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EP2923452 - EXPLOITING INTER-CELL MULTIPLEXING GAIN IN WIRELESS CELLULAR SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  27.09.2019
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.07.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2019Refusal of applicationpublished on 30.10.2019  [2019/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Rearden LLC
355 Bryant Street, Suite 110
San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
[2015/40]
Inventor(s)01 / FORENZA, Antonio
355 Bryant Street
Suite 110
San Francisco, California 94107 / US
02 / PERLMAN, Stephen G.
355 Bryant Street
Suite 110
San Francisco, California 94107 / US
 [2015/40]
Representative(s)WP Thompson
8th Floor
1 Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP / GB
[2015/40]
Application number, filing date13856705.225.11.2013
[2015/40]
WO2013US71749
Priority number, dateUS201261729990P26.11.2012         Original published format: US 201261729990 P
US20131408670021.11.2013         Original published format: US201314086700
[2015/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014082048
Date:30.05.2014
Language:EN
[2014/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2923452
Date:30.09.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.05.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US30.05.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.03.2016
ClassificationIPC:H04B7/06
[2015/40]
CPC:
H04B7/024 (EP,CN,IL,KR,RU,US); H04W28/0236 (IL,US); H04B7/0417 (EP,CN,IL,KR,RU,US);
H04B7/0452 (EP,CN,IL,KR,RU,US); H04B7/063 (EP,CN,IL,KR,US); H04B7/0632 (EP,CN,IL,KR,US);
H04B7/0639 (EP,CN,IL,KR,US); H04J11/0053 (EP,CN,IL,KR,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 [2015/40]
TitleGerman:NUTZUNG EINER MULTIPLEXIERUNGSVERSTÄRKUNG ZWISCHEN ZELLEN IN DRAHTLOSEN ZELLULAREN SYSTEMEN[2015/40]
English:EXPLOITING INTER-CELL MULTIPLEXING GAIN IN WIRELESS CELLULAR SYSTEMS[2015/40]
French:EXPLOITATION DE GAIN DE MULTIPLEXAGE INTER-CELLULE DANS DES SYSTÈMES CELLULAIRES SANS FIL[2015/40]
Entry into regional phase29.05.2015National basic fee paid 
29.05.2015Search fee paid 
29.05.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
29.05.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.05.2015Examination requested  [2015/40]
28.09.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.07.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.11.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.03.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.06.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.05.2019Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/44]
16.05.2019Date of oral proceedings
03.06.2019Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
05.06.2019Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/44]
Divisional application(s)EP19189155.5
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  18.07.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
28.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
27.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
27.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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   TARIK AKBUDAK ET AL: "CoMP in heterogeneous networks: A low-complexity linear transceiver design", COMMUNICATIONS (ICC), 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 10 June 2012 (2012-06-10), pages 5624 - 5629, XP032274646, ISBN: 978-1-4577-2052-9, DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364823 [Y] 4-7 [I] 4,5,8-14

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2012.6364823
   TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: "Aspects of Coordinated Multi-point Transmission for Advanced E-UTRA", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-084444, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Prague, Czech Republic; 20081105, 5 November 2008 (2008-11-05), XP050317702 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
by applicantUS2011111781
 US2010203887
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