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EP About this file: EP1588558

EP1588558 - ROBUST MODE STAGGERCASTING WITHOUT ARTIFACTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  18.05.2012
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.05.2012Refusal of applicationpublished on 20.06.2012  [2012/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[N/P]
Former [2010/07]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2005/43]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne Billancourt / FR
Inventor(s)01 / BOYCE, Jill
3 Brandywine Court
Manalapan, NJ 07726 / US
02 / COOPER, Jeffrey
11 Toth Lane
Rocky Hill, NJ 08553 / US
03 / RAMASWAMY, Kumar
71 Sayre Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
 [2005/43]
Representative(s)Rumpler, Wolfgang
ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE
[N/P]
Former [2007/12]Rumpler, Wolfgang
Hofstetter, Schurack & Skora, Patentanwälte, Balanstrasse 57
81541 München / DE
Former [2005/43]Rittner, Karsten
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, European Patent Operations, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74
30625 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date04704056.321.01.2004
[2005/43]
WO2004US01528
Priority number, dateUS20030443672P28.01.2003         Original published format: US 443672 P
[2005/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2004070952
Date:19.08.2004
Language:EN
[2004/34]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1588558
Date:26.10.2005
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.08.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2005/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US07.04.2005
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.08.2006
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/66, H04N7/24, H04N7/58, H04L1/00, H04L27/34
[2006/40]
CPC:
H04L1/02 (EP,US); H04N7/12 (KR); H04N9/8042 (US);
H04L1/08 (EP,US); H04L27/02 (EP,US); H04N1/409 (KR);
H04N1/58 (KR); H04N19/00 (EP,US); H04N19/107 (EP,US);
H04N19/12 (EP,US); H04N19/142 (EP,US); H04N19/164 (EP,US);
H04N19/169 (EP,US); H04N19/172 (EP,US); H04N19/176 (EP,US);
H04N19/188 (EP,US); H04N19/20 (EP,US); H04N19/36 (EP,US);
H04N19/37 (EP,US); H04N19/39 (EP,US); H04N19/61 (EP,US);
H04N19/63 (EP,US); H04N19/89 (EP,US); H04N19/895 (EP,US);
H04N21/234327 (EP,US); H04N21/234363 (EP,US); H04N21/234381 (EP,US);
H04N21/2362 (EP,US); H04N21/2365 (EP,US); H04N21/2383 (EP,US);
H04N21/2662 (EP,US); H04N21/4347 (EP,US); H04N21/4382 (EP,US);
H04N21/4383 (EP,US); H04N21/631 (EP,US); H04N5/85 (US);
H04L2001/0098 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2005/43]H04N7/12
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2005/52]
Former [2005/43]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:STAGGERCASTING IM ROBUSTEN MODUS OHNE ARTEFAKTE[2005/43]
English:ROBUST MODE STAGGERCASTING WITHOUT ARTIFACTS[2005/43]
French:DIFFUSION SUR FREQUENCES DECALEES EN MODE ROBUSTE SANS ARTEFACTS[2005/43]
Entry into regional phase07.07.2005National basic fee paid 
07.07.2005Search fee paid 
07.07.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
07.07.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.08.2004Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
07.07.2005Examination requested  [2005/43]
01.12.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.03.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.01.2012Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 01.03.2012
01.02.2012Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/25]
11.02.2012Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/25]
01.03.2012Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  01.12.2006
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
24.01.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
25.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
26.01.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
26.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
25.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
27.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[XY]JP2000078116  ;
 [YA]US2002129374  (FREEMAN MICHAEL J [US], et al) [Y] 10,24,30,40,52 * paragraphs [0012] , [0102] , [0122] , [0207]; figure 5 * [A] ;
 [X]US6480541  (GIROD BERND [DE], et al) [X] 1,3,8,9,17,19,23,31,33,39,43,44,50 * column 3, paragraphs 35-49 * * column 7, line 56 - column 8, line 32 * * column 9, line 40 - column 10, line 15 * * column 11, line 60 - column 12, line 65 *;
 [Y]US2002181581  (BIRRU DAGNACHEW [US], et al) [Y] 11,13,15,27,29,41,42,53,54 * paragraphs [0018] - [0021] - [0029] - [0031] - [0042] , [0052] *;
 [PXY]US6535717  (MATSUSHIMA KAZUHISA [JP], et al) [PX] 1-4,6-9,14,17-23,25,28,31-34,36-39,43-51 * column 2, line 53 - column 5, line 43 * * column 8, line 31 - column 13, line 39 * * column 20, line 65 - column 21, line 41 * * column 22, lines 3-23 * * column 28, lines 8-17 *[PY] 10,11,13,15,24,27,29,30,40-42,52-54
 [XY]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20000922), vol. 2000, no. 06, & JP2000078116 A 20000314 (FUJITSU LTD; FFC:KK) [X] 1-4,6-9,14,17-23,25,28,31-34,36-39,43-51 * abstract * [Y] 10,11,13,15,24,27,29,30,40-42,52-54
International search[A]US6144400  (EBISAWA KAN [JP]);
 [AE]US6701528  (ARSENAULT ROBERT G [US], et al);
 [AE]US6771657  (ELSTERMANN ERIK JOHN [US])
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