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EP About this file: EP3197154

EP3197154 - ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.12.2020
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  10.01.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.09.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.06.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8270 / JP
[2017/30]
Inventor(s)01 / WRIGHT, Steven
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
02 / PYLE, Anthony
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
3rd Floor, City House
126-130 Hills Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1RE / GB
03 / KAVALLIEROU, Michael
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
04 / HEMS, Mark
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
 [2017/35]
Former [2017/30]01 / WRIGHT, Steven
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
02 / PYLE, Anthony
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
03 / KAVALLIEROU, Michael
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
04 / HEMS, Mark
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
10 Great Marlborough Street
London, W1F 7LP / GB
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2017/30]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date17161317.721.04.2010
[2017/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3197154
Date:26.07.2017
Language:EN
[2017/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3197154
Date:12.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/07]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.06.2017
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/16, H04N7/173, H04N5/445
[2017/30]
CPC:
H04N7/17318 (EP,US); H04N21/435 (EP,US); H04N21/47 (EP,US);
H04N21/4788 (EP,US); H04N21/482 (EP,US); H04N21/4882 (EP,US);
H04N21/8352 (EP,US); H04N21/84 (EP,US); H04N7/16 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2017/30]
TitleGerman:UNTERHALTUNGSSYSTEM UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN[2017/30]
English:ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION[2017/30]
French:SYSTÈME DE DIVERTISSEMENT ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION[2017/30]
Examination procedure16.03.2017Examination requested  [2017/30]
16.03.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.06.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.09.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.09.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.01.2020Fee for grant paid
07.01.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
07.01.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP10160531.9  / EP2381682
Opposition(s)13.11.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2021/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
16.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
16.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
16.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU21.04.2010
AT12.02.2020
CY12.02.2020
CZ12.02.2020
DK12.02.2020
EE12.02.2020
ES12.02.2020
FI12.02.2020
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PT05.07.2020
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