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EP0517442 - Transferring lines in a digital SLC system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.12.1999
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.12.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 19.01.2000 [2000/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1992/50]
Inventor(s)01 / Bye, Peter Lloyd
17 Washington Court
Livingston, New Jersey 07039 / US
02 / Miller, James Harold
19 Chestnut Hill Road
Randolph, New Jersey 07869 / US
03 / Ronnen, Eva
40 Ascot Drive
Wayside, New Jersey 07712 / US
04 / Spencer, Steven Peter
61 Belmont Drive
Livingston, New Jersey 07039 / US
[1992/50]
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/50]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
AT&T (UK) LTD., AT&T Intellectual Property Division, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date92304898.729.05.1992
[1992/50]
Priority number, dateUS1991071047405.06.1991         Original published format: US 710474
[1992/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0517442
Date:09.12.1992
Language:EN
[1992/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0517442
Date:02.03.1994
Language:EN
[1994/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0517442
Date:27.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/04]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.01.1994
ClassificationIPC:H04Q11/04
[1992/50]
CPC:
H04Q11/04 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1992/50]
TitleGerman:Umlegen von Leitungen in einem digitalen Übertragungssystem-SLC[1992/50]
English:Transferring lines in a digital SLC system[1992/50]
French:Transfert de lignes dans un système de transmission digitale SLC[1992/50]
Examination procedure18.08.1994Examination requested  [1994/42]
10.04.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.07.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.09.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
06.04.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.07.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
18.07.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.10.1998Fee for grant paid
07.10.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.10.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.05.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
12.05.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
20.05.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
20.05.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
18.05.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPS62175098  ;
 [A]WO8404644  (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]) [A] 1,8,10 * abstract * * page 12, line 13 - page 13, line 21 *;
 [A]EP0325318  (PHILIPS PATENTVERWALTUNG [DE], et al);
 [A]EP0371570  (DSC COMMUNICATIONS [US]) [A] 1,2,4,8-10 * abstract * * column 2, line 29 - column 3, line 1 * * column 5, line 30 - line 42 * * column 8, line 25 - column 9, line 46 *;
 [A]  - BORDERS, "The role of the time slot interchanger in the subscriber loop", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FORUM, OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS US, (19880930), vol. 42, no. 1, pages 616 - 623, XP000053218 [A] 1-3,8-10 * page 618, column R, paragraph 1 * * page 618, column R, paragraph 5 - page 619, column R, paragraph 3 *
 [A]  - HASEGAWA ET AL., IEEE/IEICE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 1987, SESSION 28, PAPER 3, TOKYO JP, (19871115), vol. 2, pages 1096 - 1100 [A] 1,8 * section 2: 'Reconfiguration on hubbing DCS networks' *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19880119), vol. 12, no. 17, Database accession no. (E - 574), & JP62175098 A 19870731 (HITACHI) [A] 1,8 * abstract *
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