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EP1449362 - INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 03.02.2017 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	03.02.2017	Refusal of application	published on 08.03.2017 [2017/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP
	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips N.V. High Tech Campus 5 5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2013/39]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP
	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips N.V. High Tech Campus 5 5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
Former [2008/47]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	For all designated states Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP
	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Former [2004/35]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Oaza-Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP
	For all designated states Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)	01 / KATO, Motoki, c/o SONY CORPORATION 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	02 / NAKAMURA, Masanobu, c/o SONY CORPORATION 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	03 / NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko 11-35-53, Kourigaoka Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0084 / JP
	04 / YAGI, Tomotaka 14-47-409, Takakura-cho Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-0872 / JP
	05 / KELLY, Declan Patrick Prof. Holstlaan 6 NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL
	06 / VAN GESTEL, Wilhelmus, Jacobus Prof. Holstlaan 6 NL-5656 AA Eindhoven / NL
	[2004/35]
Representative(s)	D Young & Co LLP 3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2004/35]	Robinson, Nigel Alexander Julian, et al D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date	02783715.2	29.11.2002
	[2004/35]
	WO2002JP12560
Priority number, date	JP20010365630	30.11.2001 Original published format: JP 2001365630
	[2004/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO03047244
	Date:	05.06.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1449362
	Date:	25.08.2004
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.06.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2004/35]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	05.06.2003
Classification	IPC:	H04N5/76	[2004/35]
	CPC:	H04N9/8042 (EP,US); G11B27/10 (KR); G11B27/034 (EP,US); G11B27/105 (EP,US); G11B27/329 (EP,US); G11B2220/216 (EP,US); (+) G11B2220/2562 (EP,US); H04N5/85 (EP,US); H04N9/8205 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SK, TR [2004/35]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	"INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND -VORRICHTUNG, PROGRAMMSPEICHERMEDIUM, PROGRAMM UND INFORMATIONSAUFZEICHNUNGSMEDIUM"	[2004/35]
	English:	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM	[2004/35]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, SUPPORT DE STOCKAGE DE PROGRAMMES ET SUPPORT D'ENREGISTREMENT DE PROGRAMMES ET DE DONNEES	[2004/35]
Entry into regional phase	24.07.2003	National basic fee paid
	24.07.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	24.07.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	24.07.2003	Examination requested [2004/35]
	04.03.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.07.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.10.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.04.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	26.08.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	05.03.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.09.2016	Application refused, date of legal effect [2017/10]
	22.09.2016	Date of oral proceedings
	13.10.2016	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	20.10.2016	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2017/10]
Divisional application(s)	EP09009137.2 / EP2112826
	EP09009138.0 / EP2114071
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 04.03.2009
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.11.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.11.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	15.11.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.11.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 08
	12.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 09
	23.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 10
	23.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 11
	28.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 12
	25.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 13
	24.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 14
	23.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 15
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Cited in	International search	[PA]EP1206141 (SONY CORP) [PA] 1-20* the whole document *;
		[A]US6041161 (OKAMOTO HIROO [JP], et al) [A] 1-20 * the whole document *;
		[X]US6175683 (SUGIMURA NAOZUMI [JP], et al) [X] 1-20 * column 1, line 64 - column 3, line 42 * * abstract *;
		[X]US2001024336 (LOOIJKENS MARINUS ADRIANUS HEN [NL]) [X] 1-20 * the whole document *
	Examination	WO0045388
		EP1103974
		US6269063
		US5987210
		US6199076
		US2001041053
		US5610653

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