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EP2198541 - MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE CHANNEL MAPPING AND MULTIPLEXING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 17.02.2017 Database last updated on 05.04.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	17.02.2017	Refusal of application	published on 22.03.2017 [2017/12]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BlackBerry Limited 2200 University Avenue East Waterloo, ON N2K 0A7 / CA
	[2013/48]
Former [2013/36]	For all designated states BlackBerry Limited 295 Phillip Street Waterloo ON N2L 3W8 / CA
Former [2010/25]	For all designated states Research In Motion Limited 295 Phillip Street Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3W8 / CA
Former [2010/25]	For all designated states Research in Motion Limited 295 Phillip Street Waterloo, ON N2L 3W8 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / CAI, Zhijun 3009 Manor Green Blvd. Euless, Texas 76039 / US
	02 / WOMACK, James Earl 32 Linderhof Circle Bedford, Texas 76022 / US
	[2010/25]
Representative(s)	Bryn-Jacobsen, Caelia, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP Lacon London 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NL / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2012/52]	Bryn-Jacobsen, Caelia, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB
Former [2010/25]	Phillips, Emily Elizabeth, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB
Application number, filing date	08706222.0	15.01.2008
	[2010/25]
	WO2008CA00074
Priority number, date	US20070971966P	13.09.2007 Original published format: US 971966 P
	[2010/25]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2009033254
	Date:	19.03.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2198541
	Date:	23.06.2010
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.03.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2010/25]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	19.03.2009
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.10.2010
Classification	IPC:	H04H20/72, H04L12/18, H04W84/00, H04W16/00	[2010/25]
	CPC:	H04L12/189 (EP,US); H04W72/30 (EP,US); H04H20/67 (EP,US); H04W4/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2010/25]
Title	German:	MULTIMEDIA-BROADCAST-MULTICAST-DIENSTKANALABBILDUNG UND MULTIPLEXVERFAHREN	[2010/25]
	English:	MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE CHANNEL MAPPING AND MULTIPLEXING	[2010/25]
	French:	MAPPAGE ET MULTIPLEXAGE DE CANAUX DE SERVICES DE DIFFUSION/MULTIDIFFUSION MULTIMÉDIA	[2010/25]
Entry into regional phase	06.04.2010	National basic fee paid
	06.04.2010	Search fee paid
	06.04.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.04.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.07.2009	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: CA
	06.04.2010	Examination requested [2010/25]
	17.05.2011	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.10.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.02.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.06.2012	Date of oral proceedings
	20.07.2012	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2017/12]
	20.07.2012	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	13.12.2016	Application refused, date of legal effect [2017/12]
Appeal following examination	17.09.2012	Appeal received No. T2373/12
	14.11.2012	Statement of grounds filed
	13.12.2016	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
	13.12.2016	Date of oral proceedings
	20.12.2016	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	EP16202622.3 / EP3197093
	EP20184278.8 / EP3739809
	EP22211196.5 / EP4164182
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 06.10.2011
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	06.04.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.01.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	10.01.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.01.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.01.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.01.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[IY] - NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS ET AL, "MCCH Content and Transmission", 3GPP DRAFT; R2-073086_MCCH_CONTENT, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20070815), vol. RAN WG2, no. Athens, Greece; 20070815, XP050135818 [I] 1,8,15 * page 2, paragraph 2.3 - page 3, paragraph 2.3.1 * * page 5, paragraph 3 * * figure 1 * [Y] 1-15
		[Y] - "Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2 (3GPP TS 36.300 version 8.1.0 Release 8); ETSI TS 136 300", ETSI STANDARDS, LIS, SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX, FRANCE, (20070601), vol. 3-R2, no. V8.1.0, ISSN 0000-0001, XP014038500 [Y] 1-15 * page 18, paragraph 5.1.6 * * page 26, paragraph 5.4.1.4 - page 27, paragraph 5.4.1.4 * * page 59, paragraph 15 - page 60, paragraph 15 * * page 61, paragraph 15.2 - paragraph 15.2.1 * * page 62, paragraph 15.3.3 - page 63, paragraph 15.3.3 * * page 91, paragraph D.2 - page 92, paragraph D.2 * * figures 5.4.1.4, 15-1, *
		[A] - 3GPP DRAFT; R2-073357 LTE MBMS TRANSMISSION_R0, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20070816), vol. RAN WG2, no. Athens, Greece; 20070816, XP050136068 [A] 1,8,15 * page 1, paragraph 2.2.1 * * page 2, paragraph 2.3 *
		[XP] - RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED, "MBMS Multiplexing", 3GPP DRAFT; R2-074044, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20071002), vol. RAN WG2, no. Shanghai, China; 20071002, XP050136679 [XP] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[Y] - PANASONIC, "MCCH Structure and Transmission in LTE", 3GPP DRAFT; R2-073267_MCCH_STRUCTURE_AND_TRANSMISSION, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20070815), vol. RAN WG2, no. Athens, Greece; 20070815, XP050135992 [Y] 3-7,10-13 * the whole document *
	International search	[A]US2004117860 (YI SEUNG JUNE [KR], et al);
		[X] - ETSI TS 136 300 V8.0.0 (2007-03)TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (3GPP TS36.300 VERSION 8.0.0 RELEASE 8), (20070603), URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/36300.htm
		[XP] - MINUTES OF 3 GPP TSG-RAN-WG2 MEETING #59BIS,R2-074044, SHANGHAI,CHINA, (20071008), XP050136679

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