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EP1863008
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| EP1863008 - Method and circuit for controlling the backlighting system of a display apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.01.2019 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.01.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 04.10.2017 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 14.12.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 06.02.2019 [2019/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR | [2018/09] |
| Former [2010/07] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 1, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR | ||
| Former [2007/49] | For all designated states Thomson Licensing 46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ploquin, Didier La vieille Voie 38500 Parthenay de Bretagne / FR | 02 /
Machand, Philippe 13, allée de Belgique 35500 Vitre / FR | 03 /
Morizot, Gérard 7 les Hauts Prés 35500 Voiron / FR | [2007/49] | Representative(s) | Vidon Brevets & Stratégie 16B, rue de Jouanet BP 90333 35703 Rennes Cedex 7 / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [2018/09] | Browaeys, Jean-Philippe, et al TECHNICOLOR 1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR | ||
| Former [2010/24] | Heuer, Wilhelm Heuer Patentanwälte Jägerberg 6 82335 Berg / DE | ||
| Former [2007/49] | Lindemann, Robert Deutsche Thomson OHG European Patent Operations Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74 30625 Hannover / DE | Application number, filing date | 07108548.4 | 21.05.2007 | [2007/49] | Priority number, date | EP20060290910 | 02.06.2006 Original published format: EP 06290910 | [2007/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1863008 | Date: | 05.12.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/49] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1863008 | Date: | 01.07.2009 | [2009/27] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1863008 | Date: | 28.02.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.05.2009 | Classification | IPC: | G09G3/34 | [2007/49] | CPC: |
G09G3/3406 (EP);
G09G2320/0247 (EP);
G09G2320/064 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2018/09] |
| Former [2010/10] | DE, FR, GB | ||
| Former [2007/49] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Verfahren und Schaltung zur Steuerung einer Hintergrundbeleuchtungssystem einer Anzeigevorrichtung | [2007/49] | English: | Method and circuit for controlling the backlighting system of a display apparatus | [2007/49] | French: | Procédé et circuit de contrôle d'un système de rétroéclairage pour un appareil d'affichage | [2007/49] | Examination procedure | 14.12.2009 | Examination requested [2010/04] | 05.01.2010 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 08.01.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 05.02.2010 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 24.06.2010 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 02.08.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.12.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.04.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.10.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.12.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.10.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.01.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 17.01.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.01.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 08.01.2010 | Opposition(s) | 29.11.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/06] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 04.08.2010 | Request for further processing filed | 04.08.2010 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.05.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.05.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.05.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.05.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.05.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.05.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 17.05.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 24.05.2017 | 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 | [X]US5184117 (GAUTHIER LLOYD W [US]) [X] 1,9 * column 2, line 63 - column 5, line 7; figures 1,2 *; | [X]EP0685831 (SHARP KK [JP]) [X] 1-11 * column 13, line 32 - column 16, line 32; figures 1,7-15 * * column 21, line 14 - column 22, line 14; figures 1,2 * * column 25, line 48 - column 26, line 11; figure 2 * * column 28, line 14 - column 29, line 19; figure 2 * * column 30, line 34 - column 32, line 47; figure 2 *; | [A]US2003011559 (ADACHI KATSUMI [JP], et al) [A] 1-11 * paragraph [0011] - paragraph [0014] ** paragraph [0052] - paragraph [0063]; figures 1-5,11 *; | [X]US2004160435 (CUI YING [US], et al) [X] 1,9 * paragraph [0045] - paragraph [0048]; figure 5 *; | [A]EP1489590 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-11 * paragraph [0008] - paragraph [0011]; figures 20-22 * * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0038]; figures 1-9 *; | [A]US2005052398 (TAKAOKA HIRONORI [JP], et al) [A] 1-11 * paragraph [0039] - paragraph [0043]; figure 2 *; | [X]US2005078081 (ODA KYOICHIRO [JP], et al) [X] 1-11 * paragraph [0160] - paragraph [0163]; figure 4 * * paragraph [0195] - paragraph [0199]; figures 9,10 * * paragraph [0202] - paragraph [0206]; figures 12,13 * | by applicant | US2005078081 |