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EP0803162 - SYNCHRONIZING A PACKETIZED DIGITAL DATASTREAM TO AN OUTPUT PROCESSOR IN A TELEVISION SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  15.04.2005
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip08.08.2008Change - representativepublished on 10.09.2008  [2008/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation
2 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
[1997/44]
Inventor(s)01 / ACAMPORA, Alfonse, Anthony
56 Dawson Circle
Staten Island, NY 10314 / US
02 / BUNTING, Richard, Michael
Apartment 10 1015 Hughes Drive
Hamilton Square, NJ 08609 / US
03 / LYONS, Paul, Wallace
9 Kenyon Drive
New Egypt, NJ 08533 / US
[1997/44]
Representative(s)Ruellan-Lemonnier, Brigitte, et al
Technicolor
European Patent Operations
1-5 Rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [2008/37]Ruellan-Lemonnier, Brigitte, et al
Thomson multimedia Patent Department 46 Quai A. le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cedex / FR
Former [1997/44]Ruellan-Lemonnier, Brigitte, et al
THOMSON multimedia, 46 quai A. Le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date94919502.815.06.1994
[1997/44]
WO1994US06803
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9534990
Date:21.12.1995
Language:EN
[1995/54]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0803162
Date:29.10.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.12.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US21.12.1995
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.07.2000
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/24, H04N7/62
[2000/37]
CPC:
H04N21/242 (EP); H04N7/56 (EP,KR); H04L25/05 (EP);
H04N19/00 (EP); H04N19/61 (EP); H04N21/236 (EP);
H04N21/2383 (EP); H04N19/70 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [1997/44]H04N7/01
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1997/44]
TitleGerman:SYNCHRONISATION EINES DIGITALEN DATENSTROMPACKETS ZU EINEM AUSGANGSPROZESSOR IN EINEM FERNSEHSIGNALVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM[1997/44]
English:SYNCHRONIZING A PACKETIZED DIGITAL DATASTREAM TO AN OUTPUT PROCESSOR IN A TELEVISION SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM[1997/44]
French:SYNCHRONISATION D'UN FLUX DE DONNEES NUMERIQUES EN PAQUETS ALIMENTANT UN PROCESSEUR DE SORTIE DANS UN SYSTEME DE TRAITEMENT DE SIGNAUX DE TELEVISION[1997/44]
Entry into regional phase11.12.1996National basic fee paid 
11.12.1996Search fee paid 
11.12.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
11.12.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.01.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
11.12.1996Examination requested  [1997/44]
21.05.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.12.2004Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2005/22]
05.01.2005Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2005/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
13.08.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
16.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
19.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
07.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
16.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 08
11.06.2002Renewal fee patent year 09
30.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 10
23.06.2004Renewal fee patent year 11
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.06.199704   M06   Fee paid on   13.08.1997
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Documents cited:Search[E]WO9601024  (THOMSON MULTIMEDIA SA [FR], et al) [E] 1-5,7,8,11,16 * the whole document *;
 [Y]US5287178  (ACAMPORA ALFONSE A [US], et al) [Y] 1,2,5,7,8,16 * the whole document *;
 [Y]US4583238  (BOISSEAU ALAIN [FR], et al) [Y] 1,2,5,7,8,16 * column 6, line 45 - line 50 * * column 11, line 63 - column 12, line 25; figure 1 *;
 [A]JPH0463035  ;
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920618), vol. 016, no. 271, Database accession no. (E - 1218), & JP04063035 A 19920228 (SHARP CORP) [A] 1-16 * abstract *
 [A]  - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB), "TRANSPORT SYSTEM", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONFERENCE,US,----, NAB, (1994), vol. CONF. 48, pages 1 - 17,27-36, XP000674109 [A] 1-16 * the whole document *
International search[A]US5287178  (ACAMPORA ALFONSE A [US], et al);
 [A]US5231486  (ACAMPORA ALFONSE A [US], et al)
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