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EP About this file: EP0234558

EP0234558 - Path trace viterbi decoder [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.11.1992
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.1997 [1997/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa 211 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1987/36]For all designated states
FUJITSU LIMITED
1015, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Yamashita, Atsushi
Sasaki-so, 511 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211 / JP
02 / Katoh, Tadayoshi
2146-11, Shukugawara Tama-ku
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 214 / JP
03 / Moriwake, Masaru
Panafacom-ryo 434-1, Eda-cho Midori-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 227 / JP
04 / Nakamura, Tadashi
Miyauchi-ryo Miyauchi Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211 / JP
[1987/36]
Representative(s)Lehn, Werner, et al
Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20
81904 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1987/36]Lehn, Werner, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20
D-81904 München / DE
Application number, filing date87102612.624.02.1987
[1987/36]
Priority number, dateJP1986003723924.02.1986         Original published format: JP 3723986
JP1986016875817.07.1986         Original published format: JP 16875886
JP1986016875917.07.1986         Original published format: JP 16875986
[1987/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0234558
Date:02.09.1987
Language:EN
[1987/36]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0234558
Date:17.11.1988
Language:EN
[1988/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0234558
Date:02.01.1992
Language:EN
[1992/01]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.09.1988
ClassificationIPC:H03M13/12
[1987/36]
CPC:
H03M13/41 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1987/36]
TitleGerman:Annäherungspfad für einen Viterbi-Dekoder[1987/36]
English:Path trace viterbi decoder[1987/36]
French:Cheminement pour un décodeur viterbi[1987/36]
Examination procedure16.01.1989Examination requested  [1989/11]
31.07.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.02.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.1991Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
28.06.1991Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.09.1991Fee for grant paid
18.09.1991Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.10.1992No opposition filed within time limit [1992/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.02.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
26.02.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
28.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]JP5919453  ;
 [X]EP0138598  (NEC CORP [JP]);
 [A]US4015238  (DAVIS ROBERT CURTIS);
 [A]US4240156  (DOLAND GEORGE D [US]);
 [A]EP0155110  (NEC CORP [JP])
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 8, no. 103 (E-244)[1540], 15th May 1984; & JP-A-59 19 453 (NIPPON DENKI K.K.) 31-01-1984, & JP5919453 A 00000000
ExaminationEP0152947
    - G.D.FORNEY, JR.:"The Viterbi Algorithm", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 61, no. 3, March 1973, pages 268-278
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