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EP0897635 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO A VIDEO SIGNAL TO INHIBIT THE MAKING OF ACCEPTABLE VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.01.2011 Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	21.09.2012	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 24.10.2012 [2012/43]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MACROVISION CORPORATION 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
	[2010/09]
Former [1999/08]	For all designated states MACROVISION CORPORATION 1341 Orleans Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / RYAN, John, O. 22015 Creekside Court Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	[1999/08]
Representative(s)	Needle, Jacqueline Beck Greener Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6HR / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1999/08]	Needle, Jacqueline W.H. BECK, GREENER & CO 7 Stone Buildings Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ / GB
Application number, filing date	97926424.9	07.05.1997
	[1999/08]
	WO1997US07790
Priority number, date	US19960017859P	08.05.1996 Original published format: US 17859 P
	[1999/08]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9742755
	Date:	13.11.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0897635
	Date:	24.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/08]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0897635
	Date:	24.03.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/12]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	13.11.1997
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	10.10.2000
Classification	IPC:	H04N5/913	[2000/47]
	CPC:	H04N5/913 (EP); H04N9/12 (KR); H04N2005/91314 (EP)
	Former IPC [1999/08]	H04N5/782
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1999/08]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR MODIFIZIERUNG EINES VIDEOSIGNALS UM DIE HERSTELLUNG AKZEPTABLER VIDEOBANDAUFNAHMEN ZU UNTERBINDEN	[1999/08]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO A VIDEO SIGNAL TO INHIBIT THE MAKING OF ACCEPTABLE VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS	[1999/08]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL CORRESPONDANT PERMETTANT DE MODIFIER UN SIGNAL VIDEO AFIN D'EMPECHER LA FORMATION D'ENREGISTREMENTS ACCEPTABLES SUR PISTE MAGNETIQUE	[1999/08]
Entry into regional phase	16.10.1998	National basic fee paid
	16.10.1998	Search fee paid
	16.10.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.10.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.11.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	16.10.1998	Examination requested [1999/08]
	01.12.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	06.08.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.01.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.07.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.01.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.07.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.09.2009	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 25.09.2009
	21.09.2009	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	25.09.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	25.09.2009	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	20.01.2010	Fee for grant paid
	20.01.2010	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	28.12.2010	No opposition filed within time limit [2011/09]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.05.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.05.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.05.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	12.05.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
	23.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 11
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 12
	12.05.2009	Renewal fee patent year 13
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of Execution	ID:	01
	For:	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE
	Date:	26.02.2009
	[2009/20]
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	24.03.2010
	BE	24.03.2010
	DK	24.03.2010
	FI	24.03.2010
	SE	24.03.2010
	IE	07.05.2010
	LU	07.05.2010
	CH	31.05.2010
	LI	31.05.2010
	MC	31.05.2010
	GR	25.06.2010
	ES	05.07.2010
	PT	26.07.2010
	[2012/43]
Former [2011/25]	AT	24.03.2010
	BE	24.03.2010
	DK	24.03.2010
	FI	24.03.2010
	SE	24.03.2010
	IE	07.05.2010
	CH	31.05.2010
	LI	31.05.2010
	MC	31.05.2010
	GR	25.06.2010
	ES	05.07.2010
	PT	26.07.2010
Former [2010/44]	AT	24.03.2010
	FI	24.03.2010

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