blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News Flashes

New version of the European Patent Register – SPC proceedings information in the Unitary Patent Register.

2024-07-24

More...
blank Related links

Release notes
European Patent Register Assistant
European Patent Register Resource Book
European Patent Register – pocket guide
FAQ - European Patent Register
Federated Register (Flyer)
Global Dossier (Flyer)
Register events
Deep link coverage
Federated Register content
The Patent Information Tour
Fair use charter

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP2256954

EP2256954 - Method and apparatus for processing data in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system utilizing channel state information [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.08.2018
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  22.09.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip13.03.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 15.04.2020  [2020/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qualcomm Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive, R-132 D
San Diego, CA 92121-1714 / US
[2010/48]
Inventor(s)01 / Walton, Jay R.
QUALCOMM Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-1714 / US
02 / Wallace, Mark
QUALCOMM Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-1714 / US
03 / Ketchum, John W.
37 Candlebury Lane
Harvard, MA 01451 / US
04 / Howard, Steven J.
75 Heritage Avenue
Ashland, MA 01721 / US
 [2017/43]
Former [2011/07]01 / Walton, Jay R.
QUALCOMM Incorp. 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego CA 92121-1714 / US
02 / Wallace, Mark
QUALCOMM Incorp. 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego CA 92121-1714 / US
03 / Ketchum, John W.
37 Candlebury Lane
Harvard, MA 01451 / US
04 / Howard, Steven J.
75 Heritage Avenue
Ashland, MA 01721 / US
Former [2010/48]01 / Walton, Jay R.
7 Ledgewood Drive
Westford, MA 01886 / US
02 / Wallace, Mark
4 Madel Lane
Bedford, MA 01730 / US
03 / Ketchum, John W.
37 Candlebury Lane
Harvard, MA 01451 / US
04 / Howard, Steven J.
75 Heritage Avenue
Ashland, MA 01721 / US
Representative(s)Tomkins & Co
5 Dartmouth Road
Dublin 6 / IE
[2017/43]
Former [2010/48]Reedy, Orlaith, et al
Tomkins & Co 5 Dartmouth Road
Dublin 6 / IE
Application number, filing date10177175.607.05.2002
[2010/48]
Priority number, dateUS2001085423511.05.2001         Original published format: US 854235
[2010/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2256954
Date:01.12.2010
Language:EN
[2010/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2256954
Date:15.08.2012
Language:EN
[2012/33]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2256954
Date:25.10.2017
Language:EN
[2017/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.07.2012
ClassificationIPC:H04B7/04, H04B7/08, H04B7/06, H04L1/00
[2017/22]
CPC:
H04B7/0417 (EP,US); H04L1/06 (KR); H04B7/0626 (EP,US);
H04B7/0697 (EP,US); H04B7/0854 (EP,US); H04L1/0009 (EP,US);
H04L1/0048 (EP,US); H04L1/005 (EP,US); H04L1/0071 (EP,US);
H04B7/0689 (EP,US); H04B7/10 (EP,US); H04B7/12 (EP,US);
H04L1/0026 (EP,US); Y02D30/70 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2012/33]H04B7/08, H04B7/06, H04L1/06, H04L1/00, H04B7/04
Former IPC [2010/48]H04B7/08, H04B7/06, H04L1/06
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2017/43]
Former [2010/48]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR DATENVERARBEITUNG IN EINEM MIMO-KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM UNTER VERWENDUNG VON KANALZUSTANDSINFORMATIONEN (CSI)[2017/22]
English:Method and apparatus for processing data in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system utilizing channel state information[2010/48]
French:PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT DE DONNEES DANS UN SYSTEME DE TELECOMMUNICATION A ENTREES MULTIPLES ET SORTIES MULTIPLES (MIMO) UTILISANT DES INFORMATIONS D'ETAT DU CANAL[2017/22]
Former [2010/48]Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Datenverarbeitung in einem Mimo-Kommunikationssystem unter Verwendung von Kanalzustandsinformationen (csi)
Former [2010/48]Procédé et appareil de traitement de données dans un système de télécommunication à entrées multiples et sorties multiples (mimo) utilisant des informations d'état du canal
Examination procedure16.09.2010Examination requested  [2010/48]
15.01.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.05.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.07.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.03.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.06.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.06.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.09.2017Fee for grant paid
18.09.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.09.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP02736690.5  / EP1386424
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 (EP20020736690) is  17.08.2004
Opposition(s)26.07.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 06
