| EP0698328 - MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.01.2005 Database last updated on 07.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 30.01.2008 [2008/05] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states AT&T Corp. 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013-2412 / US | [1996/09] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
AHUJA, Sudhir, Raman 458 Lloyd Road Aberdeen, NJ 07747 / US | 02 /
ARAVAMUDAN, Murali 146 Maple Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 / US | 03 /
ENSOR, James, Robert 812 Center Street Red Bank, NJ 07701 / US | [1996/09] | Representative(s) | Williams, David John, et al Page White & Farrer Limited Bedford House 21A John Street London WC1N 2BF / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/03] | Williams, David John, et al Page White & Farrer, 54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS / GB | ||
| Former [1996/09] | Watts, Christopher Malcolm Kelway, Dr., et al AT&T (UK) LTD. AT&T Intellectual Property Division 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB | Application number, filing date | 94916535.1 | 15.04.1994 | [1996/09] | WO1994US04209 | Priority number, date | US19930052492 | 22.04.1993 Original published format: US 52492 | [1996/09] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9424807 | Date: | 27.10.1994 | [1994/24] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0698328 | Date: | 28.02.1996 | [1996/09] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0698328 | Date: | 24.03.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/13] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 27.10.1994 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.09.1999 | Classification | IPC: | H04N1/00, H04N1/32, H04M3/56 | [1999/44] | CPC: |
H04L12/1813 (EP,US);
H04N1/00 (KR);
H04M3/567 (EP,US);
H04N1/32 (KR);
H04M3/42221 (EP,US);
H04M3/562 (EP,US);
Y10S379/908 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1996/09] | H04N1/00, H04N1/32 | Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1996/09] | Title | German: | MULTIMEDIEN-KOMMUNIKATIONSNETZWERK | [1996/09] | English: | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | [1996/09] | French: | RESEAU DE COMMUNICATIONS MULTIMEDIA | [1996/09] | Entry into regional phase | 13.10.1995 | National basic fee paid | 13.10.1995 | Search fee paid | 13.10.1995 | Designation fee(s) paid | 13.10.1995 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.11.1994 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 17.10.1995 | Examination requested [1996/09] | 16.04.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.09.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.09.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.01.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 20.01.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.12.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/11] | Request for further processing for: | 16.09.2002 | Request for further processing filed | 16.09.2002 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 01.10.2002 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.04.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.04.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 16.04.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 12.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 12.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 30.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.04.2003 | 10   M06   Fee paid on   30.05.2003 |
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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 | 24.03.2004 | IT | 24.03.2004 | LI | 24.03.2004 | NL | 24.03.2004 | SE | 24.06.2004 | ES | 05.07.2004 | [2008/05] |
| Former [2006/13] | CH | 24.03.2004 | |
| LI | 24.03.2004 | ||
| NL | 24.03.2004 | ||
| SE | 24.06.2004 | ||
| ES | 05.07.2004 | ||
| Former [2005/02] | CH | 24.03.2004 | |
| LI | 24.03.2004 | ||
| SE | 24.06.2004 | ||
| ES | 05.07.2004 | ||
| Former [2004/51] | CH | 24.03.2004 | |
| LI | 24.03.2004 | ||
| SE | 24.06.2004 | ||
| Former [2004/40] | SE | 24.06.2004 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] AHUJA S R ET AL: "NETWORKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE RAPPORT MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING SYSTEM", NETWORKS: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?, NEW ORLEANS, MAR. 27 - 31, 1988, no. CONF. 7, 27 March 1988 (1988-03-27), INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, pages 746 - 751, XP000044723, ISBN: 0-8186-0833-1 [A] 1 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.1988.12987 | [A] KAZUTOSHI MAENO ET AL: "DISTRIBUTED DESKTOP CONFERENCING SYSTEM (MERMAID) BASED ON GROUP COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE", IEICE TRANSACTIONS, vol. E74, no. 9, 1 September 1991 (1991-09-01), pages 2765 - 2770, XP000272511, ISSN: 0917-1673 [A] 17 |