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EP About this file: EP0896776

EP0896776 - CALL ROUTING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.03.2005
Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.10.2009Change - representativepublished on 18.11.2009  [2009/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street London
EC1A 7AJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/07]For all designated states
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
81 Newgate Street
London EC1A 7AJ / GB
Inventor(s)01 / AKESTER, Richard, John
3 Saddlers Place, Martlesham Heath
Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 7SS / GB
02 / MCDONALD, Paul
24A Buregate Road
Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 8DE / GB
[1999/07]
Representative(s)Semos, Robert Ernest Vickers, et al
BT Intellectual Property Department
Ground Floor
BT Faraday Building
1 Knightrider Street
London EC4V 5BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/47]Semos, Robert Ernest Vickers, et al
BT Group Legal Intellectual Property Department PP C5A, BT Centre 81 Newgate Street London
EC1A 7AJ / GB
Former [1999/07]Semos, Robert Ernest Vickers, et al
BT Group Legal Services, Intellectual Property Department, 8th Floor, Holborn Centre 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2TE / GB
Application number, filing date97908408.421.03.1997
[1999/07]
WO1997GB00803
Priority number, dateEP1996030228229.03.1996         Original published format: EP 96302282
[1999/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9737499
Date:09.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0896776
Date:17.02.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.10.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0896776
Date:19.05.2004
Language:EN
[2004/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.10.1997
ClassificationIPC:H04Q3/00
[1999/07]
CPC:
H04Q3/0029 (EP,US); H04Q3/00 (KR); H04M3/42229 (EP,US);
H04Q2213/13513 (EP,US); H04Q2213/13541 (EP,US); Y10S379/913 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IE,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/07]
TitleGerman:LEITWEGLENKUNG[1999/07]
English:CALL ROUTING[1999/07]
French:ACHEMINEMENT D'APPELS[1999/07]
Entry into regional phase17.08.1998National basic fee paid 
17.08.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.09.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
17.08.1998Examination requested  [1999/07]
10.11.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.03.2004Fee for grant paid
17.03.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.02.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/19]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
28.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
16.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
22.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
20.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
01.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE19.05.2004
CH19.05.2004
IT19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
NL19.05.2004
DK19.08.2004
SE19.08.2004
ES30.08.2004
PT19.10.2004
[2008/07]
Former [2006/13]BE19.05.2004
CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
NL19.05.2004
DK19.08.2004
SE19.08.2004
ES30.08.2004
Former [2005/18]BE19.05.2004
CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
DK19.08.2004
SE19.08.2004
ES30.08.2004
Former [2005/14]BE19.05.2004
CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
SE19.08.2004
ES30.08.2004
Former [2005/02]CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
SE19.08.2004
ES30.08.2004
Former [2004/52]CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
SE19.08.2004
Former [2004/51]CH19.05.2004
LI19.05.2004
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0484067  (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]) [A] 1-7,13-16 * column A * * page 2, line 35 - line 57 *;
 [A]WO9209164  (UNIFI COMMUNICATIONS CORP [US]) [A] 1,3,4,10,13,15,16,19 * abstract * * page 2, line 32 - page 4, line 2 *;
 [A]EP0637159  (AT & T CORP [US]) [A] 1,3,4,13,15,16 * page 4, line 8 - page 5, line 36 *;
 [A]DE4420462  (SEL ALCATEL AG [DE]) [A] 1-7,13-16 * abstract *;
 [A]  - TABANNE ET AL., "An intelligent location tracking method for personal and terminal FPLMTS/UMTS communications", INTERNATIONAL SWITCHING SYMPOSIUM, BERLIN DE, (19950424), vol. 1, pages 114 - 118, XP000495548 [A] 1,3,13,15 * page 116, column L, paragraph 2 - page 117, column L, line 17 *
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