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EP1597908 - APPARATUS IN A TV RECEIVER AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING THE TYPE OF KEYBOARD ATTACHED THERETO [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.11.2012
Database last updated on 21.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip18.04.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR
published on 21.05.2014  [2014/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[2012/01]
Former [2010/07]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2005/47]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne Billancourt / FR
Inventor(s)01 / TESTIN, William, John
6808 Winona Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46236 / US
 [2005/47]
Representative(s)Frese, Beate, et al
Frese Patent PartGmbB Patentanwälte
Hüttenallee 237b
47800 Krefeld / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/47]Frese-Göddeke, Beate, et al
Frese-Patent Hüttenallee 237b
47800 Krefeld / DE
Former [2008/33]Domenego, Bertrand, et al
Cabinet Lavoix 2, place d'Estienne d'Orves
75441 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Former [2006/24]Domenego, Bertrand, et al
Cabinet Lavoix 2, place d'Estienne d'Orves
75441 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Former [2005/47]Le Dantec, Claude
Thomson, 46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR
Application number, filing date04710672.912.02.2004
[2005/47]
WO2004US04209
Priority number, dateUS20030448603P14.02.2003         Original published format: US 448603 P
[2005/47]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2004075529
Date:02.09.2004
Language:EN
[2004/36]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1597908
Date:23.11.2005
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2005/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1597908
Date:04.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.02.2005
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/00
[2005/47]
CPC:
H04N5/44 (EP,KR,US); H04N5/63 (KR)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   TR [2006/24]
Former [2005/47]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 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG IN EINEM FERNSEHEMPFÄNGER ZUR AUTOMATISCHEN ERKENNUNG DER ART DER BEFESTIGTEN TASTATUR[2005/47]
English:APPARATUS IN A TV RECEIVER AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING THE TYPE OF KEYBOARD ATTACHED THERETO[2005/47]
French:APPAREIL DE RECEPTEUR T.V. PERMETTANT DE DETECTER AUTOMATIQUEMENT LE TYPE DE CLAVIER QUI LUI EST ASSOCIE[2005/47]
Entry into regional phase05.09.2005National basic fee paid 
05.09.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
05.09.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.09.2005Examination requested  [2005/47]
18.04.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.10.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.03.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.07.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.11.2011Fee for grant paid
18.11.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  18.04.2006
Opposition(s)05.10.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.09.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
22.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
23.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
21.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
26.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
23.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT04.01.2012
TR04.01.2012
ES15.04.2012
[2014/21]
Former [2013/22]IT04.01.2012
ES15.04.2012
Former [2012/50]IT04.01.2012
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0773674  (THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS [US]) [A] 1,15,18,23 * column 2, line 40 - column 3, line 15 *;
 [A]US6011328  (SMITH TERRY L [US]) [A] 1,15,18,23 * column 5, line 14 - line 17 *;
 [A]US5036261  (TESTIN WILLIAM J [US]) [A] 1,15,18,23 * column 5, line 47 - column 6, line 15 *;
 [XA]US4251805  (HOLZMANN DIETER, et al) [X] 15,16 * column 6, line 1 - line 15 * * column 4, line 66 - column 5, line 52 * [A] 1,3,18;
 [A]US5151554  (MATSUDA TAKASHI [JP]) [A] 1,15,18,23 * column 7, line 61 - column 8, line 14 * * column 2, line 47 - line 48 *;
 [A]US5872561  (FIGIE JOHN R [US], et al) [A] 1,15,18,23 * column 1, line 57 - line 62 * * column 4, line 21 - line 27 *
 [A]  - "KEYBOARD DETECTION IN A PEN-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEM", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, IBM CORP. NEW YORK, US, (19940601), vol. 37, no. 6A, ISSN 0018-8689, pages 515 - 516, XP000455865 [A] 1,15,18,23 * whole document *
 [XA]  - KENNETH J. TURNER, RICHARD O. SINNOTT, "DILL: SPECIFYING DIGITAL LOGIC IN LOTOS", PROC. FORMAL DESCRIPTION TECHNIQUES VI, NORTH-HOLLAND, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, (1994), pages 71 - 86, XP002302715 [X] 15,16 * 3.1 Modelling Digital Signals, 5 Designing a Keyboard Controller * [A] 1,18,23
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