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EP1266502 - PROCESSING NETWORK ADDRESS IDENTIFIERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.03.2013
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip08.03.2013No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 10.04.2013  [2013/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street London
EC1A 7AJ / GB
[2012/18]
Former [2002/51]For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street
London EC1A 7AJ / GB
Inventor(s)01 / O'NEILL, Alan, William
2 Rachaels Court
Cemetery Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 2JR / GB
02 / CLARKE, Philip, Martyn
8 Cromarty Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 3EU / GB
03 / BAKER, Shaun, Stephen
Mommsenstrasse 17
CH-8044 Zurich / CH
04 / BEAUCHAMPS, Caroline, Marcelle, Odette
30 Armingford Crescent
Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6NG / GB
05 / FELTON, Paul, Jonathan
44 Springland Close
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5BZ / GB
 [2012/18]
Former [2002/51]01 / O'NEILL, Alan, William
2 Rachaels Court, Cemetery Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 2JR / GB
02 / CLARKE, Philip, Martyn
8 Cromarty Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 3EU / GB
03 / BAKER, Shaun, Stephen
Mommsenstrasse 17
CH-8044 Zurich / CH
04 / BEAUCHAMPS, Caroline, Marcelle, Odette
30 Armingford Crescent
Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6NG / GB
05 / FELTON, Paul, Jonathan
44 Springland Close
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5BZ / GB
Representative(s)Nash, Roger William, et al
BT Intellectual Property Department
Ground Floor
BT Faraday Building
1 Knightrider Street
London EC4V 5BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2012/18]Nash, Roger William, et al
BT Group Legal Intellectual Property Department PP C5A, BT Centre 81 Newgate Street London
EC1A 7AJ / GB
Former [2002/51]Nash, Roger William, et al
BT Group Legal Services, Intellectual Property Department, Holborn Centre, 8th Floor, 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2TE / GB
Application number, filing date01915496.226.03.2001
[2002/51]
WO2001GB01331
Priority number, dateEP2000030242524.03.2000         Original published format: EP 00302425
[2002/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0174029
Date:04.10.2001
Language:EN
[2001/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1266502
Date:18.12.2002
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.10.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2002/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1266502
Date:02.05.2012
Language:EN
[2012/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.10.2001
ClassificationIPC:H04L29/06, H04L12/58
[2002/51]
CPC:
H04L69/16 (EP,US); H04L61/00 (EP,US); H04L69/08 (EP,US);
H04L69/169 (EP,US); H04L9/40 (US); H04L69/327 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2004/22]
Former [2002/51]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERARBEITUNG VON NETZADRESSERKENNUNGEN[2002/51]
English:PROCESSING NETWORK ADDRESS IDENTIFIERS[2002/51]
French:TRAITEMENT D'IDENTIFICATEURS D'ADRESSE DE RESEAU[2002/51]
Entry into regional phase11.10.2002National basic fee paid 
11.10.2002Designation fee(s) paid 
11.10.2002Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.09.2001Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
11.10.2002Examination requested  [2002/51]
02.07.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.01.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.10.2009Date of oral proceedings
11.08.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.08.2010Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
21.12.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.12.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.03.2012Fee for grant paid
20.03.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination05.02.2010Appeal received
07.04.2010Statement of grounds filed
30.06.2010Interlocutory revision of appeal
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  02.07.2008
Opposition(s)05.02.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
01.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
31.01.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
23.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 06
26.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 07
04.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 08
16.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 09
22.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 10
21.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 11
21.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 12
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP0462725  (IBM [US]) [A] 1-4 * page 6, line 58 - page 7, line 56; claims 1,2 *;
 [X]  - TANG D ET AL, "A GATEWAY BETWEEN MHS (X.400) AND SMTP", PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMPUTER STANDARDS CONFERENCE. (COMPSTAN),US,WASHINGTON, IEEE COMP. SOC. PRESS, (19880321), vol. CONF. 2, ISBN 0-8186-0791-2, pages 7 - 14, XP000345678 [X] 1-4 * page 10, column R, paragraph 5.1 - page 12, column L, line 4 * * page 12, column R, paragraph 6 - page 13, column L, line 37 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CSTAND.1988.4753
 [A]  - SCHULZRINNE H ET AL, "INTERNET TELEPHONY: ARCHITECTURE AND PROTOCOLS - AN IETF PERSPECTIVE", COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS,NL,NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING. AMSTERDAM, (19990211), vol. 31, no. 3, ISSN 0169-7552, pages 237 - 255, XP000700321 [A] 1-4 * page 246, paragraph 5.1 - page 249, column R, line 6 * * page 251, column R, line 17 - page 253, column L, line 27 *
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