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EP1983400
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| EP1983400 - PWM channel controller with direct memory access [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.02.2018 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 24.02.2017 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 21.02.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 31.08.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AT | published on 03.10.2018 [2018/40] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Continental Automotive GmbH Vahrenwalder Strasse 9 30165 Hannover / DE | [2017/13] |
| Former [2008/43] | For all designated states Continental Automotive GmbH Vahrenwalder Strasse 9 30165 Hannover / DE | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Botoaca, Andrei Str. Telegrafului Bl. C13 Ap.4 300125 Timisoara / RO | 02 /
Klinger, Jürgen Roter-Brach-Weg 87 93049 Regensburg / DE | 03 /
Reichow, Dirk Kapellenweg 12 93173 Wenzenbach / DE | [2008/43] | Application number, filing date | 07464003.8 | 20.04.2007 | [2008/43] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1983400 | Date: | 22.10.2008 | Language: | DE | [2008/43] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1983400 | Date: | 29.03.2017 | Language: | DE | [2017/13] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.11.2007 | Classification | IPC: | G06F1/025, H03K7/08 | [2008/43] | CPC: |
H03K7/08 (EP);
G06F1/025 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2017/13] |
| Former [2009/27] | AT, BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT | ||
| Former [2008/43] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | PDM-Kanalsteuerung mit Speicherdirektzugriff | [2008/43] | English: | PWM channel controller with direct memory access | [2008/43] | French: | Dispositif de réglage des canaux à modulation de largeur d'impulsion utilisant un acces direct à la mémoire | [2008/43] | Examination procedure | 23.10.2008 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 22.04.2009 | Examination requested [2009/23] | 27.05.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.06.2009 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 30.09.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.05.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.11.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.10.2016 | Date of oral proceedings | 25.10.2016 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 28.10.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.02.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 17.02.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.02.2017 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 27.05.2009 | Opposition(s) | 03.01.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.04.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 02.05.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.04.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 30.04.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 02.05.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 10 |
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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 | ES | 29.03.2017 | IT | 29.03.2017 | AT | 20.04.2017 | BE | 30.04.2017 | [2018/40] |
| Former [2018/24] | ES | 29.03.2017 | |
| IT | 29.03.2017 | ||
| BE | 30.04.2017 | ||
| Former [2017/50] | ES | 29.03.2017 | |
| IT | 29.03.2017 | Documents cited: | Search | [X] US5793808 (ROWE JEFFREY D et al.) | [X] US6094079 (BOGGS BRIAN L et al.) [X] 1-15 * the whole document * | [A] US2004207466 (ANDERSON JACK B et al.) [A] 1,4 * column 2, line 27 - column 5, line 43 * * column 4, line 41 - line 45 * * figure 3 * | [A] WO9323912 (SOLAR TURBINES INC et al.) [A] 1,6 * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0051]; figure 5 * | [A] DE19620207 (LG SEMICON CO LTD et al.) | [A] US5248900 (DAVIS DEREK et al.) [A] 1-15 * the whole document * * figures 2A,2B * | [A] MICHAEL DAY: "PWM dimming enhances color purity in high-end LED video displays", EETIMES EUROPE ONLINE, 31 October 2005 (2005-10-31), pages 1 - 2, XP002456004, Retrieved from the Internet | [A] ANDY GAYNE: "AVR136: Low-Jitter Multi-Channel Software PWM, Rev. 8020A-AVR-05/06", May 2006 (2006-05-01), pages 1 - 5, XP002456005, Retrieved from the Internet | by applicant | US5793808 |