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EP0946060 - Menu-driven television program access system and method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.11.2007 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	02.05.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 04.06.2008 [2008/23]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sedna Patent Services, LLC 1500 Market Street, 27th Floor West Tower Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 / US
	[2007/03]
Former [2004/52]	For all designated states Sedna Patent Services, LLC 1500 Market Street, 27th Floor West Tower Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 / US
Former [2004/51]	For all designated states Sedna Patent Services, LLC 1500 Market Street, 27th Floor West Tower Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 / US
Former [1999/39]	For all designated states DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7700 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814-3522 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Hendricks, John S. 8723 Persimmon Tree Road Potomac, MD 20854 / US
	02 / Bonner, Alfred E. 8300 Bradley Boulevard Bethesda, MD 20817 / US
	[1999/39]
Representative(s)	Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE
	[1999/39]
Application number, filing date	99110233.6	02.12.1993
	[1999/39]
Priority number, date	US19920991074	09.12.1992 Original published format: US 991074
	[1999/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0946060
	Date:	29.09.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/39]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0946060
	Date:	17.01.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/03]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.08.1999
Classification	IPC:	H04N7/173	[1999/39]
	CPC:	H04N21/4786 (EP,US); H04N7/16 (KR); H04H20/06 (EP,US); H04H20/10 (EP,US); H04H20/42 (EP,US); H04H20/79 (EP,US); (+) H04H20/86 (EP,US); H04H60/04 (EP,US); H04H60/13 (EP,US); H04H60/39 (EP,US); H04H60/47 (EP,US); H04H60/72 (EP,US); H04N21/2181 (EP,US); H04N21/21815 (EP,US); H04N21/2187 (EP,US); H04N21/2221 (EP,US); H04N21/235 (EP,US); H04N21/23608 (EP,US); H04N21/2362 (EP,US); H04N21/2381 (EP,US); H04N21/2389 (EP,US); H04N21/252 (EP,US); H04N21/2543 (EP,US); H04N21/258 (EP,US); H04N21/25891 (EP,US); H04N21/26208 (EP,US); H04N21/26283 (EP,US); H04N21/2668 (EP,US); H04N21/4181 (EP,US); H04N21/4184 (EP,US); H04N21/42204 (EP,US); H04N21/42206 (EP,US); H04N21/42653 (EP,US); H04N21/4312 (EP,US); H04N21/4314 (EP,US); H04N21/4316 (EP,US); H04N21/4331 (EP,US); H04N21/4344 (EP,US); H04N21/4345 (EP,US); H04N21/435 (EP,US); H04N21/4385 (EP,US); H04N21/44204 (EP,US); H04N21/44222 (EP,KR,US); H04N21/443 (EP,US); H04N21/4532 (EP,US); H04N21/454 (EP,US); H04N21/4622 (EP,US); H04N21/4668 (EP,US); H04N21/47 (EP,US); H04N21/472 (EP,US); H04N21/47211 (EP,US); H04N21/47214 (EP,US); H04N21/4755 (EP,US); H04N21/478 (EP,US); H04N21/4788 (EP,US); H04N21/482 (EP,US); H04N21/4821 (EP,US); H04N21/64307 (EP,US); H04N21/6543 (EP,US); H04N21/6547 (EP,US); H04N21/812 (EP,US); H04N21/8146 (EP,US); H04N21/8166 (EP,US); H04N21/8173 (EP,US); H04N21/8586 (EP,US); H04N5/44504 (EP,US); H04N5/602 (EP,US); H04N7/088 (EP,US); H04N7/0882 (EP,US); H04N7/0884 (EP,US); H04N7/0887 (EP,US); H04N7/10 (EP,US); H04N7/102 (EP,US); H04N7/163 (EP,US); H04N7/165 (EP,US); H04N7/173 (EP,US); H04N7/17318 (EP,US); H04N7/17336 (EP,US); H04N7/17354 (EP,US); H04H20/02 (EP,US); H04H20/78 (EP,US); H04H20/95 (EP,US); H04H2201/70 (EP,US); H04H60/22 (EP,US); H04H60/23 (EP,US); H04H60/66 (EP,US); H04H60/74 (EP,US); H04H60/94 (EP,US); H04H60/96 (EP,US); H04H60/97 (EP,US); H04M1/57 (EP,US); H04N21/426 (EP,US); H04N5/445 (EP,US); H04N5/45 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [1999/39]
Title	German:	Menugesteuertes Fernsehprogrammzugangssystem und Verfahren	[1999/39]
	English:	Menu-driven television program access system and method	[1999/39]
	French:	Système et méthode de contrôle d'access de programmes de télévision à l'aide d'un menu	[1999/39]
Examination procedure	23.06.1999	Examination requested [1999/39]
	20.03.2000	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	16.06.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.11.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.10.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.02.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.09.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	31.01.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.05.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.09.2006	Fee for grant paid
	06.09.2006	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP94903361.7 / EP0673580
	EP98103750.0 / EP0862328
Divisional application(s)	EP04001389.8 / EP1432248
Opposition(s)	18.10.2007	No opposition filed within time limit [2007/52]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 06
	09.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 08
	13.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 09
	12.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 10
	12.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 11
	14.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 12
	15.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 13
	05.12.2006	Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	17.01.2007
	BE	17.01.2007
	CH	17.01.2007
	DK	17.01.2007
	IT	17.01.2007
	LI	17.01.2007
	NL	17.01.2007
	SE	17.04.2007
	GR	18.04.2007
	ES	28.04.2007
	PT	18.06.2007
	[2008/23]
Former [2008/21]	AT	17.01.2007
	BE	17.01.2007
	CH	17.01.2007
	DK	17.01.2007
	LI	17.01.2007
	NL	17.01.2007
	SE	17.04.2007
	GR	18.04.2007
	ES	28.04.2007
	PT	18.06.2007
Former [2008/16]	AT	17.01.2007
	BE	17.01.2007
	CH	17.01.2007
	DK	17.01.2007
	LI	17.01.2007
	NL	17.01.2007
	SE	17.04.2007
	ES	28.04.2007
	PT	18.06.2007
Documents cited:	Search	[YA]US4381522 (LAMBERT TREVOR) [Y] 1,17,21,38,60,68,73,79 * the whole document * [A] 2-16,18-20,22-37,39-59,61-67,69-72,74-78,80,81;
		[A]US4528589 (BLOCK ROBERT S [US], et al) [A] 1-81* abstract *;
		[A]US4829372 (MCCALLEY KARL W [US], et al) [A] 1-81 * abstract *;
		[A]WO8912370 (MONSLOW H VINCENT [US]) [A] 1-81 * page 4, line 17 - page 5, line 32 *;
		[YA]WO9100670 (SUPERGUIDE CORP [US]) [Y] 1,17,21,38,60,68,73,79 * the whole document * [A] 2-16,18-20,22-37,39-59,61-67,69-72,74-78,80,81;
		[A]EP0513553 (COMMODORE ELECTRONICS LTD [BS]) [A] 1-81 * the whole document *
	Examination	WO9204801

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