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EP0610438
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| EP0610438 - RADIO FREQUENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING TWO LOW-COST GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.03.2000 Database last updated on 08.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CD RADIO INCORPORATED 1001 22nd Street, N.W., 6th Floor Washington, DC 20037 / US | [1994/33] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BRISKMAN, Robert, D. 6728 Newbold Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 / US | [1994/33] | Representative(s) | Lloyd, Patrick Alexander Desmond Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/33] | Lloyd, Patrick Alexander Desmond Reddie & Grose 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB | Application number, filing date | 92925009.0 | 18.06.1992 | [1994/33] | WO1992US05153 | Priority number, date | US19920866910 | 10.04.1992 Original published format: US 866910 | [1994/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9321717 | Date: | 28.10.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0610438 | Date: | 17.08.1994 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.10.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1994/33] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0610438 | Date: | 12.05.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/19] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 28.10.1993 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.05.1994 | Classification | IPC: | H04L27/00, H04H1/00 | [1994/33] | CPC: |
H04H40/90 (EP,US);
H04B7/185 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1994/33] | Title | German: | RUNDFUNKSYSTEME UND -VERFAHREN, MIT ZWEI PREISGÜNSTIGEN GEOSTATIONÄREN SATELLITEN | [1998/22] | English: | RADIO FREQUENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING TWO LOW-COST GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES | [1994/33] | French: | SYSTEMES ET PROCEDES DE RADIODIFFUSION A FREQUENCES RADIOELECTRIQUES METTANT EN OEUVRE DEUX SATELLITES GEOSYNCHRONES DE FAIBLE COUT | [1998/22] |
| Former [1994/33] | SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUM RADIOFREQUENZ UND RUNDFUNK, MIT ZWEI PREISGÜNSTIGEN GEOSTATIONÄREN SATELLITEN | ||
| Former [1994/33] | SYSTEMES DE RADIODIFFUSIONS A FREQUENCES RADIOELECTRIQUES ET PROCEDES METTANT EN UVRE DEUX SATELLITES GEOSYNCHRONES DE FAIBLE CO T | Entry into regional phase | 19.07.1993 | National basic fee paid | 19.07.1993 | Search fee paid | 19.07.1993 | Designation fee(s) paid | 19.07.1993 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 22.07.1993 | Examination requested [1994/33] | 23.05.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.12.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.07.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 12.11.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.02.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 22.02.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 15.02.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2000/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.06.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.06.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.06.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.06.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.06.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 12.05.1999 | LI | 12.05.1999 | NL | 12.05.1999 | [2003/07] |
| Former [2000/52] | CH | 12.05.1999 | |
| LI | 12.05.1999 | ||
| Former [2000/50] | CH | 17.08.1999 | |
| LI | 17.08.1999 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]WO9107025 (MOTOROLA INC [US]) [A] 1,6-11 * page 1, line 1 - line 28; figures 1,3; claims 1,4,8 * * page 2, line 17 - page 4, line 17 *; | [A] - K. GALLIGAN, D. ROBSON, "Opportunities for sound broadcasting using non-geostationary satellites", EBU REVIEW- TECHNICAL, BRUSSELS BE, (199104), no. 246, pages 64 - 76, XP000219706 [A] 1 * page 65, column 1, line 2 - page 66, column 1, line 26, paragraph 5.1 * * paragraph [05.3] * | [A] - P.A. RATLIFF, "UHF SATELLITE SOUND BROADCASTING TECHNOLOGY", IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS 88, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, (19880612), pages 141 - 146 [A] 1,6 *Abstract*; page 5.2.3, line 1 - line 50, paragraph 10 * | [A] - T. HATTORI, "Theoretical Studies of a Simulcast Digital Radio Paging System using a Carrier Frequency Offset Strategy", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, (198002), vol. VT-29, no. 1, doi:doi:10.1109/T-VT.1980.23826, pages 87 - 95, XP002036296 [A] 1,6 *abstract*; paragraph [0001] * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/T-VT.1980.23826 | International search | [Y]US4291409 (WEINBERG AARON, et al); | [Y]US4291410 (CAPLES EDGAR L, et al); | [A]US4532635 (MANGULIS VISVALDIS [US]); | [Y]US5073900 (MALLINCKRODT ALBERT J [US]); | [Y]US5093839 (KOHNO RYUJI [JP], et al); | [AT]US5148452 (KENNEDY HOWARD L [US], et al); | [AT]US5153598 (ALVES JR DANIEL F [US]); | [AT]US5175557 (KING THOMAS M [US], et al) |