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EP0858707 - COMMUNICATION OF IMAGES VIA A RADIO TRANSMISSION CHANNEL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1998/34]IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS
[2001/18]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.12.2003
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2003No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.02.2004  [2004/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Inmarsat Ltd.
99 City Road
London EC1Y 1AX / GB
[1999/38]
Former [1998/34]For all designated states
INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION
99 City Road
London EC1Y 1AX / GB
Inventor(s)01 / TRACHTMAN, Eyal
24 Arden Road, Finchley
London N3 3AN / GB
[1998/34]
Representative(s)Cross, James Peter Archibald, et al
Maucher Jenkins
Seventh Floor Offices
Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
London SW1P 1RT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/34]Cross, James Peter Archibald, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co., 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date96935164.204.11.1996
[1998/34]
WO1996GB02695
Priority number, dateGB1995002248702.11.1995         Original published format: GB 9522487
[1998/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9716920
Date:09.05.1997
Language:EN
[1997/20]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0858707
Date:19.08.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0858707
Date:12.02.2003
Language:EN
[2003/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.07.1997
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/411, H04N1/00
[1998/34]
CPC:
H04N1/32406 (EP,US); H04N1/00127 (EP,US); H04N1/32037 (EP,US);
H04N1/32122 (EP,US); H04N1/324 (EP,US); H04N1/32795 (EP,US);
H04N1/33307 (EP,US); H04N1/33315 (EP,US); H04N1/33369 (EP,US);
H04N1/4115 (EP,US); H04N2201/3205 (EP,US); H04N2201/3209 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3214 (EP,US); H04N2201/3215 (EP,US); H04N2201/3218 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3219 (EP,US); H04N2201/3221 (EP,US); H04N2201/3225 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3243 (EP,US); H04N2201/3274 (EP,US); H04N2201/3276 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3278 (EP,US); H04N2201/33357 (EP,US); H04N2201/33378 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1998/34]
TitleGerman:ÜBERTRAGUNG VON BILDERN ÜBER EINEN RUNDFUNKKANAL[2001/18]
English:COMMUNICATION OF IMAGES VIA A RADIO TRANSMISSION CHANNEL[2001/18]
French:TRANSMISSIONS D'IMAGES PAR MOYEN D'UN CANAL RADIO[2001/18]
Former [1998/34]BILDÜBERTRAGUNG
Former [1998/34]IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS
Former [1998/34]TRANSMISSIONS D'IMAGES
Entry into regional phase27.05.1998National basic fee paid 
27.05.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
27.05.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.05.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
29.04.1998Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.05.1998Examination requested  [1998/34]
23.02.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.06.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.06.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
25.03.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.05.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
29.05.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.11.2002Fee for grant paid
12.11.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP01204111.7  / EP1189423
Opposition(s)13.11.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
12.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
13.11.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
14.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
13.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[XA]EP0483969  (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 26-28 * abstract * * column 2, line 38 - line 44 * * column 4, line 53 - column 5, line 12 * [A] 17;
 [XA]GB2256558  (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 17 * abstract * * page 3, line 11 - page 4, line 3 * [A] 26-28;
 [XA]US5253936  (ISHIDA SHINICHI [JP]) [X] 26 * column A * [A] 27,28;
 [A]US5361138  (MOTEGI CHIAKI [JP], et al) [A] 26-28* column A; figure 2; claim - *;
 [X]WO9527363  (MOTOROLA INC [US]) [X] 1,6,7,14-16 * abstract * * page 5, line 30 - page 6, line 22 * * page 7, line 35 - line 37 *;
 [X]  - "Text/Image Separation by Fax with OCR", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, NEW YORK US, (199405), vol. 37, no. 5, pages 81 - 82, XP000453088 [X] 1,6 * the whole document *
 [X]  - R. D. PARROTT, "Text compression using spelling dictionary", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, NEW YORK US, (198304), vol. 25, no. 11b, pages 6249 - 6250, XP002025426 [X] 1,7 * the whole document *
 [X]  - WONG ET AL, "Document Analysis System", IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NEW YORK US, (198211), vol. 26, no. 6, pages 647 - 656, XP002025427 [X] 1,6,7,15 * page 649, column L, paragraph L; figure 2 * * page 652, column R, paragraph 3 *
 [A]  - DIMOLITSAS ET AL, "Facsimile Transmission Over Digital Satellite Land-Mobile Channels", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, NEW YORK US, (199408), vol. 43, no. 3, pages 617 - 625, XP000466795 [A] 1-16 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/25.312813
 [X]  - "Storage of the capabilities of frequently called facsimile machine", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, NEW YORK US, (199005), vol. 32, no. 12, page 34, XP000105064 [X] 26-28 * the whole document *
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