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EP About this file: EP0578162

EP0578162 - Field to field vertical panning system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.08.1999
Database last updated on 31.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.08.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 06.10.1999 [1999/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC.
600 North Sherman Drive Indianapolis
Indiana 46201 / US
[N/P]
Former [1994/02]For all designated states
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC.
600 North Sherman Drive
Indianapolis Indiana 46201 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Saeger, Timothy William
8318 Nashua Drive
Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 / US
02 / Duffield, David Jay
4601 North Pennsylvania
Indianapolis, Indiana 46205 / US
[1994/02]
Representative(s)Hartnack, Wolfgang, et al
Deutsche Thomson OHG
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 1D
30625 Hannover / DE
[N/P]
Former [1997/21]Hartnack, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Licensing & Intellectual Property, Göttinger Chaussee 76
30453 Hannover / DE
Former [1994/02]Einsel, Robert, Dipl.-Ing.
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Patent- und Lizenzabteilung Göttinger Chaussee 76
D-30453 Hannover / DE
Application number, filing date93110697.505.07.1993
[1994/02]
Priority number, dateUS1992091164810.07.1992         Original published format: US 911648
[1994/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0578162
Date:12.01.1994
Language:EN
[1994/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0578162
Date:14.10.1998
Language:EN
[1998/42]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.09.1993
ClassificationIPC:H04N5/44, H04N3/24
[1994/02]
CPC:
H04N7/0122 (EP,US); H04N5/72 (KR); H04N3/227 (EP,US);
H04N3/24 (EP,US); H04N5/45 (EP,US); H04N5/775 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   GB,   IT [1994/02]
TitleGerman:System zum vertikalen Panoramieren von Halbbild zu Halbbild[1994/02]
English:Field to field vertical panning system[1994/02]
French:Système d'une panomarique verticale de trame en trame[1994/02]
Examination procedure24.06.1994Examination requested  [1994/34]
17.09.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.03.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.07.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
01.09.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.09.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.01.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.04.1998Fee for grant paid
07.04.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.07.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
24.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
16.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP63193779  ;
 [A]JP63148780  ;
 [A]WO9119378  (THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS [US]);
 [A]US3878327  (UHLER MARCUS H)
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 12, no. 474 (E-692)12 December 1988 & JP-A-63 193 779 ( MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND.CO.,LTD. ) 11 August 1988, & JP63193779 A 19880811
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 12, no. 412 (E-676)31 October 1988 & JP-A-63 148 780 ( SHARP CORP. ) 21 June 1988, & JP63148780 A 19880621
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