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EP0873025 - Method for providing at least one service to users of a telecommunication network [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.05.2006
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.05.2006No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.06.2006  [2006/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ALCATEL
54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
[1999/08]
Former [1998/43]For all designated states
ALCATEL ALSTHOM COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE
54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Mercouroff, Nicolas
20 Bd Arago
75013 Paris / FR
02 / Couturier, Alban
14 rue Auguste Perret
75013 Paris / FR
[1998/43]
Representative(s)Schätzle, Albin, et al
Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards
70430 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/43]Schätzle, Albin, Dipl.-Phys., et al
Alcatel Alsthom Intellectual Property Department, Postfach 30 09 29
70449 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date97440036.814.04.1997
[1998/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0873025
Date:21.10.1998
Language:EN
[1998/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0873025
Date:15.06.2005
Language:EN
[2005/24]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.01.1998
ClassificationIPC:H04Q3/00, H04M3/42
[1998/43]
CPC:
H04Q3/0029 (EP,US); H04M3/4228 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1999/26]
Former [1998/43]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zum Anbieten von wenigstens einem Dienst an Fernmeldenetzbenutzern[1998/43]
English:Method for providing at least one service to users of a telecommunication network[1998/43]
French:Procédé pour fournir au moins un service aux utilisateurs d'un réseau de télécommunication[1998/43]
Examination procedure14.11.1998Examination requested  [1999/02]
22.04.1999Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
29.07.1999Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) CH, DK, FI, GR, IE, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT
20.11.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.07.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.09.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.10.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.01.2005Fee for grant paid
20.01.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.03.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
13.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
23.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
25.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
27.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
14.04.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
11.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
21.05.1999CH   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999DK   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999FI   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999GR   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999IE   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999LU   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999MC   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999NL   M01   Not yet paid
21.05.1999PT   M01   Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT15.06.2005
BE15.06.2005
SE15.09.2005
[2006/13]
Former [2005/50]SE15.09.2005
Documents cited:Search[A]WO9534175  (NORTHERN TELECOM LTD [CA], et al) [A] 1-5,9,10,15,19-22 * abstract * * page 4, line 26 - page 7, line 15 *;
 [A]  - KUSAURA ET AL., "Distribution of service data to distributed SCPs in the advanced IN", GLOBECOM 95, SINGAPORE, (19951114), pages 1272 - 1276, XP000622992 [A] 1-5,8,19-22 * page 1272, column L, paragraph L - page 1273, column R, paragraph 5 * * page 1276 *
 [A]  - MARUYAMA, "Object-oriented switching software technology", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, TOKYO JP, (199210), vol. E75-B, no. 10, pages 957 - 968, XP000324829 [A] 1-7,18-22 * page 958, column R - page 961, column L, line 30 * * page 964, column L - page 968, column L, line 13 *
 [A]  - BALE, "Signalling in the intelligent network", BT TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL., IPSWICH GB, (199504), vol. 13, no. 2, pages 30 - 42, XP000500754 [A] 1,9,10,15,19,20,22 * page 32, column R, line 3 - page 39, column L, line 37 *
 [A]  - HIRANO ET AL., "Distributed control node architecture in the advanced intelligent network", XV INTERNATIONAL SWITCHING SYMPOSIUM, BERLIN DE, (19950423), pages 278 - 282, XP000495667 [A] 1-5,19-22 * page 278, column R, paragraph 3 - page 279, column R, paragraph L *
 [A]  - TIBBITTS, "CORBA: A common touch for distributed applications", DATA COMMUNICATIONS., NEW YORK US, (19950521), vol. 24, no. 7, pages 71 - 75, XP000506540 [A] 1,9,10,15,19,20,22 * the whole document *
 [A]  - MARSHALL ET AL., "The information services supermarket - an information network prototype", BT TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, IPSWICH GB, (199504), vol. 13, no. 2, pages 132 - 142, XP000500765
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