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EP2473004 - Brightness control of a status indicator light [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 27.07.2018 Database last updated on 12.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.07.2018	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 29.08.2018 [2018/35]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Apple Inc. One Apple Park Way Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	[2018/31]
Former [2012/27]	For all designated states Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Hoover, Bryan c/o Apple Inc. 1 infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	[2012/27]
Representative(s)	Lang, Johannes Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
	[2015/18]
Former [2012/27]	Lang, Johannes Bardehle Pagenberg Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11190911.5	29.10.2007
	[2012/27]
Priority number, date	US20060558376	09.11.2006 Original published format: US 558376
	[2012/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2473004
	Date:	04.07.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2473004
	Date:	29.04.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/18]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP2473004
	Date:	29.08.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/35]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.06.2012
Classification	IPC:	H05B33/08	[2012/27]
	CPC:	H05B45/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	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 [2012/27]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Helligkeitssteuerung einer Statusanzeigeleuchte	[2012/27]
	English:	Brightness control of a status indicator light	[2012/27]
	French:	Contrôle de la luminosité d'un voyant d'état	[2012/27]
Examination procedure	28.12.2011	Examination requested [2012/27]
	19.12.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.10.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.02.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.04.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.10.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.11.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	13.03.2015	Fee for grant paid
	13.03.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	13.03.2015	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP07854483.0 / EP2095688
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 (EP20070854483) is 16.11.2009
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2016 09.02.2016 ADMISSIBLE Helvar Oy Ab Yrittäjäntie 23 03600 Karkkila / FI Opponent's representative Berggren Oy, Helsinki & Oulu, et al, et al P.O. Box 16 Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 10A 00101 Helsinki / FI
		[N/P]
	Former [2016/10]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.01.2016 Helvar Oy Ab Yrittäjäntie 23 03600 Karkkila / FI Opponent's representative Berggren Oy Ab, et al, et al P.O. Box 16 Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 10A 00101 Helsinki / FI
	08.03.2016	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	15.07.2016	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	03.10.2017	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	03.10.2017	Date of oral proceedings
	13.12.2017	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	13.12.2017	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	10.04.2018	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	18.07.2018	Fee for printing new specification paid
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.10.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.10.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	29.10.2007
	AT	29.04.2015
	BE	29.04.2015
	BG	29.04.2015
	CY	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	MC	29.04.2015
	MT	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SE	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	TR	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	IE	29.10.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
	CH	31.10.2015
	LI	31.10.2015
	FR	02.11.2015
	[2017/39]
Former [2016/45]	AT	29.04.2015
	BE	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	MC	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	IE	29.10.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
	CH	31.10.2015
	LI	31.10.2015
	FR	02.11.2015
Former [2016/36]	AT	29.04.2015
	BE	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	MC	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
	CH	31.10.2015
	LI	31.10.2015
	FR	02.11.2015
Former [2016/34]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	MC	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
	CH	31.10.2015
	LI	31.10.2015
Former [2016/28]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	MC	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
Former [2016/26]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
	LU	29.10.2015
Former [2016/24]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SI	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2016/21]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	IT	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2016/10]	AT	29.04.2015
	CZ	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	PL	29.04.2015
	RO	29.04.2015
	SK	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2016/09]	AT	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	EE	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2016/07]	AT	29.04.2015
	DK	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2015/51]	AT	29.04.2015
	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2015/50]	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	IS	29.08.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2015/49]	ES	29.04.2015
	FI	29.04.2015
	LT	29.04.2015
	LV	29.04.2015
	NL	29.04.2015
	GR	30.07.2015
	PT	31.08.2015
Former [2015/42]	NL	29.04.2015
Documents cited:	Search	[XY]JPH06318050 (FUJITSU TEN LTD) [X] 1,9 * abstract * [Y] 2-8;
		[Y]JP2000098942 (HARADA REIKO) [Y] 2-8 * abstract *;
		[X]JP2006041043 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO) [X] 1,9 * abstract *;
		[A]US2006033443 (ISHII TAKAAKI [JP], et al) [A] 2-8 * paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0055]; figures 1-3 *
	by applicant	US2006226790
	Opposition	US5589741
		WO2005069699
		WO0199475

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