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EP0684748 - Microphone/loudspeakers and systems using multiple microphone/loudspeakers [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  03.10.1997
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.10.1997Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 19.11.1997 [1997/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1995/48]
Inventor(s)01 / Ciurpita, Gregory
22 Bartle Road
Somerset, New Jersey 08873 / US
[1995/48]
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/48]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 date95302818.026.04.1995
[1995/48]
Priority number, dateUS1994023810404.05.1994         Original published format: US 238104
[1995/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0684748
Date:29.11.1995
Language:EN
[1995/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0684748
Date:06.03.1996
[1996/10]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.01.1996
ClassificationIPC:H04R1/40, H04R27/00
[1996/10]
CPC:
H04R1/403 (EP,KR,US); H04R1/406 (EP,KR,US)
Former IPC [1995/48]H04R1/40
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [1995/48]
TitleGerman:Mikrofon/Lautsprecher und System mit Verwendung von mehreren Mikrofon/Lautsprechern[1995/48]
English:Microphone/loudspeakers and systems using multiple microphone/loudspeakers[1995/48]
French:Microphones haut-parleurs et système utilisant des microphones haut-parleurs multiples[1995/48]
Examination procedure23.08.1996Examination requested  [1996/43]
27.09.1997Application withdrawn by applicant  [1997/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.04.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO8303512  (WESTERN ELECTRIC CO [US]) [A] 1,2,6,7,10,11,15,16 * page 1, lines 5-9 * * page 3, line 27 - page 5, line 2 * * page 5, line 35 - page 8, line 30 *;
 [A]GB2135557  (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH) [A] 1,3,6,7,9,10,12,15,16 * page 1, lines 6-10 ** page 1, line 103 - page 3, line 8 *;
 [A]GB2219909  (SHURE BROS [US]) [A] 1-17 * page 1, lines 2-15 * * page 4, line 14 - page 5, line 20 * * page 11, line 11 - page 17, line 26 * * page 25, line 25 - page 28, line 5 *;
 [A]US5297198  (BUTANI CHANDRU T [US], et al) [A] 1-17 * column 1, lines 6-15 * * column 3, line 54 - column 8, line 16 * * column 9, line 33 - column 16, line 38 *
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