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EP2601567 - A METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATING MULTIPLE TOUCHES ON A PROJECTION-SCAN TOUCH SENSOR PANEL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.12.2020 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.01.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.11.2016
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 Apple Inc. One Apple Park Way Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	[2018/31]
Former [2013/24]	For all designated states Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / WESTERMAN, Wayne, Carl C/o Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Ms 83-h Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	02 / GRUNTHANER, Martin, Paul C/o Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Ms 83-t Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	03 / HOTELLING, Steven, Porter C/o Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Ms 83-t Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	04 / MULLENS, Christopher Tenzin C/o Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Ms 83-h Curpertino CA 95014 / US
	[2013/24]
Representative(s)	Lang, Johannes Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
	[2020/07]
Former [2013/24]	Lang, Johannes Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11745874.5	05.08.2011
	[2020/07]
	WO2011US46837
Priority number, date	US20100852133	06.08.2010 Original published format: US 852133
	[2013/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012019150
	Date:	09.02.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/06]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2601567
	Date:	12.06.2013
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.02.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2601567
	Date:	12.02.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/07]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	09.02.2012
Classification	IPC:	G06F3/044	[2013/24]
	CPC:	G06F3/0446 (EP,KR,US); G06F2203/04104 (EP,KR,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 [2013/24]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR EINDEUTIGEN UNTERSCHEIDUNG VON MEHREREN BERÜHRUNGEN AUF EINER PROJEKTIONSSCAN-BERÜHRUNGSSENSORTAFEL	[2013/24]
	English:	A METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATING MULTIPLE TOUCHES ON A PROJECTION-SCAN TOUCH SENSOR PANEL	[2013/24]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE DÉSAMBIGUÏSATION DE PLUSIEURS TOUCHES SUR UN PANNEAU TACTILE DE BALAYAGE DE PROJECTION	[2013/24]
Entry into regional phase	05.03.2013	National basic fee paid
	05.03.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.03.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.06.2012	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	05.03.2013	Examination requested [2013/24]
	24.09.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.07.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.11.2014	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	05.02.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.06.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.11.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
	17.12.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.10.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.04.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.07.2019	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.07.2019
	10.07.2019	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	08.08.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.12.2019	Fee for grant paid
	18.12.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	18.12.2019	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 14.07.2014
Opposition(s)	13.11.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/03]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.08.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.08.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.08.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	15.08.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	05.08.2011
	AL	12.02.2020
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MK	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	IE	05.08.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	05.08.2011
	AL	12.02.2020
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	IE	05.08.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	05.08.2011
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	IE	05.08.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	IE	05.08.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/37]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	IE	05.08.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/36]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/35]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/20]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	LU	05.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
Former [2021/18]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/48]	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/47]	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/40]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SE	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
Cited in	International search	[XI]US2008111795 (BOLLINGER STEVEN [US]) [X] 1,3,5,6,11-16,18-20,24,25 * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0016] * * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0044]; figures 1-4 * [I] 2,4,7-10,17,21-23;
		[A]US2010090976 (LIAO SHIH-CHUAN [TW], et al) [A] 1-25 * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0046] *;
		[A]US2010066701 (NINGRAT KUSUMA ADI [SG]) [A] 1-25 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0015] *;
		[A]WO2010019004 (MELFAS INC [KR], et al) [A] 1-25 * abstract *;
		[A]US2009273579 (ZACHUT RAFI [IL], et al) [A] 1-25 * paragraph [0002] - paragraph [0056] *
	Examination	US5606346
	by applicant	US20100852133

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