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EP1256109
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP1256109
| EP1256109 - ENERGY EFFICIENT RESONANT SWITCHING ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DRIVER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.05.2013 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.01.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR | published on 12.02.2014 [2014/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states iFire IP Corporation 10102-114 Street Fort Saskatchewan AB T8L 3W4 / CA | [2007/44] |
| Former [2005/14] | For all designated states iFire Technology Corp. 10102-114 Street Fort Saskatchewan Alberta T8L 3W4 / CA | ||
| Former [2002/46] | For all designated states iFire Technology Inc. 10102-114 Street Fort Saskatchewan Alberta T8L 3W4 / CA | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHENG, Chun-Fai 1072 Lockwood Circle Newmarket, Ontario L3X 1M2 / CA | [2002/46] | Representative(s) | Fenlon, Christine Lesley Haseltine Lake LLP Lincoln House, 5th Floor 300 High Holborn London WC1V 7JH / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/30] | Fenlon, Christine Lesley Haseltine Lake LLP Lincoln House, 5th Floor 300 High Holborn London WC1V 7JH / GB | ||
| Former [2002/46] | Fenlon, Christine Lesley Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | Application number, filing date | 01905538.3 | 13.02.2001 | [2002/46] | WO2001CA00165 | Priority number, date | US20000504472 | 16.02.2000 Original published format: US 504472 | [2002/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0161677 | Date: | 23.08.2001 | Language: | EN | [2001/34] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1256109 | Date: | 13.11.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.08.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/46] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1256109 | Date: | 25.07.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/30] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.08.2001 | Classification | IPC: | G09G3/30 | [2002/46] | CPC: |
G09G3/30 (EP,KR,US);
G09G2330/023 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FI, FR, GB, NL [2004/20] |
| Former [2002/46] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | Title | German: | ENERGIEEFFIZIENTER, SCHALTENDER RESONANZ- ELEKTROLUMINESZENZANZEIGETREIBER | [2002/46] | English: | ENERGY EFFICIENT RESONANT SWITCHING ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DRIVER | [2002/46] | French: | CIRCUIT DE COMMANDE POUR ECRAN ELECTROLUMINESCENT, A COMMUTATION, A CIRCUIT RESONANT, A FAIBLE CONSOMMATION D'ENERGIE | [2002/46] | Entry into regional phase | 12.08.2002 | National basic fee paid | 12.08.2002 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.08.2002 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 13.09.2001 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 12.08.2002 | Examination requested [2002/46] | 02.06.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.10.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.07.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.10.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.02.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 06.06.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 06.06.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 is 02.06.2009 | Opposition(s) | 26.04.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/27] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.02.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.02.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.02.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.02.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.02.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.02.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 26.02.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.02.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 28.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 29.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 12 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FI | 25.07.2012 | NL | 25.07.2012 | FR | 28.02.2013 | [2014/07] |
| Former [2013/15] | FI | 25.07.2012 | |
| NL | 25.07.2012 | ||
| Former [2013/09] | FI | 25.07.2012 | Cited in | International search | [A]US3708717 (FLEMING G); | [A]US4070663 (KANATANI YOSHIHARU, et al); | [DA]US4707692 (HIGGINS MARVIN L [US], et al) [DA] 1,10,19 * column 1, line 42 - column 2, line 27 *; | [A]US4733228 (FLEGAL ROBERT T [US]) [A] 1,10,19 * column 2, line 50 - column 3, line 14 * * column 5, line 41 - column 6, line 12 * * figure 2 *; | [A]DE4117563 (PLANAR INT OY [FI]) [A] 1,10,19 * column 7, line 24 - line 51 *; | [A]EP0548051 (UNIV ILLINOIS [US]); | [A]US5793342 (RHOADS MONTE [US]) [A] 1,10,19 * column 4, line 61 - column 5, line 16 * * figure 2 *; | [A]US5805124 (KAPOOR MOHAN L [US], et al) |