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EP2597725 - Multi-band antenna for portable communication device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 12.08.2016 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	12.08.2016	Refusal of application	published on 14.09.2016 [2016/37]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states HTC Corporation No. 23, Xinghua Road Taoyuan District Taoyuan City 330 / TW
	[2015/13]
Former [2013/22]	For all designated states HTC Corporation No. 23, Xinghua Road Taoyuan City Taoyuan County 330 / TW
Inventor(s)	01 / Tsai, Tiao-Hsing No. 23, Xinghua Rd 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	02 / Fang, Chi-Yin No. 23, Xinghua Rd 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	03 / Kuo, Tsung-Ming No. 23, Xinghua Rd. 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	04 / Wu, Chao-Hsu No. 23, Xinghua Rd. 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	05 / Wang, Chun-Yuan No. 23, Xinghua Rd 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	06 / CHiu, Chien-Pin No. 23, Xinghua Rd. 330 Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County / TW
	[2013/22]
Representative(s)	2K Patent Partnerschaft mbB Hamburger Allee 26-28 60486 Frankfurt am Main / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/22]	2K Patentanwälte Blasberg Kewitz & Reichel Partnerschaft Corneliusstraße 18 60325 Frankfurt a. M. / DE
Application number, filing date	12179941.5	09.08.2012
	[2013/22]
Priority number, date	US201113304722	28.11.2011 Original published format: US201113304722
	[2013/22]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2597725
	Date:	29.05.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/22]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.01.2013
Classification	IPC:	H01Q1/24, H01Q13/18, H01Q5/00, H01Q1/48, H01Q9/42	[2013/22]
	CPC:	H01Q9/42 (EP,US); H01Q5/371 (EP,US); H01Q1/243 (EP,US); H01Q1/48 (EP,US); H01Q13/18 (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 [2013/22]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Mehrbandantenne für tragbare Kommunikationsvorrichtungen	[2013/22]
	English:	Multi-band antenna for portable communication device	[2013/22]
	French:	Antenne multibande pour dispositif de communication portable	[2013/22]
Examination procedure	09.08.2012	Examination requested [2013/22]
	21.11.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.12.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.03.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.03.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	26.08.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.04.2016	Application refused, date of legal effect [2016/37]
	05.04.2016	Date of oral proceedings
	26.04.2016	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2016/37]
	26.04.2016	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
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 17.12.2013
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.08.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.08.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI] US2008316115 (HILL ROBERT J et al.) [X] 1-3,5,6,9,12 * paragraph [0037] - paragraph [0046] * * paragraph [0065] - paragraph [0069] * * paragraph [0093] - paragraph [0109]; figures 1, 3A, 10-12 * * paragraph [0131] *[I] 4,7,8,10,11
		[I] US2009153407 (ZHANG ZHIJUN et al.) [I] 1-12 * figures 3,19 *
		[A] SEONGTAE JEONG ET AL: "Design and analysis of multi-band antenna for mobile handset applications", ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 1 June 2009 (2009-06-01), pages 1 - 4, XP031536023, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3647-7 [A] 1-12 * Section "Antenna design";; figure 2 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APS.2009.5171889
	Examination	US2002024470
		US2009040115
		US2011241948

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