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EP0970473 - VIDEO DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, VIDEO DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DATA PLAYBACK APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.03.2005
Database last updated on 14.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.03.2005No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.05.2005  [2005/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2000/02]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Uno, Tohru
2-16-26, Yokodai, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235-0045 / JP
02 / Ishizawa, Yoshiyuki
1-27-10, Nishishiba, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 236-0057 / JP
[2000/02]
Representative(s)Schön, Christoph
Henkel, Breuer & Partner
Patentanwälte
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/02]Schön, Christoph
Patentanwälte Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel & Partner Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date99900650.521.01.1999
[2000/02]
WO1999JP00208
Priority number, dateJP1998000990421.01.1998         Original published format: JP 990498
[2000/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9938166
Date:29.07.1999
Language:EN
[1999/30]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0970473
Date:12.01.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0970473
Date:12.05.2004
Language:EN
[2004/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.09.1999
ClassificationIPC:G11B20/12, G11B27/32, G11B20/00, H04N5/913, G11B27/034, G11B27/34, G11B27/10, G11B27/36, H04N5/92, H04N5/926, H04N9/804, H04N9/82, H04N5/85
[2000/08]
CPC:
G11B27/3027 (EP,US); G11B27/00 (KR); G11B27/034 (EP,US);
G11B27/105 (EP,US); G11B27/329 (EP,US); G11B27/34 (EP,US);
G11B27/36 (EP,US); H04N9/8042 (EP,US); G11B2220/216 (EP,US);
G11B2220/2562 (EP,US); G11B2220/2575 (EP,US); G11B27/036 (EP,US);
H04N5/85 (EP,US); H04N9/8063 (EP,US); H04N9/8205 (EP,US);
H04N9/8227 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2000/02]G11B27/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2000/02]
TitleGerman:VIDEODATENAUFZEICHNUNGSMEDIUM, VIDEODATENAUFZEICHNUNGSGERÄT UND VIDEODATENWIEDERGABEGERÄT[2000/02]
English:VIDEO DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, VIDEO DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DATA PLAYBACK APPARATUS[2000/02]
French:SUPPORT ET APPAREIL D'ENREGISTREMENT DE DONNEES VIDEO, ET APPAREIL DE LECTURE DE DONNEES VIDEO[2000/02]
Entry into regional phase20.09.1999National basic fee paid 
20.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
20.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/02]
30.10.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.03.2004Fee for grant paid
09.03.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.02.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
30.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
30.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
29.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]JPH0973761  ;
 [A]EP0346979  (PHILIPS NV [NL]) [A] 1,7,13 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0635835  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1,7,13 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0696798  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0724264  (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [A] 1,7,13* the whole document *;
 [A]EP0795871  (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1,7,13,17 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0797205  (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO9746007  (THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS [US]) [A] 1,7,13 * the whole document *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970731), vol. 097, no. 007, & JP09073761 A 19970318 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1,7,13 * abstract *
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