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EP About this file: EP2161956

EP2161956 - Femto cell base station and method of establishing a femto cell broadcast channel beam [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2010/10]Femto cell base station and method
[2010/45]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.04.2012
Database last updated on 06.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.10.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 06.11.2013  [2013/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Alcatel Lucent
3, avenue Octave Gréard
75007 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2012/08]For all designated states
Alcatel Lucent
3 avenue Octave Gréard
75007 Paris / FR
Former [2010/10]For all designated states
Alcatel Lucent
54, rue la Boétie
75008 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Zhou, Hai
14 Eaton Close, Faringdon
Swindon, SN7 7FG / GB
02 / Tao, Huiyu
3 Harwell Close, Abingdon
Oxford, OX14 2AR / GB
 [2010/10]
Representative(s)Sarup, David Alexander
Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Ltd
Patent Business
c/o Nokia
125 Finsbury Pavement
London EC2A 1NQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2011/14]Sarup, David Alexander
Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Limited Unit 18, Core 3, Workzone Innova Business Park Electric Avenue Enfield
EN3 7XU / GB
Former [2010/10]Leppard, Andrew John, et al
Bryer, Shelley, John Amor, Greenwood LLP 7 Gay Street
Bath BA1 2PH / GB
Application number, filing date08360027.004.09.2008
[2010/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2161956
Date:10.03.2010
Language:EN
[2010/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2161956
Date:15.06.2011
Language:EN
[2011/24]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.03.2009
ClassificationIPC:H04W16/18
[2010/10]
CPC:
H04W16/28 (EP,KR,US); H04B7/0617 (EP,KR,US); H04W24/08 (KR);
H04W48/10 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/10]
TitleGerman:Femto-Zellenbasisstation und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Femto-Zellen Rundsendekanalstrahls[2010/45]
English:Femto cell base station and method of establishing a femto cell broadcast channel beam[2010/45]
French:Station de base à cellule femto et procédé pour établir un faisceau d'un canal de diffusion d'une cellule femto[2010/45]
Former [2010/10]Femto-Zellenbasisstation und Verfahren
Former [2010/10]Femto cell base station and method
Former [2010/10]Station de base à cellule femto et procédé
Examination procedure31.03.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.09.2010Examination requested  [2010/42]
19.01.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.05.2011Fee for grant paid
06.05.2011Fee 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  19.01.2011
Opposition(s)16.03.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT15.06.2011
BE15.06.2011
CY15.06.2011
CZ15.06.2011
DK15.06.2011
EE15.06.2011
FI15.06.2011
HR15.06.2011
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IE04.09.2011
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BG15.09.2011
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP1077504  (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE [JP]) [A] 1,8,15 * paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0050] - paragraph [0053] * * figures 1,2 *;
 [A]US2001004604  (TOSHIMITSU KIYOSHI [JP], et al) [A] 1,8,15 * paragraph [0010] * * paragraph [0012] * * paragraph [0059] * * figures 2,4 *;
 [A]EP1158824  (LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [A] 1,8,15 * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0021] * * figures 1-3 *;
 [A]US2008026763  (VAN RENSBURG CORNELIUS [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0004] * * paragraph [0008] - paragraph [0011] * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0028] * * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0034] * * figures 1,2,1B *;
 [A]  - CLAUSSEN H ET AL, "Self-optimization of coverage for femtocell deployments", WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM, 2008. WTS 2008, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20080424), ISBN 978-1-4244-1869-5, pages 278 - 285, XP031275017 [A] 1,8,15 * paragraph II *
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