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EP0923240 - Method and apparatus for defeating a video copy protection [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/24]	Video copy protection process enhancement
	[2012/26]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.09.2013 Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.07.2015	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 19.08.2015 [2015/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Rovi Solutions Corporation 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
	[2012/07]
Former [2007/42]	For all designated states MACROVISION CORPORATION 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95050 / US
Former [1999/24]	For all designated states MACROVISION CORPORATION 1341 Orleans Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Quan, Ronald 10910 Wunderlich Drive Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	[2006/08]
Former [1999/24]	01 / Wonfor, Peter, J. 962 Malaga El Granada, CA 94018 / US
	02 / Knox, Alistair, J. 102 Loddon Bridge Road Woddley, Reading Berks RG5 4AW / GB
	03 / Corcoran, Jeremy, J. 76 New Peachey Lane Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3SY / GB
	04 / Ryan, John, O. 22015 Creekside Court Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	05 / Quan, Ronald 10910 Wunderlich Drive Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Representative(s)	Needle, Jacqueline Beck Greener Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6HR / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2012/46]	Needle, Jacqueline Beck Greener Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6HR / GB
Former [1999/24]	Needle, Jacqueline W.H. BECK, GREENER & CO 7 Stone Buildings Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ / GB
Application number, filing date	99104609.5	09.05.1994
	[1999/24]
Priority number, date	US19930062866	17.05.1993 Original published format: US 62866
	[1999/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0923240
	Date:	16.06.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0923240
	Date:	14.11.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/46]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	29.04.1999
Classification	IPC:	H04N5/913	[2012/26]
	CPC:	H04N7/171 (EP,US); H04N5/913 (EP,KR,US); H04N2005/91314 (EP,US); H04N2005/91371 (EP,US); H04N2005/91378 (EP,US); H04N2005/91385 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/24]	H04N5/91
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1999/24]
Title	German:	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Umgehen von Videokopierschutz	[2012/26]
	English:	Method and apparatus for defeating a video copy protection	[2012/26]
	French:	Méthode et dispositif pour contourner la protection de copie vidéo	[2012/26]
	Former [1999/24]	Verbesserung für Videokopierschutzverfahren
	Former [1999/24]	Video copy protection process enhancement
	Former [1999/24]	Amélioration d'un procédé de protection de copie vidéo
Examination procedure	08.03.1999	Examination requested [1999/24]
	02.04.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	09.12.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.08.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M10)
	22.06.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.04.2007	Date of oral proceedings
	18.06.2007	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
	18.06.2007	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	12.03.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	22.05.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.07.2012	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.10.2012	Fee for grant paid
	02.10.2012	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination	16.08.2007	Appeal received No. T0103/08
	18.10.2007	Statement of grounds filed
	14.10.2011	Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [2011/42]
	25.01.2012	Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP94919117.5 / EP0706740
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 (EP19940919117) is 05.12.1997
Opposition(s)	15.08.2013	No opposition filed within time limit [2013/43]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.05.2000	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.05.2001	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 10
	13.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 11
	12.05.2005	Renewal fee patent year 12
	23.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 13
	14.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 14
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 15
	12.05.2009	Renewal fee patent year 16
	31.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 17
	11.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 18
	30.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 19
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of Execution	ID:	01
	For:	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LU NL PT SE
	Date:	26.02.2009
	ID:	02
	For:	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LU NL PT SE
	Date:	05.07.2012
	[2012/35]
Former [2009/20]	ID:	01
	For:	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LU NL PT SE
	Date:	26.02.2009
	[2012/35]
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	DK	14.11.2012
	IT	14.11.2012
	NL	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
	IE	09.05.2013
	LU	09.05.2013
	CH	31.05.2013
	LI	31.05.2013
	[2015/34]
Former [2014/20]	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	DK	14.11.2012
	IT	14.11.2012
	NL	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
	IE	09.05.2013
	CH	31.05.2013
	LI	31.05.2013
Former [2014/08]	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	DK	14.11.2012
	IT	14.11.2012
	NL	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
	CH	31.05.2013
	LI	31.05.2013
Former [2013/37]	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	DK	14.11.2012
	IT	14.11.2012
	NL	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
Former [2013/34]	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	DK	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
Former [2013/31]	AT	14.11.2012
	BE	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
Former [2013/28]	BE	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
	PT	14.03.2013
Former [2013/27]	BE	14.11.2012
	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
Former [2013/24]	SE	14.11.2012
	GR	15.02.2013
	ES	25.02.2013
Former [2013/23]	SE	14.11.2012
	ES	25.02.2013
Former [2013/21]	SE	14.11.2012
Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0189548 (VIDEO PROGRAMM SERVICE VPS [DE]) [A] 1-58 * abstract *;
		[A]WO9209171 (MACROVISION CORP [US]) [A] 1-58 * abstract *;
		[A]US5157510 (QUAN RONALD [US], et al) [A] 1-58* column A *;
		[A] - "COPY PROTECTION FOR VIDEO SIGNALS", RESEARCH DISCLOSURE, (19910801), no. 328, page 607, XP000217919 [A] 1-58
	Examination	US4631603
		EP0255407
		US4819098
		WO9116791
		WO9300769
		- "MACROVISION DECODER/BLANKER", ELEKTOR, CANTERBURY, GB, (19881001), vol. 14, no. 160, ISSN 0268-4519, pages 44 - 47, XP000046163

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