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EP0915438 - Paging system employing text abstraction [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.08.2005 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.02.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT, PT	published on 19.03.2008 [2008/12]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2004/42]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Former [2003/08]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation Old Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Former [1999/19]	For all designated states LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 55 Cambridge Parkway Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Batchelder, Edward M. 10 Milton Road Brookline, MA 02445 / US
	[1999/31]
Former [1999/19]	01 / Batchelder, Edward M. 38 Linden Street Brookline, MA 02146 / US
Representative(s)	Ling, Christopher John, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2003/08]	Ling, Christopher John, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited, Intellectual Property Department, Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Former [2000/49]	Beck, Simon Antony Withers & Rogers, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW / GB
Former [1999/19]	Dunleavy, Kevin James Hunton & Williams, Avenue Louise 326, B6 1050 Brussels / BE
Application number, filing date	98204207.9	14.08.1996
	[1999/19]
Priority number, date	US19950514809	14.08.1995 Original published format: US 514809
	[1999/19]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0915438
	Date:	12.05.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/19]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0915438
	Date:	05.04.2000
	[2000/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0915438
	Date:	13.10.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/42]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.02.2000
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/30	[2004/04]
	CPC:	G06F16/345 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2000/14]	G08B3/10, H04Q7/10
	Former IPC [1999/19]	G08B3/10
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1999/19]
Title	German:	Rufsystem mit automatischer Zusammenfassung von Texten	[1999/19]
	English:	Paging system employing text abstraction	[1999/19]
	French:	Système d'appel à abréviation textuelle	[1999/19]
Examination procedure	06.11.2000	Examination requested [2003/05]
	22.01.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.07.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.02.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.06.2004	Fee for grant paid
	03.06.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP96928870.3 / EP0786116
Opposition(s)	14.07.2005	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/40]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.12.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.07.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	17.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 08
	13.08.2004	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
	09.10.2000	M01 Fee paid on 06.10.2000
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	01.09.2001	06 M06 Fee paid on 17.09.2001
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	13.10.2004
	BE	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	IT	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	NL	13.10.2004
	DK	13.01.2005
	GR	13.01.2005
	SE	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
	PT	13.03.2005
	[2008/12]
Former [2007/17]	AT	13.10.2004
	BE	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	NL	13.10.2004
	DK	13.01.2005
	GR	13.01.2005
	SE	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2006/14]	AT	13.10.2004
	BE	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	NL	13.10.2004
	DK	13.01.2005
	GR	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2005/51]	AT	13.10.2004
	BE	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	DK	13.01.2005
	GR	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2005/46]	AT	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	DK	13.01.2005
	GR	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2005/36]	AT	13.10.2004
	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	GR	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2005/27]	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	GR	13.01.2005
	ES	24.01.2005
Former [2005/26]	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
	GR	13.01.2005
Former [2005/25]	CH	13.10.2004
	FI	13.10.2004
	LI	13.10.2004
Former [2005/24]	FI	13.10.2004
Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0361464 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
		[Y]US4955066 (NOTENBOOM LEO A [US]) [Y] 1,2 * abstract *;
		[Y]US5396228 (GARAHI MASOOD [US]) [Y] 1,2 * abstract *;
		[A]EP0650303 (NEC CORP [JP]) [A] 1* abstract *

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