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EP2731398 - COMMUNICATION VIA DIFFERENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2014/20]COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
[2019/16]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Database last updated on 29.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.09.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.09.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.09.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.04.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  19.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
9-32, Naka-cho 2-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-8750 / JP
[2019/43]
Former [2014/20]For all designated states
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
9-32, Naka-cho 2-chome Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-8750 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / CHEN Hua Jun
c/o Yokogawa Electric Corporation
9-32 Naka-cho 2-chome
Musashino-shi Tokyo 180-8750 / JP
 [2014/20]
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[2019/43]
Former [2014/20]Henkel, Breuer & Partner
Patentanwälte
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date12806929.106.07.2012
[2019/43]
WO2012JP67331
Priority number, dateJP2011015099707.07.2011         Original published format: JP 2011150997
[2014/20]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013005832
Date:10.01.2013
Language:JA
[2013/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2731398
Date:14.05.2014
Language:EN
[2014/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2731398
Date:23.10.2019
Language:EN
[2019/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP10.01.2013
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.06.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04W88/06, H03J9/02, H04M11/00, H04Q9/00, H04W48/18, H04W80/02
[2014/20]
CPC:
H04W88/06 (EP,US); H04W48/18 (EP,US)
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Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATION ÜBER UNTERSCHIEDLICHE DRAHTLOSE NETZWERKE[2019/16]
English:COMMUNICATION VIA DIFFERENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS[2019/16]
French:COMMUNICATION A TRAVERS DES RÉSEAUX DE COMMUNICATION SANS FIL DIFFERENTS[2019/16]
Former [2014/20]KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG, KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN
Former [2014/20]COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Former [2014/20]DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATION, SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION
Entry into regional phase26.11.2013Translation filed 
26.11.2013National basic fee paid 
26.11.2013Search fee paid 
26.11.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
26.11.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.11.2013Examination requested  [2014/20]
29.12.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.10.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.04.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.09.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
05.09.2019Fee for grant paid
05.09.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.09.2019Information about intention to grant a patent
16.09.2019Receipt 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  22.10.2018
Opposition(s)24.07.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
10.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
11.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
12.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
11.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
15.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU06.07.2012
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