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EP0240242
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0240242 - Television receiver comprising an apparatus for de-compacting compacted text characters [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1987/41] | Method and apparatus for compacting and de-compacting text characters | ||
| [1993/44] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.09.1994 Database last updated on 09.12.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.09.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 26.10.1994 [1994/43] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation 2 Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/26] | For all designated states RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation 2 Independence Way Princeton New Jersey 08540 / US | ||
| Former [1988/23] | For all designated states RCA LICENSING CORPORATION 2 Independence Way Princeton New Jersey 08540 / US | ||
| Former [1987/41] | For all designated states RCA CORPORATION 201 Washington Road Princeton, NJ 08540 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Devilbiss, Warren Clarke 409 Moorgate Court Noblesville Indiana / US | [1987/41] | Representative(s) | Pratt, Richard Wilson, et al London Patent Operation G.E. Technical Services Co. Inc. Essex House 12/13 Essex Street London WC2R 3AA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/15] | Pratt, Richard Wilson, et al London Patent Operation G.E. Technical Services Co. Inc. Essex House 12/13 Essex Street London WC2R 3AA / GB | ||
| Former [1987/41] | Smith, Thomas Ian Macdonald RCA International Limited Burdett House 15-16 Buckingham Street London WC2N 6DU / GB | Application number, filing date | 87302615.7 | 26.03.1987 | [1987/41] | Priority number, date | US19860844837 | 27.03.1986 Original published format: US 844837 | [1987/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0240242 | Date: | 07.10.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/41] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0240242 | Date: | 07.11.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0240242 | Date: | 03.11.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/44] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.09.1990 | Classification | IPC: | H03M7/30 | [1987/41] | CPC: |
G06F12/00 (KR);
H03M7/30 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1987/41] | Title | German: | Fernsehempfänger mit einer Vorrichtung zur Dekomprimierung von komprimierten Schriftzeichen | [1993/44] | English: | Television receiver comprising an apparatus for de-compacting compacted text characters | [1993/44] | French: | Récepteur de télévision comprenant un dispositif pour décomprimer des caractères de texte comprimés | [1993/44] |
| Former [1987/41] | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Komprimierung und Dekomprimierung von Schriftzeichen | ||
| Former [1987/41] | Method and apparatus for compacting and de-compacting text characters | ||
| Former [1987/41] | Méthode et dispositif pour comprimer et décomprimer des caractères de texte | Examination procedure | 17.12.1990 | Examination requested [1991/08] | 06.03.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.06.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.07.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.12.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.02.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 07.05.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.08.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 05.08.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.08.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/43] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.03.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 07.02.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.12.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 17.02.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 03.03.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]GB2164817 (NEC CORP); | [A]US3008127 (BLOCH RICHARD M, et al) | [X] - COMPUTER DESIGN, vol. 12, no. 4, April 1973, Concord, Mass., US; H.P. KATSEFF: "Efficient character storage in 16-bit computers" |