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EP About this file: EP1955456

EP1955456 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING MIMO SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.03.2013
Database last updated on 26.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
IMEC
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
For all designated states
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
129, Samsung-ro
Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 443-742 / KR
[2012/39]
Former [2009/33]For all designated states
IMEC
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
For all designated states
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
416 Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 442-743 / KR
Former [2008/33]For all designated states
Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum (IMEC)
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
For all designated states
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
416 Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 442-743 / KR
Inventor(s)01 / LIU, Jian
18 Résidence la Gaillarderie
F-78590 Noisy-le-Roi / FR
02 / VANDERSTEEN, Gerd
Vogelstraat 65
B-1600 Sint-pieters-leeuw / BE
 [2009/01]
Former [2008/33]01 / LIU, Jian
34 Bld De L'hôpital
F-75005 Paris / FR
02 / VANDERSTEEN, Gerd
Vogelstraat 65
B-1600 Sint-pieters-leeuw / BE
Representative(s)Pronovem
Office Van Malderen
Avenue Josse Goffin 158
1082 Bruxelles / BE
[N/P]
Former [2012/17]pronovem
Office Van Malderen Avenue Josse Goffin 158
1082 Bruxelles / BE
Former [2008/33]pronovem
Office Van Malderen Avenue Josse Goffin 158
1082 Bruxelles / BE
Application number, filing date06828080.928.11.2006
[2008/33]
WO2006BE00127
Priority number, dateEP2005044726329.11.2005         Original published format: EP 05447263
[2008/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2007062491
Date:07.06.2007
Language:EN
[2007/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1955456
Date:13.08.2008
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.
[2008/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1955456
Date:25.04.2012
Language:EN
[2012/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.06.2007
ClassificationIPC:H04B17/00, H01Q3/26
[2008/33]
CPC:
H01Q3/267 (EP,KR,US); H01Q1/523 (KR); H04B17/21 (KR);
H04B17/221 (EP,KR,US); H04B7/0413 (KR)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2008/33]
TitleGerman:EINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM KALIBRIEREN VON MIMO-SYSTEMEN[2008/33]
English:DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING MIMO SYSTEMS[2008/33]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ POUR L'ÉTALONNAGE DE SYSTÈMES ENTRÉE MULTIPLE SORTIE MULTIPLE[2008/33]
Entry into regional phase16.06.2008National basic fee paid 
16.06.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
16.06.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.06.2008Examination requested  [2008/33]
02.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.03.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.10.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.02.2012Fee for grant paid
14.02.2012Fee 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  02.02.2010
Opposition(s)28.01.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.06.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
25.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
29.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
28.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU28.11.2006
AT25.04.2012
BE25.04.2012
CY25.04.2012
CZ25.04.2012
DK25.04.2012
EE25.04.2012
FI25.04.2012
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NL25.04.2012
PL25.04.2012
RO25.04.2012
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SI25.04.2012
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BG25.07.2012
GR26.07.2012
ES05.08.2012
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PT27.08.2012
IE28.11.2012
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Cited inInternational search[DA]   JIAN LIU ET AL: "OFDM-MIMO WLAN AP front-end gain and phase mismatch calibration", RADIO AND WIRELESS CONFERENCE, 2004 IEEE ATLANTA, GA, USA 19-22 SEPT. 2004, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, 19 September 2004 (2004-09-19), pages 151 - 154, XP010764572, ISBN: 0-7803-8451-2 [DA] 1,4 * abstract * * figure 2 * * paragraph [0III] *
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