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EP2733901 - COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RECEPTION APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2014/21]Communication method and reception apparatus
[2019/25]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.09.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.05.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2019/19]
Former [2014/21]For all designated states
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kusunoki, Shigeo
c/o Sony Mobile Communications Inc
1-8-15 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo, 108-0075 / JP
 [2014/21]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/43]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Former [2014/21]Jackson, Jonathan Andrew
D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date13192747.713.11.2013
[2014/21]
Priority number, dateUS201261727382P16.11.2012         Original published format: US 201261727382 P
[2014/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2733901
Date:21.05.2014
Language:EN
[2014/21]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2733901
Date:17.01.2018
Language:EN
[2018/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2733901
Date:23.10.2019
Language:EN
[2019/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.12.2017
ClassificationIPC:H04L27/26
[2014/21]
CPC:
H04L27/2665 (EP,US); H04L7/042 (US); H04B1/7093 (US);
H04L27/2662 (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 [2014/21]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN UND EMPFANGSVORRICHTUNG[2019/25]
English:COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RECEPTION APPARATUS[2019/25]
French:APPAREIL DE RÉCEPTION ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION[2019/25]
Former [2014/21]Kommunikationsverfahren und Empfangsvorrichtung
Former [2014/21]Communication method and reception apparatus
Former [2014/21]Appareil de réception et procédé de communication
Examination procedure13.11.2013Examination requested  [2014/21]
12.07.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.12.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.05.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.09.2019Fee for grant paid
12.09.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.09.2019Receipt 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  19.12.2018
Opposition(s)24.07.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
23.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
13.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
14.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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