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EP0595828 - COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA FROM A SOURCE TO ONE OR MORE RECEIVERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.02.1997
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.11.2000Change - lapse in a contracting state
Updated state(s): CH, LI
published on 27.12.2000 [2000/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1996/03]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Former [1995/44]For:DE 
IBM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Pascalstrasse 100
D-70569 Stuttgart / DE
For all designated states
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Former [1994/19]For:DE 
IBM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Pascalstrasse 100
D-70569 Stuttgart / DE
For:CH  FR  GB  IT  LI  NL  SE 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHOI, Sung, Min
1 Franklin Avenue Apt. 4E
White Plains, NY 10601 / US
02 / LUMELSKY, Leon
30 Gaxton Road
Stamford, CT 06905 / US
03 / PEEVERS, Alan, Wesley
1238 Park Street
Peekskill, NY 10566 / US
04 / PITTAS, John, Louis
46 Kingswood Drive
Bethel, CT 06801 / US
[1994/19]
Representative(s)Schäfer, Wolfgang
IBM Deutschland
Informationssysteme GmbH
Patentwesen und Urheberrecht
70548 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/19]Schäfer, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing.
IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH Patentwesen und Urheberrecht
D-70548 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date92912587.015.06.1992
[1994/19]
WO1992EP01347
Priority number, dateUS1991073438322.07.1991         Original published format: US 734383
[1994/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9302423
Date:04.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0595828
Date:11.05.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.02.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0595828
Date:24.04.1996
Language:EN
[1996/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.02.1993
ClassificationIPC:G06F15/16
[1994/19]
CPC:
G09B5/14 (EP,US); G06F15/17337 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1994/19]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSEINRICHTUNG UND BILDDATENÜBERTRAGUNGSVERFAHREN VON EINEM SENDER ZU EINEM ODER MEHREREN EMPFÄNGERN[1994/19]
English:COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA FROM A SOURCE TO ONE OR MORE RECEIVERS[1994/19]
French:APPAREIL DE COMMUNICATION ET PROCEDE DE TRANSFERT DE DONNEES D'IMAGE D'UNE SOURCE VERS UN OU PLUSIEURS RECEPTEURS[1994/19]
Entry into regional phase04.09.1993National basic fee paid 
04.09.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
04.09.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.10.1992Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
04.09.1993Examination requested  [1994/19]
18.07.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.10.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.01.1996Fee for grant paid
12.01.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.01.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.06.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
12.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH24.04.1996
LI24.04.1996
SE24.07.1996
[2000/52]
Former [2000/50]SE24.07.1996
CH29.07.1996
LI29.07.1996
Former [1996/47]SE24.07.1996
Cited inInternational search[A]JP63240660  ;
 [A]EP0177429  (MATRA [FR])
 [A]  - 1988 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS PROCEEDINGS vol. 1/3, 7 June 1988, ESPOO, FINLAND pages 815 - 818 B. JEREN 'SPRINT: A signal processing ring network for high speed application'
 [A]  - JAPAN TELECOMMUNICATION REVIEW vol. 29, no. 1, January 1987, TOKYO JP pages 57 - 62 S. WATANABE 'DIPS computer complex featuring 100Mb/s optical fiber rings'
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 13, no. 47 (P-822)(3395) 3 February 1989 & JP,A,63 240 660, & JP63240660 A 19890203
 [A]  - PROCEEDINGS IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER DESIGN: VLSI IN COMPUTERS 7 October 1985, PORT CHESTER, NEW-YORK, US pages 407 - 410 T. -A. CHU: 'A design methodology for concurent VLSI systems'
ExaminationEP0079159
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