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EP0386137 - PROCESSOR FOR EXPANDING A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  01.11.1996
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Intel Corporation
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/29]For all designated states
INTEL CORPORATION
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95052 / US
Former [1990/37]For all designated states
INTEL CORPORATION
3065 Bower Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95052 / US
Inventor(s)01 / SIMON, Allen, Henry
74 Chestnut Court
Belle Mead, NJ 08502 / US
02 / SPRAGUE, David, Leroy
4 Eaton Place
Hopewell, NJ 08525 / US
03 / KEITH, John, Michael
115 Oakdale Avenue
Washington Crossing, PA 18977 / US
04 / PATTI, Michael, Francis
15 Major Lane
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US
05 / HARNEY, Kevin
30 Reeve Place
Brooklyn, NY 11218 / US
06 / RYAN, Lawrence, David
4 Lancashire Drive
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 / US
07 / FEDELE, Nicola, John
1 Prospect Street
Kingston, NJ 08528 / US
08 / ASTLE, Brian
1 Madison Avenue
Cranbury, NJ 08512 / US
[1990/37]
Representative(s)Schütz, Peter, et al
v. Bezold & Sozien Patentanwälte Akademiestrasse 7
80799 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/37]Schütz, Peter, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Dr. Dieter von Bezold Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schütz Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Heusler Brienner Strasse 52
D-80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date89900442.803.11.1988
[1990/37]
WO1988US03816
Priority number, dateUS1987012175316.11.1987         Original published format: US 121753
[1990/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8905084
Date:01.06.1989
Language:EN
[1989/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0386137
Date:12.09.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.06.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.06.1989
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/137
[1990/37]
CPC:
H04N19/50 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1990/37]
TitleGerman:PROZESSOR ZUM EXPANDIEREN EINES KOMPRIMIERTEN VIDEOSIGNALS[1990/37]
English:PROCESSOR FOR EXPANDING A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL[1990/37]
French:PROCESSEUR D'EXTENSION D'UN SIGNAL VIDEO COMPRIME[1990/37]
Entry into regional phase16.05.1990National basic fee paid 
16.05.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
16.05.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.06.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
16.05.1990Examination requested  [1990/37]
26.06.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.11.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.1993Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [1996/51]
28.10.1996Application refused, date of legal effect [1996/51]
Appeal following examination12.08.1993Appeal received No.  T0983/93
21.10.1993Statement of grounds filed
27.02.1995Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M06) [1995/09]
30.08.1995Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1995/35]
02.10.1996Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
11.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
24.11.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
24.11.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
25.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
23.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[A]JP6143887  ;
 US4430670  [ ] (NETRAVALI ARUN N [US]);
 US4663660  [ ] (FEDELE NICOLA J [US], et al);
 US4703348  [ ] (YUASA HIROYOSHI [JP], et al)
 [A]  - Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 10, no. 201 (E-419)(2257), 15 July 1986; &JP-A-6143887 (HITACHI) 3 March 1986, & JP6143887 A 19860303
 [A]  - Systems & Computers in Japan, vol. 17, no. 12, December 1986 (Silver Spring, Maryland, US) A. Machizawa et al.: "Image data compression based on interpolative DPCM by area decomposition", pages 75-84
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