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EP About this file: EP0863509

EP0863509 - MULTI-LANGUAGE RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  22.04.2011
Database last updated on 22.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.04.2011Refusal of applicationpublished on 25.05.2011  [2011/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/37]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MIMURA, Hideki
Marine-City Kanazawabunko A-104, 391, Shibacho
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 236 / JP
02 / TAIRA, Kazuhiko
Toshiba-AVE-Ryo 204, 2-16-26, Youkoudai, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 235 / JP
[1998/37]
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/37]Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date96938526.922.11.1996
[1998/37]
WO1996JP03429
Priority number, dateJP1995030596524.11.1995         Original published format: JP 30596595
[1998/37]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9719451
Date:29.05.1997
Language:EN
[1997/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0863509
Date:09.09.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.05.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP29.05.1997
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.06.2002
ClassificationIPC:G11B27/00, G11B20/12, H04N5/91, G11B7/00
[2002/33]
CPC:
H04N9/8227 (EP,US); G11B20/12 (KR); G11B19/02 (EP,US);
G11B27/105 (EP,US); G11B27/329 (EP,US); G11B27/34 (EP,US);
H04N9/8042 (EP,US); G11B2220/2562 (EP,US); H04N5/85 (EP,US);
H04N5/9267 (EP,US); H04N9/8063 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1998/37]G11B27/00, G11B20/12, H04N5/91
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1998/37]
TitleGerman:MEHRSPRACHIGES AUFZEICHUNGSMEDIUM UND WIEDERGABEVORRICHTUNG DAFÜR[1998/37]
English:MULTI-LANGUAGE RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR THE SAME[1998/37]
French:SUPPORT D'ENREGISTREMENT MULTI-LANGAGES ET DISPOSITIF DE REPRODUCTION ASSOCIE[1998/37]
Entry into regional phase29.05.1998Translation filed 
29.05.1998National basic fee paid 
29.05.1998Search fee paid 
29.05.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
29.05.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.03.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
29.05.1998Examination requested  [1998/37]
22.10.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.03.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.05.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.09.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.02.2004Date of oral proceedings
29.04.2004Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/21]
29.04.2004Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
07.09.2010Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/21]
Appeal following examination07.07.2004Appeal received No.  T0689/05
09.09.2004Statement of grounds filed
07.09.2010Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
07.09.2010Date of oral proceedings
13.09.2010Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)EP10175475.2   Application deemed to be withdrawn  : 07.10.2010
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  22.10.2002
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
30.11.1999Renewal 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
12.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
12.11.2004Renewal fee patent year 09
14.11.2005Renewal fee patent year 10
14.11.2006Renewal fee patent year 11
15.11.2007Renewal fee patent year 12
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 13
10.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 14
12.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 15
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JPH04332918  ;
 [A]JPH04170875  ;
 [A]EP0626689  (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-28* column A *;
 [Y]EP0677843  (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [Y] 1-28 * abstract * * column 1, line 51 - line 55 * * column 3, line 28 - line 44 * * column 4, line 15 - line 34 * * column 5, line 12 - line 16 * * column 10, line 10 - line 38 * * column 12, line 4 - line 33 * * column 16, line 2 - column 18, line 41 *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930407), vol. 017, no. 179, Database accession no. (P - 1517), & JP04332918 A 19921119 (YAMAHA CORP) [Y] 1-28 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19921002), vol. 016, no. 475, Database accession no. (E - 1273), & JP04170875 A 19920618 (VICTOR CO OF JAPAN LTD) [A] 1-28 * abstract *
International search[A]JPH0546624  (SONY CORP)
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