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EP2612166 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE OBSTACLE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.09.2015
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Orange
78, rue Olivier de Serres
75015 Paris / FR
[2013/39]
Former [2013/28]For all designated states
France Télécom
78 rue Olivier de Serres
75015 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / SIAUD, Isabelle
22 rue de la Visitation
F-35000 Rennes / FR
02 / ULMER-MOLL, Anne-Marie
7 boulevard de Vitré
F-35700 Rennes / FR
 [2013/28]
Representative(s)Jeune, Pascale
Orange
IMTW/OLPS/IPL/PAT
Orange Gardens
44 Avenue de la République, CS 50010
92326 Châtillon Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [2014/47]Jeune, Pascale
Orange
FT/OLNC/OLPS/IPL/PAT
38-40, rue du Général Leclerc
92794 Issy-Les-Moulineaux Cedex 9 / FR
Former [2013/28]Jeune, Pascale
France Telecom
FT/OLNC/OLPS/IPL/PAT
38/40 rue du Général Leclerc
92794 Issy Moulineaux Cedex 9 / FR
Application number, filing date11764824.631.08.2011
WO2011FR51999
Priority number, dateFR2010005693101.09.2010         Original published format: FR 1056931
[2013/28]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012089942
Date:05.07.2012
Language:FR
[2012/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2612166
Date:10.07.2013
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2612166
Date:19.11.2014
Language:FR
[2014/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.07.2012
ClassificationIPC:G01S13/00
[2013/28]
CPC:
G01S13/003 (EP,US); G01S13/08 (EP,US); G01S13/10 (EP,US);
G01S13/103 (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 [2013/28]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ORTUNG VON MINDESTENS EINEM HINDERNIS IN EINEM KOMMUNIKATIONSNETZ SOWIE ZUGEHÖRIGES COMPUTERPROGRAMM[2013/28]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE OBSTACLE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM[2013/28]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE LOCALISATION D'AU MOINS UN OBSTACLE DANS UN RÉSEAU DE COMMUNICATION, PROGRAMME D'ORDINATEUR CORRESPONDANT[2013/28]
Entry into regional phase19.03.2013National basic fee paid 
19.03.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
19.03.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.03.2013Examination requested  [2013/28]
18.10.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.02.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.05.2014Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
22.05.2014Fee for grant paid
22.05.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.08.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.10.2014Receipt 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  14.02.2014
Opposition(s)20.08.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/44]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.08.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
26.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU31.08.2011
AL19.11.2014
AT19.11.2014
BG19.11.2014
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DK19.11.2014
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Cited inInternational search[A]  - NICHOLAS J WILLIS ED - NICHOLAS J WILLIS, "Bistatic Radar, Passages", INTERNET CITATION, (2005), pages 2,6 - 7,59, URL: http://proxy.bookfi.org/genesis1/165000/ad9e601e1a929e15be813b085c801 ced/_as/%5BNicholas%20J.%20Willis%5D_Bistatic%20radar(BookFi.org).pdf, (20110413), XP002632877 [A] 1-12 * page 7 * * page 59 * * page 67 * * page 76 - page 78 * * page 131 * * figures 1.1, 4.6, 4.7 *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/7.102710
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