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EP1241922
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| EP1241922 - Audio surround sound power management switching [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.10.2013 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.10.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 06.11.2013 [2013/45] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR | [2012/48] |
| Former [2010/07] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 1, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR | ||
| Former [2005/40] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne Billancourt / FR | ||
| Former [2002/38] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing S.A. 46, quai A.Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hoover, Alan Anderson 3937 Cranbrook Drive Indianapolis, IN 46240 / US | 02 /
Anderson, Mark Robert 8511 Westridge Drive Indianapolis, IN 46234 / US | [2002/38] | Representative(s) | Heuer, Wilhelm, et al Heuer Patentanwälte Jägerberg 6 82335 Berg / DE | [2009/52] |
| Former [2002/38] | Rossmanith, Manfred, Dr., et al Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH European Patent Operations Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74 30625 Hannover / DE | Application number, filing date | 02290516.0 | 04.03.2002 | [2002/38] | Priority number, date | US20010805342 | 13.03.2001 Original published format: US 805342 | [2002/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1241922 | Date: | 18.09.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/38] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1241922 | Date: | 29.10.2008 | [2008/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1241922 | Date: | 28.11.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/48] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.09.2008 | Classification | IPC: | H04S7/00, H04S3/00 | [2002/38] | CPC: |
H04R5/04 (EP,US);
H04S3/00 (EP,KR,US);
H04R2420/03 (EP,US);
H04S1/00 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2009/28] |
| Former [2002/38] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | Title | German: | Leistungssteuerungsumschaltung für Audio-Raumklang | [2002/38] | English: | Audio surround sound power management switching | [2002/38] | French: | Commutation de gestion de puissance pour son à effet spatial audio | [2002/38] | Examination procedure | 15.04.2009 | Examination requested [2009/22] | 30.04.2009 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 07.05.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 08.06.2009 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | 27.10.2009 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 11.12.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.08.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.11.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 25.11.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 13.12.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.04.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.05.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.06.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 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 07.05.2009 | Opposition(s) | 29.08.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/45] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 14.12.2009 | Request for further processing filed | 14.12.2009 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 30.12.2009 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.03.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.03.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.03.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 20.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.03.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 26.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.03.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 22.03.2012 | 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 | [XA] US5729174 (DUENNEBACKE JOACHIM et al.) [X] 1,2,5-8 * column 1, line 5 - column 4, line 5 * * column 4, line 30 - columns 7-5 *[A] 3,4,9 | [A] US6167140 (WATANABE ATSUO et al.) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 5 - column 3, line 63 * * column 4, line 48 - column 10, line 35 * | [A] US5757928 (SCHAAR REINHARD et al.) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 5 - column 5, line 25 * * column 5, line 42 - column 7, line 21 * | [A] US5875250 (KUO MARK et al.) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 5 - column 2, line 5 * * column 2, line 20 - column 3, line 7 * | [A] US5606289 (WILLIAMSON ROBERT C et al.) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 10 - column 5, line 39 * * column 6, line 1 - column 14, line 20; claims 1-3 * |