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EP2041972 - DECODING MEDIA CONTENT AT A WIRELESS RECEIVER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  31.08.2018
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.08.2018Refusal of applicationpublished on 03.10.2018  [2018/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
British Telecommunications public limited company
81 Newgate Street
London EC1A 7AJ / GB
[2018/01]
Former [2009/47]For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street London
EC1A 7AJ / GB
Former [2009/14]For all designated states
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
81 Newgate Street
London, Greater London EC1A 7AJ / GB
Inventor(s)01 / PITTAWAY, Richard, Eric
17 Burton Drive Needham Market Ipswich
Suffolk IP6 8XD / GB
02 / RIX, Antony, William
16 Sherlock Road Cambridge
Cambridgeshire CB3 0HR / GB
03 / MICHAELSON-YEATES, Philip
117 Stour Green Ely Cambridge
Cambridgeshire CB6 2XJ / GB
 [2009/14]
Representative(s)British Telecommunications public limited company Intellectual Property Department
9th Floor
One Braham
Braham Street
London E1 8EE / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/14]Cardus, Alan Peter
British Telecommunications plc Intellectual Property Department PPC5A, BT Centre 81 Newgate Street
London EC1A 7AJ / GB
Application number, filing date07733375.526.06.2007
[2009/14]
WO2007GB02382
Priority number, dateGB2006001394413.07.2006         Original published format: GB 0613944
[2009/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008007045
Date:17.01.2008
Language:EN
[2008/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2041972
Date:01.04.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.01.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.01.2008
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/24
[2009/14]
CPC:
H04N21/835 (EP,US); H04H60/14 (EP,US); H04N21/2541 (EP,US);
H04N21/41407 (EP,US); H04N21/4627 (EP,US); H04N21/47202 (EP,US);
H04N21/6112 (EP,US); H04N21/6181 (EP,US); H04N21/63775 (EP,US);
H04N21/8355 (EP,US); H04N7/17318 (EP,US); H04H60/40 (EP,US);
H04H60/91 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2009/14]
TitleGerman:DEKODIEREN VON MEDIENINHALT IN EINEM DRAHTLOSEN EMPFÄNGER[2009/14]
English:DECODING MEDIA CONTENT AT A WIRELESS RECEIVER[2009/14]
French:DÉCODAGE DE CONTENU MULTIMÉDIA AU NIVEAU D'UN RÉCEPTEUR SANS FIL[2009/14]
Entry into regional phase19.01.2009National basic fee paid 
19.01.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
19.01.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.01.2009Examination requested  [2009/14]
22.04.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.09.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.11.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.03.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.05.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 30.05.2018
17.05.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/40]
27.05.2018Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/40]
30.05.2018Date 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  22.04.2009
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
21.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
01.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
04.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
11.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
28.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
31.03.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
31.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 11
31.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 12
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Cited inInternational search[XP]US2006159117  (FURLONG JEFF [CA] ET AL) [XP] 1-32 * the whole document *;
 [X]US6385596  (WISER PHILIP R [US] ET AL) [X] 1-32 * column 8, line 19 - line 56; figures 2-4 * * column 18, line 37 - line 55 *;
 [A]WO2004057446  (IBM [US]; IBM DEUTSCHLAND [DE]; HANNSMANN UWE [DE]; STOBER THOMAS [DE]) [A] 1-32 * page 3 *;
 [A]US2004162846  (NAKAHARA TOHRU [JP] ET AL) [A] 1-32 * figures 21-23,31 *
 [X]  - CISCO SYSTEMS, "USING THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS MEDIA SERVER WITH CISCO APPLICATION AND CONTENT NETWORKING SYSTEM 5.1", CISCO WHITE PAPER, (20031231), pages 1 - 7, URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/so/neso/cxne/acnss_wp.pdf, (20071008), XP002454043 [X] 1-32 * figure 2 *
 [A]  - "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)", ETSI STANDARDS, EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, SOPHIA-ANTIPO, FR, (200602), vol. BC, no. V131, ISSN 0000-0001, XP014033908 [A] 1-32 * the whole document *
 [A]  - "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)", ETSI STANDARDS, EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, SOPHIA-ANTIPO, FR, (200011), vol. BC, no. V111, ISSN 0000-0001, XP014004879 [A] 1-32 * the whole document *
 [A]  - QIONG LIU, "Digital Rights Management for Content Distribution", AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY, AISW2003, (20031231), pages 1 - 10, URL: http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV21ALiu.pdf, (20071008), XP002454044 [A] 1-32 * the whole document *
ExaminationEP1624690
    - DVB ORGANIZATION, "tm-avc0007.pdf", DVB, DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING, C/O EBU - 17A ANCIENNE ROUTE - CH-1218 GRAND SACONNEX, GENEVA - SWITZERLAND, (20031017), XP017803972
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