EP1911312 - MEANS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE HANDOVER CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.02.2017 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.08.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG | published on 19.09.2018 [2018/38] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE | [2016/25] |
Former [2016/14] | For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE | ||
For all designated states Sachs, Joachim An den Finkenweiden 43 52074 Aachen / DE | |||
For all designated states Herwono, Ian 288 Ravenswood Avenue Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9TQ / GB | |||
Former [2008/16] | For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE | ||
For all designated states Sachs, Joachim An den Finkenweiden 43 52074 Aachen / DE | |||
For all designated states Herwono, Ian 288 Ravenswood Avenue Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9TQ / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HERWONO, Ian 24 Brambling Close Stowmarket IP14 5UN / GB | 02 /
SACHS, Joachim Viktoriaallee 23 52066 Aachen / DE | [2012/09] |
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HERWONO, Ian 24 Brambling Close, Stowmarket Sufolk IP14 5UN / GB | ||
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SACHS, Joachim Viktoriaallee 23 52066 Aachen / DE | |||
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HERWONO, Ian 24 Brambling Close, Stowmarket Sufolk IP14 5UN / GB | ||
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SACHS, Joachim An den Finkenweiden 43 52074 Aachen / DE | Representative(s) | Ericsson Patent Development Torshamnsgatan 21-23 164 80 Stockholm / SE | [N/P] |
Former [2016/14] | Alder, Ettie-Ann Ericsson Limited Patent Unit UK Unit 4 Midleton Gate Guildford Business Park Guildford, Surrey GU2 8SG / GB | ||
Former [2008/16] | Kühn, Friedrich Heinrich Ericsson AB Patent Unit LTE Torshamnsgatan 23 164 80 Stockholm / SE | Application number, filing date | 05763138.4 | 25.07.2005 | [2008/16] | WO2005SE01190 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2007013839 | Date: | 01.02.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1911312 | Date: | 16.04.2008 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.02.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2008/16] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1911312 | Date: | 06.04.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/14] | Type: | B8 Corrected title page of specification | No.: | EP1911312 | Date: | 13.07.2016 | [2016/28] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | SE | 01.02.2007 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 15.04.2011 | Classification | IPC: | H04W36/02 | [2015/44] | CPC: |
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Former IPC [2008/16] | H04Q7/38, H04L12/28 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2016/14] |
Former [2008/16] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | HR | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | YU | Not yet paid | Title | German: | MITTEL UND VERFAHREN ZUM VERBESSERN DER HANDOVER-EIGENSCHAFTEN VON FUNKZUGANGSNETZEN | [2008/16] | English: | MEANS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE HANDOVER CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS | [2008/16] | French: | MOYENS ET PROCEDES D'AMELIORATION DES CARACTERISTIQUES DE TRANSFERT DE RESEAUX D'ACCES SANS FIL | [2008/16] | Entry into regional phase | 25.02.2008 | National basic fee paid | 25.02.2008 | Search fee paid | 25.02.2008 | Designation fee(s) paid | 25.02.2008 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 18.05.2007 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: SE | 25.02.2008 | Examination requested [2008/16] | 13.09.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.01.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.10.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.02.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 10.02.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 10.02.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP12152283.3 / EP2456259 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 13.09.2011 | Opposition(s) | 10.01.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.02.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.07.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.07.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.07.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.07.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 29.07.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 28.07.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.07.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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