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EP0682452
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| EP0682452 - Method and system for providing efficient selection of television programs [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 11.04.2008 Database last updated on 10.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.04.2008 | Patent maintained (B2 publication) | published on 14.05.2008 [2008/20] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/20] | For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US | ||
| Former [1995/46] | For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Rauch, Adam Christopher 905 Federal Avenue East Seattle, Washington 98102 / US | 02 /
Riker, Gregory 14800 164th Place NE Woodinville, Washington 98072 / US | 03 /
Myhrvold, Nathan Paul 3441 134th Avenue NE Bellevue, Washington 98005 / US | 04 /
Thorne III, Edwin 3206 12th Avenue West Seattle, Washington 98119 / US | [1995/46] | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/46] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 D-80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 95107039.0 | 10.05.1995 | [1995/46] | Priority number, date | US19940241743 | 12.05.1994 Original published format: US 241743 | [1995/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0682452 | Date: | 15.11.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/46] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0682452 | Date: | 28.02.1996 | [1996/09] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0682452 | Date: | 03.01.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/01] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0682452 | Date: | 14.05.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/20] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.01.1996 | Classification | IPC: | H04N7/088 | [2004/26] | CPC: |
H04N21/47214 (EP,US);
H04N5/50 (KR);
G11B27/028 (EP,US);
G11B33/10 (EP,US);
H04N21/4135 (EP,US);
H04N21/4143 (EP,US);
H04N21/42692 (EP,US);
H04N21/4312 (EP,US);
H04N21/4334 (EP,US);
H04N21/44222 (EP,KR,US);
H04N21/4532 (EP,US);
H04N21/4667 (EP,US);
H04N21/47 (EP,US);
H04N21/4821 (EP,US);
H04N21/8146 (EP,US);
H04N21/84 (EP,US);
H04N5/782 (EP,US);
H04N5/765 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [1996/08] | H04N5/445, H04N7/088 | ||
| Former IPC [1995/46] | H04N5/445 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1995/46] | Title | German: | Verfahren und System zur Ermöglichung einer effizienten Auswahl von Fernsehprogrammen | [1995/46] | English: | Method and system for providing efficient selection of television programs | [1995/46] | French: | Procédé et système pour l'obtention d'une sélection efficace de programmes de télévision | [1995/46] | Examination procedure | 27.08.1996 | Examination requested [1996/43] | 04.08.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.12.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.12.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 08.09.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.10.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 05.01.2000 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time | 17.04.2000 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.07.2000 | Fee for grant paid | 07.07.2000 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
04.10.2001
07.11.2001
ADMISSIBLE IGR GmbH & Co. KG. Bahnstrasse 62 40210 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Eichstädt, Alfred Maryniok GbR Patent- und Rechtsanwaltssozietät Leibnizstrasse 6 95447 Bayreuth / DE | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
04.10.2001
07.11.2001
ADMISSIBLE IGR GmbH & Co. KG. Bahnstrasse 62 40210 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Eichstädt, Alfred Maryniok & Partner, Kuhbergstrasse 23 96317 Kronach / DE | ||
| Former [2001/48] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
04.10.2001
Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG Bahnstrasse 62 40210 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Eichstädt, Alfred, Dipl.-Ing. Maryniok & Partner, Kuhbergstrasse 23 96317 Kronach / DE | 13.11.2001 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 22.03.2002 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 02.04.2002 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M04) | 12.08.2002 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 14.10.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 22.02.2003 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 27.03.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 30.07.2003 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 29.08.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 04.09.2003 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 17.02.2004 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 09.05.2007 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 30.08.2007 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 07.12.2007 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 16.03.2004 | Appeal received No. T0407/04 | 28.06.2004 | Statement of grounds filed | 09.05.2007 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form | 09.05.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 15.05.2007 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.04.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.09.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.1999 | 05 M06 Fee paid on 08.03.2000 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]WO9105436 (VIDEOLOGIC LTD [GB]) [Y] 1,19,20 * page 1, line 1 - page 6, line 11; figures 1-3 *; | [YA]EP0444496 (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [Y] 1,19,20 * page 2, line 40 - line 52 * * page 5, line 6 - page 6, line 7; figures 1,2 * [A] 2,7,11,17,18; | [YA]JPS6149574 ; | [A]GB2208142 (HASHIMOTO CORP [JP]) [A] 1,15,16,19,21 * page 1, line 14 - page 2, line 28 * * page 3, line 3 - line 28; figure 1 *; | [A]EP0488379 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1,15-19,21 * column 3, line 23 - column 4, line 16 * * column 7, line 26 - column 9, line 21; figures 1A,3A-3C *; | [A]EP0447968 (RCA LICENSING CORP [US]) [A] 1,19 * the whole document * | [YA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19860722), vol. 10, no. 209, Database accession no. (E - 421), & JP61049574 A 19860311 (SONY CORP.) [Y] 19 * abstract * [A] 1 | [A] - BRUGLIERA V, "DIGITAL ON-SCREEN DISPLAY A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CONSUMER INTERFACE", CABLE TV SESSIONS, MONTREUX (CH), (19930610), no. symp. 18, pages 571 - 586, XP000379382 [A] 1-3,7,19 * page 578, line 20 - page 586, line 48; figure 6 * | [A] - ANONYMOUS, "PC-CONTROLLED VIDEOTEXT DECODER PC-VT7000", ELEKTOR ELECTRONICS, vol. 16, no. 184, pages 22 - 26, XP000171086 [A] 1,19 * the whole document * | Opposition | DE4240187 | WO9100670 | EP0337336 | DE3527939 | EP0460520 | US4706121 | DE4201031 |