EP1275269 - A METHOD OF AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A LOUDSPEAKER LOCATED CLOSE TO AN EAR AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2003/03] | A METHOD OF AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A LOUDSPEAKER LOCATED CLOSE TO AN EAR | ||
[2016/20] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.08.2017 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.03.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 08.04.2020 [2020/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Creative Technology Ltd. 31 International Business Park Singapore 609921 / SG | [2016/41] |
Former [2004/27] | For all designated states Creative Technology Ltd. 31 International Business Park Singapore 609921 / SG | ||
Former [2003/03] | For all designated states CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES LIMITED Dawley Road Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1HH / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SIBBALD, Alastair 18 Horseguards Drive Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1XL / GB | [2016/41] |
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SIBBALD, Alastair 18 Horseguards Drive Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 1XL / GB | Representative(s) | Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel Frederick, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 2nd Floor, Wytham Court 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0JB / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2016/41] | Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel Frederick, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Fletcher House Heatley Road The Oxford Science Park Oxford OX4 4GE / GB | ||
Former [2012/23] | Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel Frederick, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 4220 Nash Court Oxford Business Park South Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2RU / GB | ||
Former [2006/03] | Sharp, Alan Cooper, et al Cooper Sharp & Co, 32 Spencer Street St Albans Herts. AL3 5EG / GB | ||
Former [2005/08] | Sharp, Alan Cooper Ablett & Stebbing, Caparo House, 101-103 Baker Street London W1U 6FQ / GB | ||
Former [2003/03] | Sharp, Alan Cooper QED I.P. Services Limited, Dawley Road Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1HH / GB | Application number, filing date | 01969023.9 | 10.04.2001 | [2003/03] | WO2001GB01597 | Priority number, date | GB20000009287 | 15.04.2000 Original published format: GB 0009287 | [2003/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO0178486 | Date: | 25.10.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/43] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1275269 | Date: | 15.01.2003 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.10.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2003/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1275269 | Date: | 12.10.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/41] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 06.06.2002 | Classification | IPC: | H04R5/033, H04M1/19, H04M1/60, H04R3/00 | [2003/03] | CPC: |
H04M1/19 (EP);
G10K15/08 (EP);
H04M1/6016 (EP);
H04R2499/11 (EP);
H04S5/00 (EP);
H04S7/305 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2016/41] |
Former [2003/03] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR AUDIOSIGNALSVERARBEITUNG FÜR EINEN LAUTSPRECHER DER SICH IN DER NÄHE DES OHRES BEFINDET UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG ZU DESSEN DURCHFÜHRUNG | [2016/20] | English: | A METHOD OF AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A LOUDSPEAKER LOCATED CLOSE TO AN EAR AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | [2016/20] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'UN SIGNAL AUDIO POUR HAUT-PARLEUR DISPOSÉ A PROXIMITE D'UNE OREILLE ET APPAREIL DE COMMUNICATION DESTINÉ À METTRE EN OEUVRE LEDIT PROCÉDÉ | [2016/20] |
Former [2003/03] | VERFAHREN ZUR AUDIOSIGNALSVERARBEITUNG FÜR EINEN LAUTSPRECHER DER SICH IN DER NÄHE DES OHRES BEFINDET | ||
Former [2003/03] | A METHOD OF AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A LOUDSPEAKER LOCATED CLOSE TO AN EAR | ||
Former [2003/03] | PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT D'UN SIGNAL AUDIO POUR HAUT-PARLEUR DISPOSE A PROXIMITE D'UNE OREILLE | Entry into regional phase | 10.10.2002 | National basic fee paid | 10.10.2002 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.10.2002 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 06.11.2001 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 10.10.2002 | Examination requested [2003/03] | 14.07.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.12.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.04.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.08.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 30.08.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.08.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 14.07.2005 | Opposition(s) | 13.07.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.06.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.10.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.04.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.04.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.04.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 29.04.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 26.04.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 25.04.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 25.04.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 29.04.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 28.04.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 27.04.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 15 | 27.04.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 16 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.04.2003 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   24.06.2003 | 30.04.2004 | 04   M06   Fee paid on   19.10.2004 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 12.10.2016 | BE | 12.10.2016 | CY | 12.10.2016 | DK | 12.10.2016 | ES | 12.10.2016 | FI | 12.10.2016 | IT | 12.10.2016 | MC | 12.10.2016 | SE | 12.10.2016 | TR | 12.10.2016 | GR | 13.01.2017 | PT | 13.02.2017 | IE | 10.04.2017 | LU | 10.04.2017 | CH | 30.04.2017 | LI | 30.04.2017 | [2020/15] |
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PT | 13.02.2017 | Cited in | International search | [X]US5761295 (KNAPPE MICHAEL EDMUND [CA], et al) [X] 1-13 * column 1, line 60 - column 2, line 49; figure - *; | [A]US4438525 (SHIBATA TAKASHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-13 * column 2, line 31 - column 4, line 3; figure - *; | [A]US4694497 (KASAI JUNICHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-13 * column 2, line 5 - line 56 *; | [A]GB2255884 (GERZON MICHAEL ANTHONY) [A] 1-13 * page 1, line 8 - page 8, line 19; figure - *; | [A]WO8602791 (UNIV NORTHWESTERN [US]) [A] 1-13 * page 6, line 2 - page 19, line 11; figure - * | by applicant | US5761295 | GB20000005334 |