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EP1612796 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.04.2013 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	19.04.2013	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 22.05.2013 [2013/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Corporation 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
	[2012/24]
Former [2006/01]	For all designated states SONY CORPORATION 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0001 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / SHINKAI, Mitsutoshi SONY CORPORATION 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 1410001 / JP
	02 / KAWAMURA, Takayoshi SONY CORPORATION 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 1410001 / JP
	[2012/24]
Former [2006/01]	01 / SHINKAI, Mitsutoshi SONY CORPORATION, 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 1410001 / JP
	02 / KAWAMURA, Takayoshi SONY CORPORATION, 7-35 Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 1410001 / JP
Representative(s)	Thévenet, Jean-Bruno, et al Cabinet Beau de Loménie 158, rue de l'Université 75340 Paris Cédex 07 / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2006/01]	Thévenet, Jean-Bruno, et al Cabinet Beau de Loménie 158, rue de l'Université 75340 Paris Cédex 07 / FR
Application number, filing date	04724868.7	31.03.2004
	[2006/01]
	WO2004JP04706
Priority number, date	JP20030101842	04.04.2003 Original published format: JP 2003101842
	[2006/01]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2004090902
	Date:	21.10.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/43]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1612796
	Date:	04.01.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.10.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/01]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1612796
	Date:	13.06.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/24]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	21.10.2004
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.05.2008
Classification	IPC:	G11B27/031, G11B27/10, G11B27/30, // G11B27/034, G11B27/32	[2012/01]
	CPC:	G11B27/105 (EP,US); G11B27/034 (EP,US); G11B27/3036 (EP,US); G11B2220/216 (EP,US); G11B2220/2525 (EP,US); G11B2220/2537 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2006/01]	G11B27/034, G11B27/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2006/28]
Former [2006/01]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSEINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN, PROGRAMM UND AUFZEICHNUNGSMEDIUM	[2006/01]
	English:	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM	[2006/01]
	French:	DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT, PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT, PROGRAMME ET SUPPORT D'ENREGISTREMENT	[2006/01]
Entry into regional phase	16.12.2004	Translation filed
	15.12.2004	National basic fee paid
	15.12.2004	Search fee paid
	03.11.2005	Designation fee(s) paid
	03.11.2005	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	03.11.2005	Examination requested [2006/01]
	29.08.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.03.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.05.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.11.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.03.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.10.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.11.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	04.01.2012	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	12.01.2012	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.05.2012	Fee for grant paid
	07.05.2012	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 12.05.2009
Opposition(s)	14.03.2013	No opposition filed within time limit [2013/21]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]EP0989756 (SARNOFF CORP [US]) [X] 1-8,12-14 * abstract * * column 8, line 21 - line 29 * * figures 2a,2b * [Y] 9-11;
		[A]US6151443 (GABLE MELVIN [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * abstract * * column 2, line 24 - line 32 * * column 6, line 15 - line 30 ** column 7, line 8 - line 42 *;
		[X]US2001052050 (HIROSE MASAKI [JP], et al) [X] 1-14 * abstract * * paragraphs [0065] - [0079] - [0085]; figures 6,7a *;
		[XY]US2003026592 (KAWAHARA MINORU [JP], et al) [X] 1-14 * abstract * * figures 3,10 * * paragraphs [0099] , [0209] , [0210] * [Y] 9;
		[A]JP2003092723 (CANON KK) [A] 1-14 * abstract * * figures 9,10,14 *;
		[YT] - SPLICE POINTS FOR MPEG-2 TRANSPORT STREAMS, SMPTE JOURNAL, SMPTE INC. SCARSDALE, N.Y, US, PAGE(S) 916-925, (199810), ISSN 0036-1682, XP000793004 [Y] 9-11 * abstract * [T] 1-14
		[Y] - JIM WILKINSON ET AL, "SMPTE Unique Material Identifier (UMID) & Application", VIDEO STANDARDS AND DRAFTS, XX, XX, (19990702), no. M4768, XP030033988 [Y] 9,11 * abstract * * paragraphs [02.1] , [0003] , [0006]; figures 2,3 *
	International search	[Y]JPH06233226 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO);
		[A]JPH08221955 (SONY CORP);
		[Y]WO9940586 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO [JP], et al);
		[A]JP2001351365 (SONY CORP);
		[Y]JP2002271395 (SONY CORP);
		[Y]JP2003092723 (CANON KK)

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