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EP0414838 - PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent maintained as amended
Status updated on  12.03.2004
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Consumer Electronics Sales GmbH
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74
30625 Hannover / DE
[2000/33]
Former [1995/04]For all designated states
Thomson Consumer Electronics Sales GmbH
Göttinger Chaussee 76
D-30453 Hannover / DE
Former [1991/10]For all designated states
TELEFUNKEN FERNSEH UND RUNDFUNK GMBH
Göttinger Chaussee 76
D-30453 Hannover / DE
Inventor(s)01 / EDLER, Bernd
Hemelingstrasse, 10
D-3000 Hannover / DE
[1991/10]
Representative(s)Hartnack, Wolfgang, et al
Deutsche Thomson OHG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D
30625 Hannover / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/52]Hartnack, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Licensing & Intellectual Property, Göttinger Chaussee 76
30453 Hannover / DE
Former [1995/04]Wördemann, Hermes, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Thomson Consumer Electronics Sales GmbH Postfach 91 13 45
D-30433 Hannover / DE
Former [1991/10]Einsel, Robert, Dipl.-Ing.
TELEFUNKEN Fernseh und Rundfunk GmbH Patent- und Lizenzabteilung Göttinger Chaussee 76
D-30453 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date90901804.626.01.1990
[1991/10]
WO1990EP00143
Priority number, dateDE1989390294801.02.1989         Original published format: DE 3902948
[1991/10]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9009063
Date:09.08.1990
Language:DE
[1990/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0414838
Date:06.03.1991
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.08.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1991/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0414838
Date:22.09.1993
Language:DE
[1993/38]
Type: B2 New European patent specification 
No.:EP0414838
Date:28.04.2004
Language:DE
[2004/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.08.1990
ClassificationIPC:H04B1/66
[1991/10]
CPC:
H04B1/66 (EP,US); G10L19/022 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1991/10]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERTRAGUNG EINES SIGNALS[1991/10]
English:PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL[1991/10]
French:PROCEDE DE TRANSMISSION DE SIGNAUX[1991/10]
Entry into regional phase19.09.1990National basic fee paid 
19.07.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
19.09.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.09.1990Examination requested  [1991/10]
19.02.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
18.03.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
24.03.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.04.1993Fee for grant paid
08.04.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  22.06.1994  05.07.1994  ADMISSIBLE
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102 / US
Opponent's representative
Hoffmann, Eckart
Patentanwalt, Bahnhofstrasse 103
82166 Gräfelfing / DE
 [N/P]
Former [1995/17]
Opponent(s)01  22.06.1994  05.07.1994  ADMISSIBLE
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102 / US
Opponent's representative
Hoffmann, Eckart, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwalt, Bahnhofstrasse 103
D-82166 Gräfelfing / DE
Former [1994/33]
Opponent(s)01  22.06.1994   
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102 / US
Opponent's representative
Blumbach Weser Bergen Kramer Zwirner Hoffmann Patentanwälte
Bahnhofstrasse 103
D-82166 Gräfelfing / DE
28.07.1994Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
28.11.1994Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
07.12.1994Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M06)
07.06.1995Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor
20.10.1995Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
02.02.1996Reply to a communication from the opposition division
10.06.1997Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
17.10.1997Reply to a communication from the opposition division
16.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
22.03.1999Reply to a communication from the opposition division
24.02.2000Date of oral proceedings
14.04.2000Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
14.04.2000Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
24.02.2003Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
05.06.2003Reply to a communication from the opposition division
18.07.2003Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
28.07.2003Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
26.11.2003Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
02.02.2004Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition25.05.2000Appeal received No.  T0559/00
08.08.2000Statement of grounds filed
08.08.2002Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
08.08.2002Date of oral proceedings
20.08.2002Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.01.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
30.01.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]DE2050114  ;
 [A]DE3506912  (TELEFUNKEN FERNSEH & RUNDFUNK [DE])
 [A]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ACOUSTICS SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, Band. 34, Nr. 5, Oktober 1986 JOHN P. PRINCEN, AND ALAN BERNARD BRADLEY: "Analysis/Synthesis Filter Bank Design Based on Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation ",
ExaminationDE2050114
 DE3506912
 EP0251028
    - N.S. Jayant und P. Noll, Digital coding of waveforms, principles and applications to speech and video", Prentice-Hall Inc.; 1984, ISBN 0-13-211913-7, Seiten xi, xii, 104, 105, 170 bis 173, 244, 245, 418, 419, 564 bis 567, 574, 575, 578 und 579.
Opposition   - Y.B. Yu und A.G. Constantinides, "Variable block size and position transform coding", Proceedings of the fourth European Signal Processing Conference, September 1988, Bd.2, Seiten 1011 bis 1013.
    - T.F. Quatieri, Jr, "Minimum and mixed phase speech analysis-synthesis by adaptive homomorphic deconvolution", IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speecg abd Signal processing, August 1979, B.D. ASSP-27, Nr. 4, Seiten 328 bis 335
    - N.S. Jayant und P. Noll, Digital coding of waveforms, principles and applications to specch and video", Prentice-Hall Inc.; 1984, ISBN 0-13-211913-7, Seiten xi, xii, 104, 105, 170 bis 173, 244, 245, 418, 564 bis 567, 574, 575, 578 und 579.
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