark D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB | Application number, filing date | 00300658.2 | 28.01.2000 | [2000/31] | Priority number, date | US19990117763P | 29.01.1999 Original published format: US 117763 P | US19990471430 | 23.12.1999 Original published format: US 471430 | [2000/31] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1024604 | Date: | 02.08.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/31] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1024604 | Date: | 13.12.2000 | [2000/50] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.10.2000 | Classification | IPC: | H03M13/41 | [2000/31] | CPC: |
H03M13/4107 (EP);
H03M13/4169 (EP);
H03M13/6502 (EP);
H03M13/6508 (EP);
H03M13/6569 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/31] | Title | German: | Flexibler Viterbidekoder für drahtlose Anwendungen | [2000/31] | English: | Flexible viterbi decoder for wireless applications | [2000/31] | French: | Décodeur Viterbi flexible pour applications sans fil | [2000/31] | Examination procedure | 25.05.2001 | Examination requested [2001/30] | 07.06.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.10.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.07.2004 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 02.01.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 03.07.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.02.2009 | Date of oral proceedings | 22.04.2009 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2010/41] | 22.04.2009 | Date of oral proceedings | 20.05.2010 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2010/41] | 20.05.2010 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | Request for further processing for: | 03.09.2004 | Request for further processing filed | 03.09.2004 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 01.10.2004 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.01.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 07.01.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 08.01.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.01.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 17.01.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 16.01.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 07.01.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 15.01.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 20.01.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [X] - P.J. BLACK AND T.H. MENG, "A 140-Mb/s, 32-State, Radix-4 Viterbi Decoder", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, New York, US, (199212), vol. 27, no. 12, pages 1877 - 1885, XP000329040 [X] 1-16 * page 1877, column 1, line 1 - page 1885, column 1, line L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/4.173118 | [A] - BLACK P J; MENG T H -Y, "HYBRID SURVIVOR PATH ARCHITECTURES FOR VITERBI DECODERS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), New York, USA, (19930427), pages 433 - 436, XP000398410 [A] 1-16 * page 435, column 1, line 17 - line 37 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1993.319148 | [A] - E. CASSEAU AND E. LUTHI, "Architecture of a High-Rate VLSI Viterbi Decoder", PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS. ICECS '96, Rodos, Greece, (19961013), pages 21 - 24, XP002150238 [A] 1-16 * page 21, column 1, line 1 - page 24, column 2, line L * | [A] - BLACK P J; MENG T H Y, "A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE VITERBI ALGORITHM STATE METRIC UPDATE FOR SHIFT REGISTER PROCESSES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), New York, USA, pages 629 - 632, XP000341499 [A] 1-16 * page 629, column 1, line 1 - page 632, column 2, line L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1992.226677 | [DA] - H. HENDRIX, "Viterbi Decoding Techniques in the TMS320C54x Family", TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, (199606), pages 1 - 20, XP002150239 [DA] 1-16 * page 1, line 1 - page 19, line L * | by applicant | - PETER J. BLACK; TERESA H. MENG, "A 140-Mb/s, 32-State, Radix-4 Viterbi Decoder", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, (199212), vol. 27, no. 12 |