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EP1642206 - REPROGRAMMABLE SECURITY FOR CONTROLLING PIRACY AND ENABLING INTERACTIVE CONTENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.10.2018 Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 17.11.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.07.2017
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 20.06.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.02.2017
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 23.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	05.06.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, PT	published on 08.07.2020 [2020/28]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Irdeto B.V. Taurusavenue 105 2130 LS Hoofddorp / NL
	[2015/21]
Former [2013/47]	For all designated states Irdeto USA, Inc. 3255-3 Scott Blvd., Suite 101 Santa Clara CA 95054 / US
Former [2011/09]	For all designated states Rovi Solutions Corporation 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
Former [2008/16]	For all designated states MACROVISION CORPORATION 1830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
Former [2008/08]	For all designated states Cryptography Research Inc. 575 Market Street, 11th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
Former [2006/14]	For all designated states Cryptography Research Inc. 575 Market Street, Suite 2150 San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / KOCHER, Paul, C.@c/o Cryptography Research, Inc. 11th Floor, 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
	02 / JAFFE, Joshua, M. 1833 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
	03 / JUN, Benjamin, C. 133 Duncan Street San Francisco, CA 94110 / US
	04 / LAREN, Carter, C. 86 Barcelona Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115 / US
	05 / PEARSON, Peter, K. 5624 Victoria Lane Livermore, CA 94550 / US
	06 / LAWSON, Nathaniel J. 1704 Pleasant Valley Avenue 2 Oakland, CA 94611 / US
	[2017/51]
Former [2009/03]	01 / KOCHER, Paul, C. c/o Cryptography Research, Inc. 11th Floor, 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
	02 / JAFFE, Joshua, M. 1833 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
	03 / JUN, Benjamin, C. 133 Duncan Street San Francisco, CA 94110 / US
	04 / LAREN, Carter, C. 86 Barcelona Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115 / US
	05 / PEARSON, Peter, K. 5624 Victoria Lane Livermore, CA 94550 / US
	06 / LAWSON, Nathaniel J. 1704 Pleasant Valley Avenue 2 Oakland, CA 94611 / US
Former [2006/47]	01 / KOCHER, Paul, C. c/o Cryptography Research, Inc. 21st Floor, 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
	02 / JAFFE, Joshua, M. 1833 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
	03 / JUN, Benjamin, C. 133 Duncan Street San Francisco, CA 94110 / US
	04 / LAREN, Carter, C. 86 Barcelona Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115 / US
	05 / PEARSON, Peter, K. 5624 Victoria Lane Livermore, CA 94550 / US
	06 / LAWSON, Nathaniel J. 1704 Pleasant Valley Avenue 2 Oakland, CA 94611 / US
Former [2006/27]	01 / KOCHER, Paul, C. c/o Cryptography Research, Inc. 21st Floor, 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 / US
	02 / JAFFE, Joshua, M. 1833 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
	03 / JUN, Benjamin, C. 133 Duncan Street San Francisco, CA 94110 / US
	04 / LAREN, Carter, C. 86 Barcelona Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115 / US
	05 / PEARSON, Peter, K. 5624 Victoria Lane Livermore, CA 94550 / US
Former [2006/14]	01 / KOCHER, Paul, C. 134 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117 / US
	02 / JAFFE, Joshua, M. 1833 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
	03 / JUN, Benjamin, C. 133 Duncan Street San Francisco, CA 94110 / US
	04 / LAREN, Carter, C. 86 Barcelona Avenue San Francisco, CA 94115 / US
	05 / PEARSON, Peter, K. 5624 Victoria Lane Livermore, CA 94550 / US
Representative(s)	Boult Wade Tennant LLP Salisbury Square House 8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2013/51]	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2012/11]	Pelly, Jason Charles, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2012/05]	Pelly, Jason Charles, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2009/20]	Thum, Bernhard, et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
Former [2006/14]	Abnett, Richard Charles REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB
Application number, filing date	04756690.6	07.07.2004
	[2006/14]
	WO2004US21621
Priority number, date	US20030614765	07.07.2003 Original published format: US 614765
	US20040537421P	16.01.2004 Original published format: US 537421 P
	[2006/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2005008385
	Date:	27.01.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/04]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1642206
	Date:	05.04.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.01.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1642206
	Date:	20.12.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	19.05.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.09.2008
Classification	IPC:	G06F21/14, G06Q50/18, H04L9/08, H04L9/30, H04L9/32, G11B20/00, G06F21/10, H04N21/426, H04N21/432, H04N21/4627, H04N5/913, H04N21/418, H04N21/4405, H04N21/8358, G06F9/445, H04N21/81	[2016/20]
	CPC:	G06F21/10 (EP,US); G06F12/14 (KR); G06F21/64 (EP); G06F9/445 (EP,US); G06Q50/188 (EP,US); G11B20/00086 (EP,US); (+) G11B20/00115 (EP,US); G11B20/0021 (EP,US); G11B20/00231 (EP,US); G11B20/00246 (EP,US); G11B20/00253 (EP,US); G11B20/00449 (EP,US); G11B20/00818 (EP,US); G11B20/00884 (EP,US); H04L9/0844 (EP,US); H04L9/302 (EP,US); H04L9/3236 (EP,US); H04L9/3249 (EP,US); H04L9/3271 (EP,US); H04N21/4181 (EP,US); H04N21/42646 (EP,US); H04N21/4325 (EP,US); H04N21/4405 (EP,US); H04N21/4627 (EP,US); H04N21/8193 (EP,US); H04N21/8358 (EP,US); H04N5/913 (EP,US); H04L2209/56 (EP,US); H04L2209/60 (EP,US); H04N2005/91342 (EP,US); H04N2005/91364 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2006/14]	G06F12/14
