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EP2272191 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANDIDATE LIST GENERATION FOR UPLINK V-MIMO [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 06.11.2020 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.02.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 12.10.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	06.11.2020	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 09.12.2020 [2020/50]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Apple Inc. One Apple Park Way Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	[2018/31]
Former [2012/44]	For all designated states Apple Inc. One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Former [2011/02]	For all designated states Nortel Networks Limited 2351 Boulevard Alfred-Nobel St. Laurent, QC H4S 2A9 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / VENKATRAMAN, Shankar 16500 Lauder Lane Apt. 18203 Dallas, TX 75248 / US
	02 / CHEEDA, Ashvin 2520 Geiberg Drive Plano, TX 75025 / US
	03 / DEANE, Peter, Michael 4779 Newtown Road Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario K0A 1X0 / CA
	04 / CHEONG, Patrick, Lie, Chin 45 Stikine Drive Kanata, Ontario K2T 1H5 / CA
	[2011/02]
Representative(s)	Lang, Johannes, et al Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/15]	Lang, Johannes, et al Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
Former [2011/02]	Boyce, Conor FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 / IE
Application number, filing date	09739544.6	28.04.2009
	[2011/02]
	WO2009US41893
Priority number, date	US20080048369P	28.04.2008 Original published format: US 48369 P
	[2011/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2009134742
	Date:	05.11.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/45]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2272191
	Date:	12.01.2011
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.11.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2011/02]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	05.11.2009
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.10.2014
Classification	IPC:	H04J11/00, H04B7/02	[2014/48]
	CPC:	H04B7/0452 (EP,BR,KR,US); H04B7/024 (EP,BR,US); H04L1/1812 (KR); H04W72/04 (BR,KR,US); H04B7/0854 (KR); H04J11/005 (EP,BR,KR,US); (+) H04L1/0003 (KR); H04L5/0023 (EP,KR,US); H04L5/0037 (EP,BR,KR,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2011/02]	H04J11/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2011/02]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON KANDIDATENLISTEN FÜR EIN UPLINK-V-MIMO-SYSTEM	[2011/02]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANDIDATE LIST GENERATION FOR UPLINK V-MIMO	[2011/02]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR LA GÉNÉRATION DE LISTES DE CANDIDATS POUR UN MIMO VIRTUEL DE LIAISON MONTANTE	[2020/10]
	Former [2011/02]	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR LA GÉNÉRATION DE LISTE DE CANDIDATS POUR UN MIMO VIRTUEL DE LIAISON MONTANTE
Entry into regional phase	29.11.2010	National basic fee paid
	29.11.2010	Search fee paid
	29.11.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.11.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.11.2010	Examination requested [2011/02]
	30.04.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	12.10.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.09.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.02.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.06.2020	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2020/50]
	22.07.2020	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2020/50]
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 12.10.2018
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	06.04.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.04.2013	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 06
	10.04.2015	Renewal fee patent year 07
	11.04.2016	Renewal fee patent year 08
	10.04.2017	Renewal fee patent year 09
	11.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 10
	15.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 11
	31.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI]US2007171808 (WU JIANMING [CA], et al) [X] 1,2,8,9,14 * figures 10B,11A,11B * * paragraph [0004] - paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0055] - paragraph [0060] * * paragraph [0075] - paragraph [0077] * [I] 1-15;
		[A] - QIAN Y ET AL, "Group-based user pairing for virtual MIMO in LTE", JOURNAL OF CHINA UNIVERSITIES OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, XX, CN, vol. 14, no. 3, doi:10.1016/S1005-8885(07)60146-0, ISSN 1005-8885, (20070901), pages 38 - 42, (20070901), XP022938022 [A] 1-15 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1005-8885(07)60146-0
		[A] - MOTOROLA, "EUTRA Uplink System Design Options", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-062661_ULDESIGN, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20061006), vol. RAN WG1, no. Seoul, Korea; 20061006, XP050103155 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[A] - HEDAYAT A ET AL, "Cooperative communication in wireless networks", IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, US, (20041001), vol. 42, no. 10, doi:10.1109/MCOM.2004.1341264, ISSN 0163-6804, pages 74 - 80, XP011120045 [A] 1-15 * figure 6 * * page 77 - page 80 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2004.1341264
	International search	[X]US2007171808 (WU JIANMING [CA], et al);
		[Y]US2007285315 (DAVIS DENNIS W [US], et al);
		[Y]US2008084848 (JARD ALEXANDRE [FR], et al)
	Examination	- Anonymous, "Throughput", (20080427), URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Throughput&oldid=208518121, (20181005), XP055512991
		- ERICSSON, "E-UTRA Downlink User Throughput and Spectrum Efficiency Evaluation with Beamforming", vol. RAN WG1, no. Cannes, France; 20060627 - 20060630, (20060620), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-061865, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_AH/LTE_AH_0606/Docs/, (20060620), XP050951272
		- OFUJI Y ET AL, "Comparison of packet scheduling algorithms focusing on user throughput in high speed downlink packet access", PERSONAL, INDOOR AND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, 2002. THE 13TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEPT. 15-18, 2002, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20020915), vol. 3, ISBN 978-0-7803-7589-5, pages 1462 - 1466, XP010611506
	by applicant	US2007171808

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