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EP About this file: EP0686323

EP0686323 - ONE-BIT ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS USING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER HAVING TWO REGIMES OF OPERATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.02.1998
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.02.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 15.04.1998 [1998/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94103-4813 / US
[N/P]
Former [1995/50]For all designated states
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
100 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco California 94103-4813 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GUNDRY, Kenneth, James
1656 Sanchez Street
San Francisco, CA 94131 / US
[1995/50]
Representative(s)MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1995/50]Hoffmann, Eckart, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwalt, Bahnhofstrasse 103
D-82166 Gräfelfing / DE
Application number, filing date94909820.614.02.1994
[1995/50]
WO1994US02103
Priority number, dateUS1993001785616.02.1993         Original published format: US 17856
[1995/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9419872
Date:01.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0686323
Date:13.12.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.09.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0686323
Date:23.04.1997
Language:EN
[1997/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.09.1994
ClassificationIPC:H03M3/02
[1995/50]
CPC:
H03M3/022 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB [1995/50]
TitleGerman:EIN-BIT ANALOG/DIGITAL-WANDLER UND DIGITAL/ANALOG-WANDLER MIT EINEM ADAPTIVEN FILTER MIT ZWEI BETRIEBSARTEN[1997/17]
English:ONE-BIT ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS USING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER HAVING TWO REGIMES OF OPERATION[1995/50]
French:CONVERTISSEURS ANALOGIQUES-NUMERIQUES ET CONVERTISSEURS NUMERIQUES-ANALOGIQUES A UN BIT UTILISANT UN FILTRE ADAPTATIF A DEUX REGIMES DE FONCTIONNEMENT[1995/50]
Former [1995/50]EIN-BIT ANALOG/DIGITALWANDLER UND DIGITAL/ANALOGWANDLER MIT EINEM ADAPTIVEN FILTER MIT ZWEI BETRIEBSARTEN
Entry into regional phase18.08.1995National basic fee paid 
18.08.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
18.08.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.09.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.08.1995Examination requested  [1995/50]
26.06.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.10.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.01.1997Fee for grant paid
09.01.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.01.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
10.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDE24.07.1997
[1998/03]
Cited inInternational search[A]GB2134357  (DBX);
 [A]  - Ishikawa T et al, "One-bit A/D D/A convert- ers IC for audio delay", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, NOV. 1989, USA, 35, 4, 767 - 774, ISSN 0098-3063, XP000087095

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/30.106894
Examination   - U.TIETZE and Ch.SCHENK, "Halbleiter-Schaltungstechnik", 1983, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo; pages 398-401
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