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EP About this file: EP0738958

EP0738958 - Multiplier [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.05.2000
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THOMSON multimedia
46 quai A. Le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cédex / FR
[1999/27]
Former [1998/13]For all designated states
THOMSON multimedia
46, Quai A. Le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cédex / FR
Former [1996/43]For all designated states
THOMSON multimedia
9, place des Vosges La Défense 5
92400 Courbevoie / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Chan Yan Fong, Joseph
61, Domaine de 1'Ile
67400 Illkirch / FR
[1996/43]
Representative(s)Hartnack, Wolfgang, et al
Deutsche Thomson OHG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D
30625 Hannover / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/43]Hartnack, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Licensing & Intellectual Property, Göttinger Chaussee 76
30453 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date96109443.012.10.1992
[1996/43]
Priority number, dateEP1991040279721.10.1991         Original published format: EP 91402797
[1996/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0738958
Date:23.10.1996
Language:EN
[1996/43]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0738958
Date:15.01.1997
[1997/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0738958
Date:07.07.1999
Language:EN
[1999/27]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.12.1996
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/52, G06F7/50
[1997/01]
CPC:
G06F7/5338 (EP,US); G06F7/501 (EP,US); G06F7/507 (EP,US);
H03K19/09448 (EP,US); G06F2207/3884 (EP,US); G06F2207/4812 (EP,US);
G06F2207/4816 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1996/43]G06F7/52
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1996/43]
TitleGerman:Multiplizierer[1996/43]
English:Multiplier[1996/43]
French:Multiplieur[1996/43]
Examination procedure05.06.1997Examination requested  [1997/32]
16.09.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.01.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.04.1999Fee for grant paid
12.04.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP92921222.3  / EP0610259
Opposition(s)08.04.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/26]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
25.01.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
16.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
23.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.10.199605   M06   Fee paid on   25.01.1997
31.10.199706   M06   Fee paid on   16.12.1997
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT07.07.1999
ES20.01.2000
[2008/06]
Former [2004/04]ES20.01.2000
Documents cited:Search[Y]  - WASER S, "High-speed monolithic multipliers for real-time digital signal processing", COMPUTER, OCT. 1978, USA, ISSN 0018-9162, vol. 11, no. 10, pages 19 - 29, XP002010631 [Y] 1,4,5 * figure 8 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/C-M.1978.217939
 [Y]  - NORTH R C ET AL, "Beta-bit serial/parallel multipliers", JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING, (19910501), vol. 2, no. 4, pages 219 - 233, XP000229137 [Y] 1,5 * paragraph [0005]; figure 6 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00925467
 [A]  - WARE F A ET AL, "64 bit monolithic floating point processors", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, OCT. 1982, USA, ISSN 0018-9200, vol. SC-17, no. 5, pages 898 - 907, XP002010632 [A] 1 * figure 6 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.1982.1051837
 [A]  - YOSHINO T ET AL, "A 100 MHz 64-tap FIR digital filter in a 0.8 mu m BiCMOS gate array", 1990 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE. DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS. (CAT. NO.90CH2824-1), SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, 14-16 FEB. 1990, 1990, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 114 - 115, XP000201848 [A] 2 * figure 4 *
 [Y]  - UYA M ET AL, "A CMOS floating point multiplier", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, OCT. 1984, USA, ISSN 0018-9200, vol. SC-19, no. 5, pages 697 - 702, XP002017779 [Y] 4 * paragraph [00IV]; figures 2,3,5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.1984.1052210
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