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EP1969499 - MEDIA LIBRARY IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 26.11.2021 Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	26.11.2021	Refusal of application	published on 29.12.2021 [2021/52]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Rovi Guides, Inc. 2160 Gold Street San Jose, CA 95002 / US
	[2018/01]
Former [2017/16]	For all designated states Rovi Guides, Inc. 2 Circle Star Way San Carlos, CA 94070 / US
Former [2015/37]	For all designated states Rovi Guides, Inc. 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
Former [2011/26]	For all designated states United Video Properties, Inc. 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
Former [2008/38]	For all designated states United Video Properties, Inc. 6922 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / THOMAS, William, L. 8475 S Quemoy St. Aurora, Co 80016 / US
	02 / WALKER, Todd, A. 77 Highpoint Drive Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312 / US
	[2021/14]
Former [2008/43]	01 / THOMAS, William, L. 12 Broad Leaf Trail Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 / US
	02 / WALKER, Todd, A. 77 Highpoint Drive Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312 / US
Former [2008/38]	01 / THOMAS, William, L. 11611 South 70th East Avenue Bixby, OK 74008 / US
	02 / WALKER, Todd, A. 11126 South 70th East Avenue Bixby, OK 74008 / US
Representative(s)	Haley Guiliano International LLP 26-28 Bedford Row London WC1R 4HE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/38]	Korenberg, Alexander Tal, et al Kilburn & Strode 20 Red Lion Street GB-London WC1R 4PJ / GB
Application number, filing date	06847579.7	12.12.2006
	[2008/38]
	WO2006US47430
Priority number, date	US20050323906	29.12.2005 Original published format: US 323906
	[2008/38]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2007078745
	Date:	12.07.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/28]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1969499
	Date:	17.09.2008
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.07.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2008/38]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	12.07.2007
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/30	[2008/38]
	CPC:	H04N21/47202 (EP,CN,US); G06F16/7867 (EP,CN,US); H04N21/4828 (EP,CN,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2008/38]
Title	German:	MEDIENBIBLIOTHEK IN EINER INTERAKTIVEN MEDIENANLEITUNGSANWENDUNG	[2008/38]
	English:	MEDIA LIBRARY IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION	[2008/38]
	French:	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MULTIMÉDIA DANS UNE APPLICATION DE GUIDAGE MULTIMÉDIA INTERACTIVE	[2008/38]
Entry into regional phase	10.07.2008	National basic fee paid
	10.07.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.07.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	10.07.2008	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.07.2008	Examination requested [2008/38]
	31.08.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.12.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.01.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	31.07.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.12.2018	Date of oral proceedings
	02.01.2019	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	04.01.2019	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/52]
	22.11.2021	Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/52]
Appeal following examination	01.03.2019	Appeal received No. T1414/19
	01.05.2019	Statement of grounds filed
	22.11.2021	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
	22.11.2021	Date of oral proceedings
Divisional application(s)	EP18186408.3 / EP3418920
	EP24163483.1
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 31.08.2012
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.12.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.12.2009	Renewal fee patent year 04
	15.12.2010	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.12.2013	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.12.2014	Renewal fee patent year 09
	10.12.2015	Renewal fee patent year 10
	13.12.2016	Renewal fee patent year 11
	12.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 12
	12.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 13
	13.12.2019	Renewal fee patent year 14
	14.12.2020	Renewal fee patent year 15
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of Execution	ID:	01
	For:	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Date:	05.07.2012
	[2012/36]
Cited in	International search	[X]US2002035697 (MCCURDY KEVIN [US], et al) [X] 1-25 * abstract * * paragraph [0101] - paragraph [0102] * * paragraph [0141] - paragraph [0156] * * figure 7 *;
		[A]US2003172005 (HELLAL FATEN FAY [US], et al) [A] 1-25 * the whole document *;
		[X]US2004025180 (BEGEJA LEE [US], et al) [X] 1-25 * abstract * * paragraph [0041] - paragraph [0061] * * paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0081] * * figures 1-4 *;
		[X]US2004096184 (POSLINSKI THOMAS [US]) [X] 1-25 * the whole document *;
		[A]US2005015405 (PLASTINA DANIEL [US], et al) [A] 1-25 * abstract ** paragraph [0023] - paragraph [0028] *;
		[X] - SUSANNE BOLL, UTZ WESTERMANN, "Meeting experience: MediÆther: an event space for context-aware multimedia experiences", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2003 ACM SIGMM WORKSHOP ON EXPERIENTIAL TELEPRESENCE ETP '03, Berkeley, California, ISBN 1-58113-775-3, (20031107), pages 21 - 30, URL: http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/990000/982488/p21-boll.pdf?key1=982488&key2=9969139711&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=2181828&CFTOKEN=68827537, (20070516), XP002434278 [X] 1-25 * the whole document *
	Examination	US2004133923
		US2004268386

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