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EP0654924 - Communication system having interconnected bidirectional line-switched ring transmission systems [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.02.2005
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1995/21]
Inventor(s)01 / Kremer, Wilhelm
3 Sugarbush Lane
Andover, Massachusetts 01810 / US
[1995/21]
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/21]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 date94307459.112.10.1994
[1995/21]
Priority number, dateUS1993014115122.10.1993         Original published format: US 141151
[1995/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0654924
Date:24.05.1995
Language:EN
[1995/21]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0654924
Date:08.07.1998
[1998/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0654924
Date:14.04.2004
Language:EN
[2004/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.05.1998
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/46, H04J3/08, H04Q11/04
[1998/28]
CPC:
H04J3/085 (EP,US); H04L12/4604 (EP,US); H04Q11/0478 (EP,US);
H04J2203/0042 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1995/21]H04L12/46, H04J3/08
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1995/21]
TitleGerman:Kommunikationssystem bestehend aus miteinander verbundenen, bidirektionalen, leitungsgeschalteten Ringübertragungssystemen[1995/21]
English:Communication system having interconnected bidirectional line-switched ring transmission systems[1995/21]
French:Système de communication ayant des systèmes de transmission interconnectés, bidirectionelles et annulaires avec des lignes commutées[1995/21]
Examination procedure04.12.1998Examination requested  [1999/05]
11.04.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.08.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.10.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.02.2004Fee for grant paid
03.02.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.01.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.10.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
10.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
16.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
18.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
20.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
08.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 08
01.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 09
21.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT14.04.2004
SE14.07.2004
[2008/05]
Former [2004/52]SE14.07.2004
Documents cited:Search[A]US5218604  (SOSNOSKY JOSEPH [US]) [A] 1-7 * column 4, line 15 - column 6, line 9 *;
 [A]  - TSONG-HO WU ET AL, "A CLASS OF SELF-HEALING RING ARCHITECTURES FOR SONET NETWORK APPLICATIONS", COMMUNICATIONS: CONNECTING THE FUTURE, SAN DIEGO, DEC. 2- 5, 1990, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19901202), VOL. 1, no. -, pages 444 - 451, XP000218769 [A] 1-7 * section 2 *
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