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EP0809399
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| EP0809399 - Apparatus for reproducing downwards compatible video signals with increased vertical resolution [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1997/48] | Apparatus and method for producing downwards compatible video signals with increased vertical resolution, and apparatus for reproducing and displaying same | ||
| [2001/39] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2003 Database last updated on 19.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.04.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 26.05.2004 [2004/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/48] | For all designated states SONY CORPORATION 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Fujinami, Yasushi c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP | 02 /
Yonemitsu, Jun c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP | [1997/48] | Representative(s) | Melzer, Wolfgang, et al Mitscherlich PartmbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Postfach 33 06 09 80066 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/48] | Melzer, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwälte Mitscherlich & Partner, Sonnenstrasse 33 80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 97113842.5 | 28.10.1993 | [1997/48] | Priority number, date | JP19920316302 | 30.10.1992 Original published format: JP 31630292 | [1997/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0809399 | Date: | 26.11.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/48] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0809399 | Date: | 03.02.1999 | [1999/05] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0809399 | Date: | 03.07.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.12.1998 | Classification | IPC: | H04N7/01, H04N5/92, H04N5/44 | [1997/48] | CPC: |
H04N7/0125 (EP,US);
G11B27/031 (EP,US);
G11B27/032 (EP,US);
H04N19/40 (EP,US);
H04N19/85 (EP,US);
H04N5/9206 (EP,US);
H04N7/0112 (EP,US);
H04N7/012 (EP,US);
G11B2220/20 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL [1997/48] | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zur Wiedergabe von abwärtskompatiblen Videosignalen mit erhöhter vertikaler Auflösung | [2001/39] | English: | Apparatus for reproducing downwards compatible video signals with increased vertical resolution | [2001/39] | French: | Dispositif pour la reproduction de signaux vidéo à compatibilité descendante avec une résolution verticale augmentée | [2001/39] |
| Former [1997/48] | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von abwärtskompatiblen Videosignalen mit erhöhter vertikaler Auflösung und Wiedergabe- und Anzeigevorrichtung für diese Signale | ||
| Former [1997/48] | Apparatus and method for producing downwards compatible video signals with increased vertical resolution, and apparatus for reproducing and displaying same | ||
| Former [1997/48] | Dispositif et procédé pour la production de signaux vidéo à compatibilité descendante avec une résolution verticale augmentée et dispositif de reproduction et d'affichage des ces signaux | Examination procedure | 04.06.1999 | Examination requested [1999/32] | 14.10.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 29.03.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.10.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 02.11.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.09.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 15.01.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.03.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 19.03.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP93117503.8 / EP0595323 | Opposition(s) | 04.04.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.08.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.08.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.08.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.10.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.10.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 11.10.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 11.10.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | DE | 05.10.2002 | GB | 28.10.2002 | [2004/22] |
| Former [2003/46] | DE | 05.10.2002 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]WO9209172 (RANK CINTEL LTD [GB]) [A] 1,7 * abstract * * page 10 - page 12 *; | [A]US4837626 (NISHIYAMA MIKIO [JP], et al) [A] 1,7 * abstract *; | [A]US4982280 (LYON THOMAS C [US], et al) [A] 1,7 * abstract *; | [A]US4881125 (KRAUSE EDWARD A [US]) [A] 1,7 * abstract *; | [A]GB2249899 (SONY BROADCAST & COMMUNICATION [GB]) |