Deutsch English Français

Contact

EP0958677

European procedure

Quick help

Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability

2022.02.11

More...

News flashes

News Flashes

New version of the European Patent Register – SPC proceedings information in the Unitary Patent Register.

2024-07-24

More...

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP0958677

EP0958677 - PROTOCOL CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 15.04.2005 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.04.2005	Refusal of application	published on 01.06.2005 [2005/22]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sterling Commerce, Inc. Suite 1200, 300 Crescent Court Dallas, Texas 75201 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1999/47]	For all designated states Sterling Commerce Inc. Suite 1200, 300 Crescent Court Dallas, Texas 75201 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / HADLAND, John, K. 335 Cedar Street Omaha, NE 68108-1219 / US
	[1999/47]
Representative(s)	Patentanwälte Ruff, Wilhelm, Beier, Dauster & Partner mbB Postfach 10 40 36 70035 Stuttgart / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/47]	Patentanwälte Ruff, Beier, Schöndorf und Mütschele Willy-Brandt-Strasse 28 70173 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date	96944776.2	09.12.1996
	[1999/47]
	WO1996US19596
Priority number, date	US19960582536	03.01.1996 Original published format: US 582536
	[1999/47]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9725665
	Date:	17.07.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/31]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0958677
	Date:	24.11.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	17.07.1997
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	03.05.2002
Classification	IPC:	H04L12/00, H04L29/00, G06F13/00, H04L29/06	[2002/24]
	CPC:	G06F13/387 (EP,US); H04L69/08 (EP,US); H04L9/40 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/47]	H04L12/00, H04L29/00, G06F13/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1999/47]
Title	German:	PROTOKOLLKONVERTERVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN	[1999/47]
	English:	PROTOCOL CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHOD	[1999/47]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE CONVERSION DE PROTOCOLE	[1999/47]
Entry into regional phase	29.07.1998	National basic fee paid
	29.07.1998	Search fee paid
	29.07.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.07.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.08.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	29.07.1998	Examination requested [1999/47]
	04.10.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	11.04.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.09.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.03.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.09.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	27.10.2004	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2005/22]
	27.10.2004	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	06.11.2004	Application refused, date of legal effect [2005/22]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.07.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 08
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.12.2004	09 M06 Not yet paid
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0573248 (HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO [US]) [A] 3,4,10,11 * abstract * * column 2, line 20 - column 4, line 4 *;
		[XY] - ZHANG L, "HOW TO BUILD A GATEWAY - C-GATEWAY: AN EXAMPLE", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND APPLICATIONS. BEIJING, JUNE 23 - 27, 1987, WASHINGTON, IEEE COMPUTER SOC. PRESS, US, (198706), vol. CONF. 2, pages 461 - 468, XP000812885 [X] 1,2,5-9,12-22 * paragraph [02.2] * * paragraph [0003] - paragraph [03.2] * * paragraph [03.4] * * paragraph [0004] * [Y] 3,4,10,11
		[XY] - ESTRIN D, "INTER-ORGANIZATION NETWORKS: IMPLICATIONS OF ACCESS CONTROL REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERCONNECTION PROTOCOLS", COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW, ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY. NEW YORK, US, (19860805), vol. 16, no. 3, ISSN 0146-4833, pages 254 - 264, XP000812883 [X] 1,2,8,9,14 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [03.1] * * paragraph [04.1] - paragraph [0005] * [Y] 3,4,10,11 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1013812.18201
		[X] - RAJAGOPAL, MURALI; MILLER, RAYMOND, "Synthesizing a Protocol Converter from Executable Protocol Traces", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS NO4,, New York, (199104), vol. 4, pages 487 - 498, XP000237276 [X] 1,2,8,9 * abstract * * paragraph [001A] * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/12.88468
	International search	[Y]US5182748 (SAKATA SHIGEKAZU [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5208811 (KASHIO JIRO [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5276732 (STENT ROBERT J [US], et al);
		[Y]US5398336 (TANTRY SUBHASH B [US], et al);
		[Y]US5432901 (HARPER THOMAS A [US], et al);
		[YP]US5497373 (HULEN JOHN S [US], et al);
		[YP]US5530434 (KANDA TAKESHI [JP])

The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.

Legal notice
Terms of use
24.2.25; 34p