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EP0856821 - Method of settling charges [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 04.02.2005 Database last updated on 12.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.02.2010	Change - representative	published on 10.03.2010 [2010/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION 19-2 Nishi-Shinjuku 3-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-19 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [1998/32]	For all designated states NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION 19-2 Nishi-Shinjuku 3-chome Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-19 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Ishiguro, Ginya Gurin Haitsu, 12-2-403, 580, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	02 / Muta, Toshiyasu 60-95, Sachigaoka, Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 241-0822 / JP
	03 / Sakita, Kazutaka 2-14-1-613, Kaneya Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Miyaguchi, Shoji 1-4-4, Sugano Ichikawa-shi, Chiba / JP
	05 / Okamoto, Tatsuaki 94-2-5-503, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	06 / Fujioka, Atsushi B-305, 9-2-12, Sugita Isogo-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	[1998/40]
Former [1998/37]	01 / Ishiguro, Ginya Gurin Haitsu, 12-2-403, 580, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	02 / Muta, Toshiyasu 60-95, Sachigaoka, Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 241-0822 / JP
	03 / Sakita, Kazutaka 2-14-1-613, Kaneya Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Miyaguchi, Shoji 5-20-19, Bessho, Nimami-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	05 / Okamoto, Tatsuaki 94-2-5-503, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	06 / Fujioka, Atsushi B-305, 9-2-12, Sugita Isogo-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
Former [1998/32]	01 / Ishiguro, Ginya Gurin Haitsu, 12-2-403, 580, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	02 / Muta, Toshiyasu 1927, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	03 / Sakita, Kazutaka 2-14-1-613, Kaneya Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Miyaguchi, Shoji 5-20-19, Bessho, Nimami-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	05 / Okamoto, Tatsuaki 94-2-5-503, Nagasawa Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	06 / Fujioka, Atsushi B-305, 9-2-12, Sugita Isogo-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
Representative(s)	MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB Paul-Heyse-Straße 29 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2010/10]	MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29 80336 München / DE
Former [1998/32]	Hoffmann, Eckart, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt, Bahnhofstrasse 103 82166 Gräfelfing / DE
Application number, filing date	98104503.2	16.09.1993
	[1998/32]
Priority number, date	JP19920249293	18.09.1992 Original published format: JP 24929392
	JP19920249294	18.09.1992 Original published format: JP 24929492
	JP19920308688	18.11.1992 Original published format: JP 30868892
	JP19920317254	26.11.1992 Original published format: JP 31725492
	JP19920317255	26.11.1992 Original published format: JP 31725592
	[1998/32]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0856821
	Date:	05.08.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/32]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0856821
	Date:	28.10.1998
	[1998/44]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.09.1998
Classification	IPC:	G07F7/10	[1998/32]
	CPC:	G07F7/1008 (EP,US); G06Q20/341 (EP,US); G06Q20/3672 (EP,US); G06Q20/3674 (EP,US); G06Q20/3676 (EP,US); G06Q20/3829 (EP,US); (+) G06Q20/401 (EP,US); G06Q20/40975 (EP,US); G06Q40/02 (EP,US); H04L9/3226 (EP,US); H04L9/3247 (EP,US); H04L9/3273 (EP,US); H04L9/3297 (EP,US); H04L2209/56 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [1998/32]
Title	German:	Methode zur Feststellung von Gebühren	[1998/32]
	English:	Method of settling charges	[1998/32]
	French:	Méthode d'établissement de paiements	[1998/32]
Examination procedure	12.03.1998	Examination requested [1998/32]
	02.02.1999	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	12.12.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.04.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.03.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.09.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.10.2004	Application refused, date of legal effect [2005/12]
	11.10.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	22.10.2004	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2005/12]
	22.10.2004	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP93114917.3 / EP0588339
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.09.1998	Renewal fee patent year 06
	28.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 08
	30.05.2001	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 10
	24.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 11
	30.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0082958 (IBM [US]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
		[A]EP0281059 (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1* abstract *;
		[A]EP0421409 (IBM [US]) [A] 1,3 * page 10, line 36 - page 11, line 49; figure 14 *;
		[A]EP0422230 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
		[A]WO9116691 (JONHIG LTD [GB]) [A] 1 * page 13, line 13 - page 14, line 30 *;
		[A]EP0461983 (FRANCE TELECOM [FR], et al) [A] 1 * abstract * * page 3, line 45 - page 4, line 3 *;
		[A]EP0475837 (GEMPLUS CARD INT [FR]) [A] 1 * abstract *
	by applicant	US4625076
		- "An efficient Digital Signature Scheme NTT R & D", ESIGN, (1991), vol. 40, no. 5, pages 687 - 686
		- T.E. ELGAMAL, "A public key cryptosystem and a signature scheme based on discrete algorithm, Proc. of Crypto 84, 1984, a DSA.", PROC. OF CRYPTO 84, 1984
		- S. MICALI AND A. SHAMIR, "An improvement of the Fiat-Shamir identification and signature scheme.", PROC. OF CRYPTO 88, (1988), pages 244 - 247, XP000090656

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