| EP1197080 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DUAL AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DELAY SETTINGS IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.07.2004 Database last updated on 14.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.07.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 08.09.2004 [2004/37] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Thomson Licensing SA 1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/16] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing S.A. 46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92648 Boulogne Cedex / FR | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HUTCHINSON, Daniel, Mark 13790 Laredo Drive Carmel, IN 46032 / US | 02 /
GRUBBS, Gary, Dean 8554 Douglaston Court Indianapolis, IN 46234 / US | 03 /
MAYER, Matthew, Thomas 9340-A Kungsholm Drive Indianapolis, IN 46250 / US | 04 /
HARO, Ricardo 8760 Rhone Terrace 2A Indianapolis, IN 46250 / US | [2002/16] | Representative(s) | Bonnans, Arnaud, et al Thomson multimedia European Patent Operations 46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92648 Boulogne Cedex / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/16] | Bonnans, Arnaud, et al Thomson multimedia, 46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne Billancourt Cedex / FR | Application number, filing date | 00948656.4 | 13.07.2000 | [2002/16] | WO2000US19115 | Priority number, date | US19990144423P | 16.07.1999 Original published format: US 144423 P | [2002/16] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0106777 | Date: | 25.01.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/04] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1197080 | Date: | 17.04.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.01.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/16] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1197080 | Date: | 17.09.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/38] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 25.01.2001 | Classification | IPC: | H04N5/52 | [2002/16] | CPC: |
H04N5/46 (EP);
H04N5/52 (EP,KR);
H04N21/426 (EP);
H04N21/42638 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2003/38] |
| Former [2002/16] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RO | Not yet paid | SI | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON DUALEN AUTOMATISCHEN VERSTÄRKUNGSREGELUNGSVERZÖGERUNGSEINSTELLUNGEN IN EINEM FERNSEHEMPFÄNGER | [2002/16] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DUAL AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DELAY SETTINGS IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER | [2002/16] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF PERMETTANT UN DOUBLE REGLAGE DE RETARD DE COMMANDE AUTOMATIQUE DE GAIN DANS UN TELEVISEUR | [2002/16] | Entry into regional phase | 16.01.2002 | National basic fee paid | 16.01.2002 | Designation fee(s) paid | 16.01.2002 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 14.02.2001 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 16.01.2002 | Examination requested [2002/16] | 17.05.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 21.11.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.01.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.05.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 23.05.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 18.06.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/37] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.01.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.07.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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