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EP0540548
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| EP0540548 - VERTICAL ZOOM AND PANNING FOR TELEVISION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.02.1998 Database last updated on 27.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.02.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 15.04.1998 [1998/16] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 600 North Sherman Drive Indianapolis Indiana 46201 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/19] | For all designated states THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 600 North Sherman Drive Indianapolis Indiana 46201 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
RODRIGUES-CAVAZOS, Enrique 11852 Golf Course Drive Indianapolis, IN 46236 / US | 02 /
ALTMANSHOFER, Robert, Dale 921 Ashton Place Carmel, IN 46032 / US | [1993/19] | Representative(s) | Hartnack, Wolfgang, et al Deutsche Thomson OHG Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D 30625 Hannover / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/26] | Hartnack, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing., et al Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Licensing & Patents Göttinger Chaussee 76 30453 Hannover / DE | ||
| Former [1993/19] | Einsel, Robert, Dipl.-Ing. Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Patent- und Lizenzabteilung Göttinger Chaussee 76 D-30453 Hannover / DE | Application number, filing date | 91912548.4 | 30.05.1991 | [1993/19] | WO1991US03822 | Priority number, date | GB19900012326 | 01.06.1990 Original published format: GB 9012326 | [1993/19] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9119378 | Date: | 12.12.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/28] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0540548 | Date: | 12.05.1993 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.12.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1993/19] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0540548 | Date: | 23.04.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/17] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 12.12.1991 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 07.10.1993 | Classification | IPC: | H04N3/223, H04N5/262 | [1993/19] | CPC: |
H04N9/641 (EP,US);
H04N7/01 (EP,KR,US);
G06T3/04 (EP,US);
G06T3/4007 (EP,US);
H04N19/90 (EP,US);
H04N3/223 (EP,US);
H04N3/227 (EP,US);
H04N3/27 (EP,US);
H04N5/2624 (EP,US);
H04N5/45 (EP,US);
H04N7/007 (EP,US);
H04N7/0105 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [1993/19] | Title | German: | Vertikales Zoomen und Schwenken für Fernsehen | [1993/19] | English: | VERTICAL ZOOM AND PANNING FOR TELEVISION | [1993/19] | French: | SYSTEME DE ZOOM ET DE VUE PANORAMIQUE VERTICAUX POUR TELEVISION | [1993/19] | Entry into regional phase | 21.11.1992 | National basic fee paid | 21.11.1992 | Search fee paid | 21.11.1992 | Designation fee(s) paid | 21.11.1992 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.12.1991 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: GB | 21.11.1992 | Examination requested [1993/19] | 25.10.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.04.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.06.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 23.10.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.01.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 15.01.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 24.01.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/16] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.07.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.05.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.05.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.05.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.1993 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 17.07.1993 |
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