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2017/51]
Former [2006/14]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	05.01.2006
	HR	05.01.2006
	LT	05.01.2006
	LV	05.01.2006
	MK	05.01.2006
Title	German:	UMPROGRAMMIERBARE SICHERHEIT ZUR KONTROLLE VON WIDERRECHTLICHEN KOPIEN UND ZUR ERMÖGLICHUNG EINES INTERAKTIVEN INHALTS	[2006/14]
	English:	REPROGRAMMABLE SECURITY FOR CONTROLLING PIRACY AND ENABLING INTERACTIVE CONTENT	[2006/14]
	French:	SECURITE REPROGRAMMABLE POUR LUTTER CONTRE LE PIRATAGE ET AUTORISER L'ACCES A DU CONTENU INTERACTIF	[2006/14]
Entry into regional phase	05.01.2006	National basic fee paid
	05.01.2006	Search fee paid
	05.01.2006	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.01.2006	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.02.2005	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	05.01.2006	Examination requested [2006/14]
	15.05.2009	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	11.06.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	26.10.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.04.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.10.2016	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time
	22.12.2016	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	02.02.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.06.2017	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	07.07.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.11.2017	Fee for grant paid
	09.11.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	09.11.2017	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP12172640.0 / EP2557521
	EP12172641.8 / EP2570918
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 11.06.2010
Opposition(s)	21.09.2018	No opposition filed within time limit [2018/48]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to fulfill actions required for granting the patent
	22.12.2016	Request for further processing filed
	22.12.2016	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	12.01.2017	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.01.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.07.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.07.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	10.07.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.07.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.07.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	24.07.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
	24.07.2013	Renewal fee patent year 10
	24.07.2014	Renewal fee patent year 11
	24.07.2015	Renewal fee patent year 12
	22.07.2016	Renewal fee patent year 13
	24.07.2017	Renewal fee patent year 14
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of Execution	deleted
	[2014/44]
Former [2009/20]	ID:	01
	For:	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Date:	26.02.2009
	[2014/44]
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	07.07.2004
	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	PT	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	TR	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	GB	07.07.2018
	IE	07.07.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
	BE	31.07.2018
	CH	31.07.2018
	FR	31.07.2018
	LI	31.07.2018
	[2020/27]
Former [2020/16]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	TR	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	GB	07.07.2018
	IE	07.07.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
	BE	31.07.2018
	CH	31.07.2018
	FR	31.07.2018
	LI	31.07.2018
Former [2019/23]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	GB	07.07.2018
	IE	07.07.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
	BE	31.07.2018
	CH	31.07.2018
	FR	31.07.2018
	LI	31.07.2018
Former [2019/21]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	GB	07.07.2018
	IE	07.07.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
	CH	31.07.2018
	LI	31.07.2018
Former [2019/19]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	IE	07.07.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
Former [2019/17]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
	LU	07.07.2018
Former [2019/15]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	MC	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2019/13]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SI	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/51]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	DK	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/40]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	RO	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/39]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	IT	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/38]	AT	20.12.2017
	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/37]	CY	20.12.2017
	CZ	20.12.2017
	EE	20.12.2017
	ES	20.12.2017
	FI	20.12.2017
	PL	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	SK	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/24]	FI	20.12.2017
	SE	20.12.2017
	BG	20.03.2018
	GR	21.03.2018
Former [2018/22]	FI	20.12.2017
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US5802592 (CHESS DAVID M [US], et al) [X] 1-4,11 * column 4, line 53 - column 5, line 16 ** column 5, line 29 - line 58 *
	International search	[A]US5191611 (LANG GERALD S [US]);
		[A]US5392351 (HASEBE TAKAYUKI [JP], et al);
		[A]US5450489 (OSTROVER LEWIS S [US], et al);
		[A]US5638443 (STEFIK MARK J [US], et al);
		[X]US6314409 (SCHNECK PAUL B [US], et al)

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