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EP About this file: EP0794675

EP0794675 - Apparatus for decoding coded video data [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  02.03.2012
Database last updated on 14.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.03.2012Refusal of applicationpublished on 04.04.2012  [2012/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2-3-2, Nishishinjuku Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo-to / JP
[N/P]
Former [1997/37]For all designated states
KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2-3-2, Nishishinjuku
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo-to / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Nakajima, Yasuyuki
49-10 Plaza
Omiya-shi, Saitama 331 / JP
02 / Ujihara, Kiyono
Sunny Crest Chofu 305, Someji 2-10-1
Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182 / JP
[1997/37]
Representative(s)Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al
Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [1997/37]Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT, 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date97301293.327.02.1997
[1997/37]
Priority number, dateJP1996007094304.03.1996         Original published format: JP 7094396
[1997/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0794675
Date:10.09.1997
Language:EN
[1997/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0794675
Date:20.09.2000
[2000/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.08.2000
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/50, H04N7/52
[2000/38]
CPC:
G06T3/4084 (EP,US); H04N19/423 (EP,US); H04N19/428 (EP,US);
H04N19/61 (EP,US); H04N19/90 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1997/37]H04N7/50
Designated contracting statesFR,   GB [1997/37]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung zur Dekodierung kodierter Videodaten[1997/37]
English:Apparatus for decoding coded video data[1997/37]
French:Appareil pour décoder des données vidéo codées[1997/37]
Examination procedure02.02.2001Examination requested  [2001/14]
02.08.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.01.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.10.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.02.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.09.2011Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/14]
28.09.2011Date of oral proceedings
18.11.2011Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/14]
18.11.2011Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  02.08.2005
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
21.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
16.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
10.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
16.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
04.12.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
14.02.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
15.02.2006Renewal fee patent year 10
14.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 11
22.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 12
23.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 13
22.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 14
21.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 15
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0385317  (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1,3,6 * column 3, line 22 - line 26 * * column 3, line 53 - column 4, line 13 * * column 6, line 34 - line 42 * * claim 1 ** figures 2-4 *;
 [X]EP0535272  (ALCATEL NV [NL], et al) [X] 1 * abstract * * column 1, line 21 - line 52 * * figure 1 *;
 [YA]EP0620686  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [Y] 5 * column 1, line 29 - line 41 * [A] 4;
 [Y]US5463419  (SAITO OSAMU [JP]) [Y] 7 * abstract * * column 3, line 33 - line 40 * * column 4, line 66 - column 5, line 4 * * column 6, line 5 - line 24 * * claims 1,5,6,11 * * figures 2,4 *;
 [XY]EP0687111  (SICAN GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,3,4,6 * abstract * * page 4, line 18 - line 25 * * page 4, line 46 - line 47 * * page 4, line 53 - line 57 * * page 5, line 45 - page 6, line 24 * * figures 2,3 * [Y] 5,7;
 [XP]EP0707426  (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [XP] 1,2,8-10 * abstract * * column 3, line 3 - line 6 * * column 3, line 21 - line 34 * * column 3, line 44 - line 55 * * column 11, line 23 - line 43 * * figure 1 *
by applicantEP0620686
 US5463419
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