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EP About this file: EP2428817

EP2428817 - Motion tracking techniques for RFID tags [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.09.2017
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2012/11]
Inventor(s)01 / Liu, Xu
c/o Ricoh Innovations, Inc.
California Research Center
2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115
Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
02 / Hull, Jonathan J
c/o Ricoh Innovations, Inc.
California Research Center
2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115
Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
 [2012/11]
Representative(s)White, Duncan Rohan, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
2nd Floor, Wytham Court
11 West Way
Oxford OX2 0JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2016/44]White, Duncan Rohan, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
Fletcher House (2nd Floor)
Heatley Road The Oxford Science Park
Oxford OX4 4GE / GB
Former [2012/11]White, Duncan Rohan
Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London
WC2E 9RA / GB
Application number, filing date11180618.808.09.2011
[2012/11]
Priority number, dateUS2010088086913.09.2010         Original published format: US 880869
[2012/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2428817
Date:14.03.2012
Language:EN
[2012/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2428817
Date:02.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.01.2012
ClassificationIPC:G01S11/06, G01S5/02
[2012/11]
CPC:
G01S11/06 (EP,US); G01S5/02521 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/11]
TitleGerman:Bewegungsverfolgungstechniken für RFID-Etiketten[2012/11]
English:Motion tracking techniques for RFID tags[2012/11]
French:Techniques de suivi de mouvement pour étiquettes RFID[2012/11]
Examination procedure08.09.2011Examination requested  [2012/11]
19.07.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.03.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.07.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.03.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.07.2016Fee for grant paid
19.07.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.07.2016Receipt 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  20.03.2014
Opposition(s)03.08.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
26.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
25.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
22.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU08.09.2011
AL02.11.2016
AT02.11.2016
BE02.11.2016
CY02.11.2016
CZ02.11.2016
DK02.11.2016
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 [XI]US2009109095  (HIDO SHOHEI [JP], et al) [X] 1,3,5,6,8,9,11,13-15 * figures 1,4 * * paragraph [0027] * * paragraph [0031] * * paragraph [0042] - paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0047] - paragraph [0052] * * paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0078] * * paragraph [0103] - paragraph [0112] * [I] 2,4,7,10,12;
 [X]  - ANAND OKA ET AL, "Distributed target tracking using signal strength measurements by a wireless sensor network", IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, US, (20100901), vol. 28, no. 7, doi:10.1109/JSAC.2010.100905, ISSN 0733-8716, pages 1006 - 1015, XP011336905 [X] 1,5,8,14,15 * page 1011, right-hand column, line 6: "number of active motes ... 1<=N<=9" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2010.100905
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