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EP1008037 - INSTRUCTION COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  08.01.2016
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip08.01.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 10.02.2016  [2016/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Tamiras Per Pte. Ltd., LLC
160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101
Dover, DE 19904 / US
[2010/15]
Former [2004/17]For all designated states
Genesis Microchip, Inc.
2150 Gold Street
Alviso, CA 95002 / US
Former [2000/24]For all designated states
VM Labs, Inc
167 So. San Antonio road No.17
Los Altos, CA 94022 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MILLER, Richard, G.
25055 La Loma Drive
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 / US
02 / CARDILLO, Louis, A.
59 Roosevelt Circle
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
03 / MATHIESON, John, G.
23583 Skyview Terrace
Los Gatos, CA 95030 / US
04 / SMITH, Eric, R.
450 N. Mathilda Avenue C204
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 / US
[2000/24]
Representative(s)Kazi, Ilya
Mathys & Squire The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG / GB
[N/P]
Former [2010/20]Kazi, Ilya
Mathys & Squire LLP 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2SQ / GB
Former [2000/24]Betten & Resch
Reichenbachstrasse 19
80469 München / DE
Application number, filing date98908805.927.02.1998
[2000/24]
WO1998US03954
Priority number, dateUS1997080873528.02.1997         Original published format: US 808735
[2000/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9838791
Date:03.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/35]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1008037
Date:14.06.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.10.1998
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.03.2003
ClassificationIPC:G06F9/38, G06F9/30, G06F9/318
[2000/24]
CPC:
G06F9/3802 (EP,US); G06F5/00 (KR); G06F9/30156 (EP,US);
G06F9/30167 (EP,US); G06F9/30178 (EP,US); G06F9/3853 (EP,US);
G06F9/3885 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/24]
TitleGerman:SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEFEHLSKOMPRESSION UND DEKOMPRESSION FÜR EINEN PROZESSOR[2000/24]
English:INSTRUCTION COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESSOR[2000/24]
French:SYSTEME DE COMPRESSION ET DECOMPRESSION DE DONNEES POUR UNITE CENTRALE ET PROCEDE CORRESPONDANT[2000/24]
Entry into regional phase13.09.1999National basic fee paid 
13.09.1999Search fee paid 
13.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
13.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.09.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
17.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/24]
17.10.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
07.04.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.02.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.09.2015Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2016/06]
29.09.2015Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2016/06]
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  17.10.2007
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
20.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
28.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
28.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
26.04.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
04.02.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
06.02.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
27.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
25.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 11
09.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 12
08.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 13
08.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 14
07.02.2012Renewal fee patent year 15
07.02.2013Renewal fee patent year 16
07.02.2014Renewal fee patent year 17
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
28.02.200104   M06   Fee paid on   20.04.2001
29.02.200407   M06   Fee paid on   26.04.2004
28.02.201518   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0463299  (IBM [US]) [A] 1,2,6,12,13,17,23-25,28,30,33,34 * abstract * * column 7, line 19 - line 56 * * column 10, line 9 - line 37 * * figures 2,3 *;
 [A]EP0652509  (INTERGRAPH CORP [US]) [A] 1,2,4,5,11-13,15,22-24,26,28,29,31,33,34 * the whole document *;
 [PX]WO9743710  (PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al) [PX] 1,2,4,6,11-13,15,17,22-26,28-30,33,34 * the whole document *;
 [PA]JPH1011289  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP) [PA] 3,14;
 US5848255  [ ] (KONDO YOSHIKAZU [JP]) [ ] * column 5, line 66 - column 6, line 26 *;
 [X]  - CONTE T M ET AL, "Instruction fetch mechanisms for VLIW architectures with compressed encodings", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH. ANNUAL IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROARCHITECTURE. MICRO-29. PARIS, DEC. 2 - 4, 1996, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROARCHITECTURE. (MICRO), LOS ALAMITOS, IEEE COMP. SOC. PRESS, U, (19961202), vol. SYMP. 29, ISBN 0-8186-7641-8, pages 201 - 211, XP010206097 [X] 1,2,4,6,11-13,15,17,22-26,28-30,33,34 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MICRO.1996.566462
International search[A]US5057837  (COLWELL ROBERT P [US], et al)
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