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EP0989892
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| EP0989892 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DISPLAY SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.03.2003 Database last updated on 20.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.08.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU | published on 22.09.2004 [2004/39] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Two Way TV Limited Beaumont House, Kensington Village Avonmore Road London W14 8TS / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/14] | For all designated states Two Way TV Limited Beaumont House, Kensington Village Avonmore Road, London W14 8TS / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HOLMES, Steven 79 Selby Lane,Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5AQ / GB | 02 /
CORNWELL, Simon, Anthony, Vivian 11 Eton Road London NW3 4SS / GB | 03 /
WRIGHT, David, John Acacia House,Old Wood,Oaklands Old Welwyn, Herts AL6 0QR / GB | 04 /
KYDD, Richard, Andrew 64 Popes Avenue,Twickenham Middlesex TW2 5TT / GB | [2000/14] | Representative(s) | Skone James, Robert Edmund, et al Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/18] | Skone James, Robert Edmund, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | ||
| Former [2000/14] | Jennings, Guy Kenneth, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | Application number, filing date | 98930899.4 | 18.06.1998 | [2000/14] | WO1998GB01798 | Priority number, date | GB19970012724 | 18.06.1997 Original published format: GB 9712724 | [2000/14] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9857718 | Date: | 23.12.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/51] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0989892 | Date: | 05.04.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/14] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0989892 | Date: | 02.05.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/18] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.12.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A63F13/00 | [2002/18] | CPC: |
A63F13/12 (EP);
H04N9/74 (US);
A63F13/30 (EP);
A63F13/338 (US);
A63F13/52 (US);
A63F2300/409 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [2000/14] | A63F9/22 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/14] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINES ANZEIGESIGNALS | [2000/14] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DISPLAY SIGNAL | [2000/14] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF SERVANT A GENERER UN SIGNAL D'AFFICHAGE | [2000/14] | Entry into regional phase | 13.12.1999 | National basic fee paid | 13.12.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 13.12.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.01.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 13.12.1999 | Examination requested [2000/14] | 18.06.2001 | Request for accelerated examination filed | 08.08.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 08.08.2001 | Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes | 18.09.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 29.10.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.01.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 09.01.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.02.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/17] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.06.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.06.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | GR | 02.05.2002 | LU | 18.06.2002 | MC | 18.06.2002 | CY | 30.06.2002 | DK | 02.08.2002 | [2004/39] |
| Former [2004/10] | GR | 02.05.2002 | |
| MC | 18.06.2002 | ||
| CY | 30.06.2002 | ||
| DK | 02.08.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/46] | GR | 02.05.2002 | |
| MC | 18.06.2002 | ||
| DK | 02.08.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/25] | GR | 02.05.2002 | |
| MC | 18.06.2002 | ||
| Former [2003/20] | GR | 02.05.2002 | Cited in | International search | [A]JPH0898089 ; | [X]US5423555 (KIDRIN THOM [US]) [X] 1,4,7,9,10 * column 2, line 34 - line 53 * * column 5, line 38 - line 57 * * column 6, line 42 - line 68 * * column 3, line 55 - column 4, line 47 *; | [XAY] - DOENGES P K ET AL, "Audio/video and synthetic graphics/audio for mixed media", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, (199705), vol. 9, no. 4, page 433-463, XP004075338 [X] 1,4,9,10 * page 434, column L, paragraph 1 * * page 434, column R, paragraph 1 * * page 435, column L, paragraph 2 * * page 437, column L, paragraph 1 * * page 438, column L, paragraph 2 * * page 439, column R, paragraph 3 - page 441, column R, paragraph 1 * * page 442, column L, paragraph 3 * [A] 2,3,5-7 [Y] 8 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0923-5965(97)00007-6 | [XA] - KOENEN R ET AL, "MPEG-4: Context and objectives", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, (199705), vol. 9, no. 4, page 295-304, XP004075332 [X] 1,4,9,10 * page 297, column L, paragraph 3 * * page 298, column L, paragraph 1 - column R, paragraph 1 * * page 300, column L, paragraphs 1-2 * [A] 2,3,5-8 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0923-5965(97)00003-9 | [Y] - THALMANN N M ET AL, "VIRTUAL ACTORS LIVING IN A REAL WORLD", PROCEEDINGS COMPUTER ANIMATION, (19950101), pages 19 - 29, 210, XP000572089 [Y] 8 * page 19, column R, paragraph 5 - page 20, column L, paragraph 1 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960830), vol. 096, no. 008, & JP08098089 A 19960412 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1,10 * abstract * |