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EP1518232 - INTRINSICALLY SAFE PICK-UP FOR REPRODUCTION OR RECORDING DEVICES FOR DIFFERENT OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.03.2007
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.08.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 03.10.2007  [2007/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[N/P]
Former [2006/20]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR
Former [2005/40]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne Billancourt / FR
Former [2005/13]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing S.A.
46, quai A. Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR
Inventor(s)01 / ZUCKER, Friedhelm
Innsbrucker Str. 4
78052 Villingen-Schwenningen / DE
 [2005/13]
Representative(s)Kurth, Dieter
Deutsche Thomson OHG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D
30625 Hannover / DE
[N/P]
Former [2005/13]Kurth, Dieter, Dipl.-Ing.
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, European Patent Operations, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74
30625 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date03735633.416.06.2003
[2005/13]
WO2003EP06342
Priority number, dateDE200212923428.06.2002         Original published format: DE 10229234
[2005/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2004003900
Date:08.01.2004
Language:EN
[2004/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1518232
Date:30.03.2005
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.01.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2005/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1518232
Date:17.05.2006
Language:EN
[2006/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.01.2004
ClassificationIPC:G11B7/125, H01S5/0683, H01S5/40
[2005/13]
CPC:
G11B7/1263 (EP,US); G11B7/1275 (EP,US); G11B2007/0006 (EP,US);
H01S5/0427 (EP,US); H01S5/0683 (EP,US); H01S5/4087 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2005/42]
Former [2005/13]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
TitleGerman:EIGENSICHERER ABTASTKOPF FÜR WIEDERGABE- ODER AUFNAHMEGERÄTE FÜR VERSCHIEDENE OPTISCHE SPEICHERMEDIEN[2005/13]
English:INTRINSICALLY SAFE PICK-UP FOR REPRODUCTION OR RECORDING DEVICES FOR DIFFERENT OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA[2005/13]
French:CAPTEUR A SECURITE INTRINSEQUE POUR DISPOSITIFS DE LECTURE OU D'ENREGISTREMENT DE DIFFERENTS SUPPORTS D'ENREGISTREMENT OPTIQUES[2005/13]
Entry into regional phase13.12.2004National basic fee paid 
13.12.2004Designation fee(s) paid 
13.12.2004Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.12.2003Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
13.12.2004Examination requested  [2005/13]
07.04.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.07.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.11.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.03.2006Fee for grant paid
21.03.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.02.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT17.05.2006
[2007/40]
Cited inInternational search[XY]EP1170840  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1-3,5,7,10,11,16,18-20 * column 2, line 13 - column 4, line 6; figure 12 * [Y] 4,6,8,12;
 [X]EP1067529  (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1-3,5,7,10,11,16,18-20 * paragraphs [0013] - [0024]; figure 1 *;
 [Y]EP1005121  (CANON KK [JP]) [Y] 6,8,12 * paragraphs [0014] - [0018]; figure 1 *;
 [Y]US6295260  (SHIHARA TETUYA [JP], et al) [Y] 4,12 * abstract *;
 [A]JPH10209545  ;
 [E]WO03050808  (THOMSON LICENSING SA [FR], et al) [E] 1-5,7,10,11,16-18,20 * the whole document *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19981130), vol. 1998, no. 13, & JP10209545 A 19980807 (FUJI XEROX CO LTD) [A] 1-20 * abstract *
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