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EP0901734
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| EP0901734 - MPEG DECODER PROVIDING MULTIPLE STANDARD OUTPUT SIGNALS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 09.11.2007 Database last updated on 14.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.10.2008 | Change - applicant | published on 19.11.2008 [2008/47] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP | [2008/47] |
| Former [2003/35] | For all designated states Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 1006, Oaza Kadaoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571 / JP | ||
| Former [1999/11] | For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1006, Ohaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SITA, Richard 258 West Pine Street Audubon, NJ 08106 / US | 02 /
NAIMPALLY, Saiprasad 781 Atkinson Lane Langhorne, PA 19047 / US | 03 /
PHILLIPS, Larry 17 East Ardmore Terrace Collingswood, NJ 10810 / US | 04 /
MEYER, Edwin, Robert 1460 Neshaminy Drive Bensalem, PA 19020 / US | 05 /
KIM, Hee-Yong 3 Saylor Court Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US | 06 /
RYAN, Robert, T. 1668 Janney Terrace Langhorne, PA 19047 / US | 07 /
DAVE, Ghanshyam 117 Peabody Lane Marlton, NJ 08053-1964 / US | 08 /
BROSZ, Edward 1167 Bush Street King of Prussia, PA 19406 / US | 09 /
PEARSON, Jereld 402 Bell Road Mt. Ephraim, NJ 08059-1709 / US | [2004/05] |
| Former [1999/11] | 01 /
SITA, Richard 258 West Pine Street Audubon, NJ 08106 / US | ||
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NAIMPALLY, Saiprasad 781 Atkinson Lane Langhorne, PA 19047 / US | |||
| 03 /
PHILLIPS, Larry 17 East Ardmore Terrace Collingswood, NJ 10810 / US | |||
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MEYER, Edwin, Robert 1460 Neshaminy Drive Bensalem, PA 19020 / US | |||
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KIM, Hee-Yong 3 Saylor Court Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US | |||
| 06 /
RYAN, Robert, T. 1668 Janney Terrace Langhorne, PA 19047 / US | |||
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GHANSHYAM, Dave 117 Peabody Lane Marlton, NJ 08053-1964 / US | |||
| 08 /
BROSZ, Edward 1167 Bush Street King of Prussia, PA 19406 / US | |||
| 09 /
PEARSON, Jereld 402 Bell Road Mt. Ephraim, NJ 08059-1709 / US | Representative(s) | Marx, Lothar, et al Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Postfach 86 02 45 81629 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/11] | Marx, Lothar, Dr., et al Patentanwälte Schwabe, Sandmair, Marx Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 98910308.0 | 11.03.1998 | [1999/11] | WO1998US04755 | Priority number, date | US19970040517P | 12.03.1997 Original published format: US 40517 P | [2003/33] |
| Former [1999/11] | US19970004051P | 12.03.1997 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9841012 | Date: | 17.09.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/37] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0901734 | Date: | 17.03.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/11] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0901734 | Date: | 18.02.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/08] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 17.09.1998 | Classification | IPC: | H04N5/44, H04N7/50, H04N7/26 | [1999/11] | CPC: |
H04N9/64 (EP,US);
G06T1/60 (EP,US);
G06T3/4023 (EP,US);
G06T3/4084 (EP,US);
H04N19/132 (EP,US);
H04N19/162 (EP,US);
H04N19/18 (EP,US);
H04N19/186 (EP,US);
H04N19/423 (EP,US);
H04N19/428 (EP,US);
H04N19/44 (EP,US);
H04N19/523 (EP,US);
H04N19/527 (EP,US);
H04N19/59 (EP,US);
H04N19/61 (EP,US);
H04N19/80 (EP,US);
H04N19/82 (EP,US);
H04N19/85 (EP,US);
H04N19/86 (EP,US);
H04N21/426 (EP,US);
H04N5/46 (EP,US);
H04N7/0125 (EP,US);
H04N7/014 (EP,US);
H04N7/015 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1999/11] | Title | German: | MPEG-DECODER ZUR ERZEUGUNG MULTIPLER STANDARDAUSGANGSSIGNALE | [1999/11] | English: | MPEG DECODER PROVIDING MULTIPLE STANDARD OUTPUT SIGNALS | [1999/11] | French: | DECODEUR MPEG PRODUISANT DES SIGNAUX DE SORTIE STANDARD MULTIPLES | [1999/11] | Entry into regional phase | 05.11.1998 | National basic fee paid | 05.11.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.11.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.11.1998 | Examination requested [1999/11] | 22.10.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.02.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.07.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.11.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 24.11.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
18.11.2004
ADMISSIBLE Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte E.V. Bahnstrasse 62 D-40210 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Eichstädt, Alfred Maryniok GbR Patent- und Rechtsanwaltssozietät Leibnizstrasse 6 95447 Bayreuth / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2005/02] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
18.11.2004
ADMISSIBLE Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte E.V. Bahnstrasse 62 D-40210 Düsseldorf / DE Opponent's representative Eichstädt, Alfred, Dipl.-Ing. Maryniok & Eichstädt, Kuhbergstrasse 23 96317 Kronach / DE | 29.12.2004 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 27.06.2005 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 14.06.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 05.10.2006 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 19.07.2007 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 29.07.2007 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2007/50] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.03.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Cited in | International search | [YA]JPH05308613 ; | [A]EP0598184 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [A] 1,3,11,13,14,20,21,25,26,28,29 * page 11, line 48 - page 12, line 47 * * figure 7 * * page 26, line 28 - page 27, line 11; figure 31 *; | [A]US5477397 (NAIMPALLY SAIPRASAD V [US], et al) [A] 1,3,4,7,13-15,19,21,25,27,29 * abstract * * column 8, line 36 - line 65; figure 3 *; | [XAY]EP0707426 (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [X] 1,13,25,27 * column 2, line 55 - column 4, line 4 * * column 11, line 44 - line 58; figure 2A * * column 17, line 7 - line 35; figure 2B * [A] 3,4,11,12,14-16,20,26,28,29 [Y] 2,26; | [A]WO9701934 (THOMSON MULTIMEDIA SA [FR]) [A] 1,3,4,7,13,21,25,27,29 * page 2, line 1 - page 3, line 3 * * page 4, line 28 - page 5, line 21 * * page 5, line 23 - page 15, line 11; figures 1-3; claims 13-15 *; | [YA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19940223), vol. 018, no. 113, Database accession no. (E - 1514), & JP05308613 A 19931119 (SONY CORP) [Y] 2,26 * abstract * [A] 13-15,18 | [A] - CUGNINI A ET AL, MPEG-2 VIDEO DECODER FOR THE DIGITAL HDTV GRNAD ALLIANCE SYSTEM, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, VOL. 41, NR. 3, PAGE(S) 748 - 753, (199508), XP000539532 [A] 1,13,21,25,27,29 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/30.468085 |