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EP About this file: EP0596623

EP0596623 - Electronic cancellation of ambient noise in telephone receivers [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.02.2002
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.12.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: DE
published on 21.01.2004  [2004/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1994/40]
Former [1994/19]For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Benning, Roger David
11 Stony Brook Road
Long Valley, New Jersey 07853 / US
02 / Fischer, Elliot Andrew
6 Leigh Drive
Madison, New Jersey 07940 / US
03 / Greene, Patricia Lee
110 Boulevard
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 07046 / US
04 / Sanford, Charles
13 Overbrook Road
Somerset, New Jersey 08873 / US
05 / Schneider, Robert Edward
28 Sandra Lane
Wayne, New Jersey 07470 / US
[1994/19]
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/19]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
AT&T (UK) LTD., AT&T Intellectual Property Division, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date93308341.220.10.1993
[1994/19]
Priority number, dateUS1992097100902.11.1992         Original published format: US 971009
[1994/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0596623
Date:11.05.1994
Language:EN
[1994/19]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0596623
Date:02.01.1997
[1997/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0596623
Date:18.04.2001
Language:EN
[2001/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.11.1996
ClassificationIPC:H04M1/19, H04M1/60
[1994/19]
CPC:
H04M1/6016 (EP,KR,US); H04M1/19 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB [1994/19]
TitleGerman:Elektronische Schaltung zur Unterdrückung des Umgebungsgeräuschs in Telefonhörern[1994/19]
English:Electronic cancellation of ambient noise in telephone receivers[1994/19]
French:Circuit électronique de suppression du bruit ambiant dans des récepteurs téléphoniques[1994/19]
Examination procedure18.06.1997Examination requested  [1997/34]
11.09.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
06.10.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
26.10.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.01.2001Fee for grant paid
10.01.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.01.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
23.10.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
10.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
16.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
18.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 07
20.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES30.10.2001
[2004/04]
Former [2002/15]DE19.07.2001
Documents cited:Search[A]WO9205538  (TODTER CHRIS [US], et al) [A] 1 * page 1, line 1 - page 15, line 25; figures 1,5,7,11,13; claims 1,11,15 *;
 [A]GB2172769  (TOPEXPRESS LTD) [A] 1 * page 1, line 1 - line 109; figure 2; claims 1,2,4,6,10 *;
 [A]US4061875  (FREIFELD STEPHEN, et al) [A] 1 * column 1, line 1 - column 2, line 13; figure 2; claims 1,10 *;
 [A]EP0385713  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1 * page 2, line 1 - page 3, line 20; figure 1; claims 1-3,5-9,11 *;
 [A]US4494074  (BOSE AMAR G [US]) [A] 1 * column 1, line 26 - column 2, line 25; figures 2,5B; claims 1,3 *
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