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EP2608411 - Switching circuit [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.01.2021 Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.02.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.10.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NXP B.V. High Tech Campus 60 5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
	[2013/26]
Inventor(s)	01 / Farnsworth, Tim Luke NXP Semiconductors, IP & L Betchworth House 57-65 Station Road Redhill, Surrey RH1 1DL / GB
	[2013/26]
Representative(s)	Miles, John Richard NXP SEMICONDUCTORS Intellectual Property Group Abbey House 25 Clarendon Road Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QZ / GB
	[2020/11]
Former [2013/26]	Crawford, Andrew NXP Semiconductors Intellectual Property and Licensing Red Central 60 High Street Redhill, Surrey RH1 1SH / GB
Application number, filing date	11195388.1	22.12.2011
	[2013/26]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2608411
	Date:	26.06.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2608411
	Date:	11.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/11]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.06.2012
Classification	IPC:	H03K19/003, H03K19/017	[2013/26]
	CPC:	H03K19/01707 (EP,US); H03K19/00361 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2020/11]
Former [2013/26]	AL, 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
Title	German:	Schaltkreis	[2013/26]
	English:	Switching circuit	[2013/26]
	French:	Circuit de commutation	[2013/26]
Examination procedure	02.08.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	31.10.2013	Examination requested [2013/50]
	13.03.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.07.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.02.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.06.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.10.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.02.2020	Fee for grant paid
	03.02.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	03.02.2020	Receipt 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 13.03.2018
Opposition(s)	14.12.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.01.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.01.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	04.01.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
	02.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 07
	02.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 08
	02.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	22.12.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MK	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	22.12.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	22.12.2011
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/40]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/46]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[XA]EP0086090 (NEC CORP [JP]) [X] 1,6,9,13,15 * abstract * * page 1, lines 34,35 * * page 2, line 37 - page 3, line 9 * * page 5, line 25 - page 9, line 33 * [A] 2-4,12;
		[A]EP0279332 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [A] 1-5,12-15 * abstract * * column 1, line 19 - line 42 * * column 2, line 21 - line 25 * * column 2, line 39 - line 52 * * column 4, line 10 - column 6, line 2 *;
		[XA]WO0205427 (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]) [X] 1,4,6,15 * abstract * * page 2, line 7 - line 26 * * page 3, line 7 - page 5, line 14 * [A] 3,8,12,13;
		[A]US6363029 (WATANABE TAKAO [JP], et al) [A] 1-5,7,8,10,13,15 * figures 7a,7b,11a,11b,21,34 * * column 8, line 31 - column 9, line 12 ** column 17, line 50 - column 18, line 16 *;
		[A]WO2007072398 (NXP BV [NL], et al) [A] 1,3,4,8,9,12-15 * figures 5,6,7 * * page 5, line 1 - line 9 * * page 4, line 13 - line 19 * * page 5, line 3 - line 10 * * page 6, line 1 - line 17 *

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