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EP0927501 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS ANONYMOUS IN TELEMATIC APPLICATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/27]	METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RENDERING TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS ANONYMOUS IN TELEMATIC APPLICATIONS
	[2005/01]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 05.03.2010 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.06.2010	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 14.07.2010 [2010/28]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH Landgrabenweg 151 53227 Bonn / DE
	[2002/30]
Former [1999/27]	For all designated states DeTeMobil Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH Landgrabenweg 151 53227 Bonn / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / CAESAR, Claudius Zimmermannweg 17 D-64289 Darmstadt / DE
	02 / MÄTHNER, Nils Celsiusstrasse 54 D-53125 Bonn / DE
	[2005/08]
Former [1999/27]	01 / CAESAR, Claudius Carl-Troll-Strasse 67 D-53115 Bonn / DE
	02 / MÄTHNER, Nils Celsiusstrasse 54 D-53125 Bonn / DE
Representative(s)	Riebling, Peter Patentanwalt Postfach 31 60 88113 Lindau / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/27]	Riebling, Peter, Dr.-Ing. Patentanwalt Postfach 31 60 88113 Lindau / DE
Application number, filing date	97943781.1	18.09.1997
	[1999/27]
	WO1997DE02096
Priority number, date	DE19961038072	18.09.1996 Original published format: DE 19638072
	[1999/27]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9812890
	Date:	26.03.1998
	Language:	DE
	[1998/12]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0927501
	Date:	07.07.1999
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.03.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0927501
	Date:	18.05.2005
	Language:	DE
	[2005/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	25.06.1998
Classification	IPC:	H04Q7/38, H04Q7/22, H04L29/06	[1999/27]
	CPC:	H04W12/02 (EP); H04L63/0421 (EP); H04M3/42008 (EP); H04M1/571 (EP); H04W8/18 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, CH, DE, FR, GB, LI [1999/27]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND EINRICHTUNG ZUR ANONYMISIERUNG VON TELEKOMMUNIKATIONSVORGÄNGEN UND -BEZIEHUNGEN BEI TELEMATIKANWENDUNGEN	[1999/27]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS ANONYMOUS IN TELEMATIC APPLICATIONS	[2005/01]
	French:	PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF PERMETTANT DE RENDRE DES OPERATIONS ET DES RELATIONS ANONYMES DANS LE CADRE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POUR DES APPLICATIONS TELEMATIQUES	[1999/27]
	Former [1999/27]	METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RENDERING TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS ANONYMOUS IN TELEMATIC APPLICATIONS
Entry into regional phase	16.04.1999	National basic fee paid
	16.04.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.04.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.04.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	16.04.1999	Examination requested [1999/27]
	12.06.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.10.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	02.08.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.12.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.12.2004	Fee for grant paid
	31.12.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 08.02.2006 02.08.2006 ADMISSIBLE Swisscom (Schweiz) AG 3050 Bern / CH Opponent's representative Weiland, Andreas Patents & Technology Surveys SA Rue de Terreaux 7 2001 Neuchâtel / CH
		[N/P]
	Former [2008/51]
	Opponent(s)	01 08.02.2006 02.08.2006 ADMISSIBLE Swisscom (Schweiz) AG 3050 Bern / CH Opponent's representative Weiland, Andreas Patents & Technology Surveys SA Rue de Terreaux 7 2001 Neuchâtel / CH
	Former [2006/13]
	Opponent(s)	01 08.02.2006 Swisscom Mobile AG 3050 Bern / CH Opponent's representative Weiland, Andreas Patents & Technology Surveys SA Rue de Terreaux 7 2001 Neuchâtel / CH
	03.04.2006	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	29.07.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	13.06.2007	Date of oral proceedings
	30.07.2007	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	30.07.2007	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	14.01.2010	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2010/14]
	14.01.2010	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition	09.08.2007	Appeal received No. T1327/07
	14.08.2007	Statement of grounds filed
	14.01.2010	Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
	14.01.2010	Date of oral proceedings
	19.01.2010	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
	13.10.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	06.08.2009	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.04.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.08.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	17.08.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CH	18.05.2005
	LI	18.05.2005
	[2010/28]
Cited in	International search	[A]US5058152 (SOLOMON MERRILL [US], et al) [A] 1-7 * column 8, line 31 - line 59 *;
		[A]DE19545248 (MANNESMANN AG [DE]) [A] 1-7 * column 1, line 62 - column 5, line 40 *;
		[XA]CA2167875 (AT & T CORP [US]) [X] 1,2 [A] 3-7;
		[XPA]US5590184 (LONDON THOMAS B [US]) [XP] 1,2 * the whole document * [AP] 3-7;
		[A] - SAMFAT D ET AL, "UNTRACEABILITY IN MOBILE NETWORKS", MOBICOM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILE COMPUTING AND NETWORKING, (19951113), pages 26 - 36, XP000197826 [A] 1-7 * page 29, paragraph 5 *

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