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 08
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 09
10.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
21.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 11
26.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 12
26.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 13
07.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 14
30.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 15
08.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 16
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court		 See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
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  TooltipAT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
TR25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
IE07.05.2018
LU07.05.2018
BE31.05.2018
CH31.05.2018
LI31.05.2018
[2020/16]
Former [2019/24]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
IE07.05.2018
LU07.05.2018
BE31.05.2018
CH31.05.2018
LI31.05.2018
Former [2019/19]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
IE07.05.2018
LU07.05.2018
CH31.05.2018
LI31.05.2018
Former [2019/17]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
LU07.05.2018
CH31.05.2018
LI31.05.2018
Former [2019/12]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
CH31.05.2018
LI31.05.2018
Former [2019/06]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
MC25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
Former [2018/41]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
IT25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
Former [2018/35]AT25.10.2017
CY25.10.2017
DK25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
Former [2018/24]AT25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
PT26.02.2018
Former [2018/23]AT25.10.2017
ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
SE25.10.2017
GR26.01.2018
Former [2018/22]ES25.10.2017
FI25.10.2017
NL25.10.2017
Former [2018/17]NL25.10.2017
Documents cited:Search[A]WO9809381  (UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR [US]) [A] 1-15 * abstract * * page 3, line 28 - page 7, line L *;
 [A]EP0951091  (LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0020] - [0027]; figures 1-8; claims 1,2 ** paragraph [0003] *;
 [Y]  - CATREUX S ET AL, "Simulation Results for an Interference-Limited Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Cellular System", IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20001101), vol. 4, no. 11, doi:10.1109/4234.892193, ISSN 1089-7798, pages 334 - 336, XP011083926 [Y] 1-15 * page 1 - page 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/4234.892193
 [Y]  - NOGUEROLES R ET AL, "Performance of a random OFDMA system for mobile communications", BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS, 1998. ACCESSING, TRANSMISSION, NETWORKING. P ROCEEDINGS. 1998 INTERNATIONAL ZURICH SEMINAR ON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 17-19 FEB. 1998, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19980217), doi:10.1109/IZSBC.1998.670242, ISBN 978-0-7803-3893-7, pages 37 - 43, XP010277032 [Y] 1-15 * page 1 - page 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IZSBC.1998.670242
 [A]  - VARANASI M K ET AL, "Optimum decision feedback multiuser equalization with successive decoding achieves the total capacity of the Gaussian multiple-access channel", SIGNALS, SYSTEMS & COMPUTERS, 1997. CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE THIRTY-FI RST ASILOMAR CONFERENCE ON PACIFIC GROVE, CA, USA 2-5 NOV. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19971102), vol. 2, doi:10.1109/ACSSC.1997.679134, ISBN 978-0-8186-8316-9, pages 1405 - 1409, XP010280667 [A] 1-15 * pages 1,3,5; figures 1,3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.1997.679134
Examination   - VANDENAMEELE P ET AL, "A combined OFDM/SDMA approach", IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, US, (20001101), vol. 18, no. 11, doi:10.1109/49.895036, ISSN 0733-8716, pages 2312 - 2321, XP011450134

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/49.895036
    - NOKIA1, "Double data rate for FDD downlink through channel code puncturing in MIMO channels", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-01-0258, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20010223), vol. RAN WG1, no. Las Vegas; 20010223, XP050094278
    - WONG KWAN WAI ET AL, "A low complexity architecture of the V-BLAST system", WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERNCE, 2000. WCNC. 2000 IEE E 23-28 SEPTEMBER 2000, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20000923), vol. 1, ISBN 978-0-7803-6596-4, pages 310 - 314, XP010532515
by applicantUS5056109
 US5265119
 US5799005
 US5903554
 US6097972
    - S.L. ARIYAVISTAKUL ET AL., "Optimum Space-Time Processors with Dispersive Interference: Unified Analysis and Required Filter Span", IEEE TRANS. ON COMMUNICATION, (199907), vol. 7, no. 7
 US19970963386
 EP19990302692
 US20000532492
 US20010776075
 US20010826481
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.