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EP0868060 - A communication controller [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 08.07.2005 Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	05.10.2005	Change: Appeal number
Applicant(s)	For all designated states LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1998/40]	For all designated states LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Allain, Brian Jerry 8, Apache Trail Freehold, New Jersey 07728 / US
	02 / Szurkowski, Edward Stanley 9, Collinwood Drive Maplewood, New Jersey 07040 / US
	03 / Specht, Dennis W. 47 Green Apple Road Sparta, New Jersey 07871 / US
	[1998/40]
Representative(s)	Johnston, Kenneth Graham, et al Lucent Technologies EUR-IP UK Ltd Unit 18, Core 3 Workzone Innova Business Park Electric Avenue Enfield, EN3 7XB / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1998/40]	Johnston, Kenneth Graham, et al Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex, IG8 OTU / GB
Application number, filing date	98302194.0	24.03.1998
	[1998/40]
Priority number, date	US19970042271P	31.03.1997 Original published format: US 42271 P
	US19970885539	30.06.1997 Original published format: US 885539
	[1998/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0868060
	Date:	30.09.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/40]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.06.1998
Classification	IPC:	H04L12/66, H04L29/06, H04L12/56	[1998/40]
	CPC:	H04M7/0057 (EP,US); H04L12/66 (EP,KR,US); H04L45/00 (EP,KR,US); H04L9/40 (EP,US); H04L69/08 (EP,KR,US); H04L69/325 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [1999/23]
Former [1998/40]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	Kommunikationssteuerungsgerät	[1998/40]
	English:	A communication controller	[1998/40]
	French:	Dispositif de commande de communication	[1998/40]
Examination procedure	24.03.1998	Request for accelerated examination filed
	03.04.1998	Examination requested [1998/40]
	31.07.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	31.07.1998	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
	10.12.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.01.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.07.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.08.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	15.02.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.09.2000	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2005/34]
	22.09.2000	Application refused, date of legal effect [2005/34]
Appeal following examination	07.11.2000	Appeal received No. T0149/01
	18.01.2001	Statement of grounds filed
	10.03.2004	Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M06) [2004/11]
	09.09.2004	Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2004/37]
	31.05.2005	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
	31.05.2005	Date of oral proceedings
	07.05.2005	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.03.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	02.01.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	09.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	17.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA] JPH06276254 [A] 1,6,8,12,15
		[A] JPH04138740
		[XAY] C. TAMVAKLIS: "QOS DRIVEN ROUTING IN PACKET SWITCHED NETWORKS OF MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MEDIA.", AGARD CONFERENCE ON "MULTIPLE MECHANISM PROPAGATION PATHS: THEIR CHARACTERISATION AND INFLUENCE ON SYSTEM DESIGN", AGARD CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 543, 4 October 1993 (1993-10-04) - 7 October 1993 (1993-10-07), ROTTERDAM, pages 2.1 - 2.8, XP002067511 [X] 1-6,8,12-17 * page 2.1, column 1, line 1 - line 22 * * page 2.1, column 2, line 3 - line 19 * * page 2.1, column 1, line 41 - page 2.5, column 1, line 29 *[A] 9,10,18 [Y] 7,11
		[YA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 687 (E - 1651) 26 December 1994 (1994-12-26) [Y] 7 * abstract *[A] 1,6,8,12,15
		[A] TAYLOR K: "REMOTE SITES: IN FROM THE COLD", DATA COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 25, no. 5, 1 April 1996 (1996-04-01), pages 40, 42, XP000582658 [A] 5 * the whole document *
		[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 412 (E - 1256) 31 August 1992 (1992-08-31) [A] 13 * abstract *

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