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EP1961245 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TANDEM FREE OPERATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.06.2015 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2016	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, TR Updated state(s): BE	published on 10.08.2016 [2016/32]
	08.07.2016	Change - lapse in a contracting state	published on 10.08.2016 [2016/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE
	[N/P]
Former [2014/33]	For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget L- M Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE
Former [2008/35]	For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE
Inventor(s)	01 / AGNONI, Francesco Vicolo Tempio d'Ercole, 3 I-04010 CORI / IT
	02 / CALZOLARI, Maddalena Via Pietro Brazza, 53 I-06127 PERUGIA / IT
	03 / FRANCO, Andrea Via Luigi Rizzo, 72 I-00136 ROMA / IT
	04 / QUAGLIANI, Massimo Via J.F. Kennedy, 87 I-00040 MARINO / IT
	05 / SPALLACCINI, Paolo Via Perugia, 31 I-05010 MONTEGABBIONE / IT
	06 / TERZANI, Alessio Via Francesco Grimaldi, 141 I-00146 ROMA / IT
	[2008/35]
Representative(s)	Pfeifer, Torsten, et al Ericsson GmbH Patent Department Ericsson Allee 1 52134 Herzogenrath / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2014/33]	Pfeifer, Torsten, et al Ericsson GmbH Patent Department Ericsson Allee 1 52134 Herzogenrath / DE
Former [2008/35]	Pfeifer, Torsten, et al Ericsson GmbH Ericsson Allee 1 D-52134 Herzogenrath / DE
Application number, filing date	05813313.3	30.11.2005
	[2008/35]
	WO2005EP56362
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2007062687
	Date:	07.06.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1961245
	Date:	27.08.2008
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.06.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2008/35]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1961245
	Date:	13.08.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/33]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	07.06.2007
Classification	IPC:	H04W88/18	[2013/42]
	CPC:	H04W88/181 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2008/35]	H04Q7/30
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 [2008/35]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	YU	Not yet paid
Title	German:	SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR SIGNALÜBERTRAGUNG MIT TANDEMFREIEM BETRIEB	[2008/35]
	English:	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TANDEM FREE OPERATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION	[2008/35]
	French:	SYSTEMES ET PROCEDES DE TRANSMISSION DE SIGNAUX SANS FONCTIONNEMENT EN TANDEM	[2008/35]
Entry into regional phase	24.06.2008	National basic fee paid
	24.06.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	24.06.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.06.2007	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	24.06.2008	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.06.2008	Examination requested [2008/35]
	22.03.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	02.10.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.12.2013	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.04.2014	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	06.06.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time
	02.07.2014	Fee for grant paid
	02.07.2014	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 22.03.2012
Opposition(s)	15.05.2015	No opposition filed within time limit [2015/30]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to fulfill actions required for granting the patent
	02.07.2014	Request for further processing filed
	02.07.2014	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	14.07.2014	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	06.12.2012	Request for further processing filed
	06.12.2012	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	18.12.2012	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.11.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	24.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	26.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	30.11.2005
	AT	13.08.2014
	BE	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	MC	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SI	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	TR	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	CH	30.11.2014
	IE	30.11.2014
	LI	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	FR	01.12.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
	[2016/32]
Former [2015/50]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	MC	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SI	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	BE	30.11.2014
	CH	30.11.2014
	IE	30.11.2014
	LI	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	FR	01.12.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/46]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	MC	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	BE	30.11.2014
	CH	30.11.2014
	IE	30.11.2014
	LI	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/33]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	MC	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	BE	30.11.2014
	CH	30.11.2014
	LI	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/32]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	MC	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	BE	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/30]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	BE	30.11.2014
	LU	30.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/24]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	PL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/23]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	CZ	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	EE	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	SK	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/22]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	DK	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	IT	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	RO	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/16]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	NL	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/12]	AT	13.08.2014
	CY	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	LV	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	IS	13.12.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/11]	CY	13.08.2014
	FI	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
	GR	14.11.2014
	PT	15.12.2014
Former [2015/10]	FI	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
	BG	13.11.2014
Former [2015/09]	FI	13.08.2014
	LT	13.08.2014
	SE	13.08.2014
Former [2015/08]	LT	13.08.2014
Cited in	International search	[A]US6108560 (NAVARRO WILLIAM [FR], et al) [A] 1-19 * column 1, line 4 - line 7 * * column 6, line 11 - column 8, line 4 * * column 12, line 11 - line 12 * * column 13, line 48 - line 61 * * column 16, line 47 - column 17, line 16 * * column 18, line 14 - line 25 * * figures 5,7a,7b,10 *;
		[A]US2003035501 (HOPPES BRIAN R [US]) [A] 1,8,9,16-19 * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0023] *;
		[A]EP1225773 (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M [SE]) [A] 1,8,9,16-19 * abstract * * paragraph [0004] * * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0019] * * paragraphs [0027] , [0031] * * figures 1,4a *
		[X] - "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Inband Tandem Free Operation (TFO) of speech codecs; Service description; Stage 3 (3GPP TS 28.062 version 5.4.0 Release 5); ETSI TS 128 062", ETSI STANDARDS, EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, SOPHIA-ANTIPO, FR, (200309), vol. 3-SA4, no. V540, ISSN 0000-0001, XP014017023 [X] 1-7,9-15,18 * page 36, paragraph 7 - page 37, paragraph 7 * * page 43, paragraph 7.10 - page 44, paragraph 7.10 * * page 54, paragraph 9 * * page 57, paragraphs 9.5,9.7.1 * * page 117, paragraph C.2.1 * * page 120, paragraph C.3 - page 121, paragraph C.3 * * page 125, paragraph C.3.3 * * page 126, paragraph C.3.4.1 - page 127, paragraph C.3.4.1 * * figures 4.2.1-1,9-1,C.3-1 *
	by applicant	US6108560

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