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EP3266238 - ADAPTIVE SECTOR CONFIGURATION OF AN ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.09.2021 Database last updated on 29.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 25.09.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.09.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 13.07.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.05.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 19.10.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.12.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 07.08.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	13.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 164 83 Stockholm / SE
	[2018/02]
Inventor(s)	01 / FAXÉR, Sebastian Frihetsvägen 33 S-177 53 Järfälla / SE
	02 / ZETTERBERG, Kristina Kanongatan 13 S-587 52 Linköping / SE
	03 / RAMACHANDRA, Pradeepa Lantmannagatan 116 S-583 32 Linköping / SE
	[2018/02]
Representative(s)	Ericsson Patent Development Torshamnsgatan 21-23 164 80 Stockholm / SE
	[2018/02]
Application number, filing date	15707372.7	03.03.2015
	[2018/02]
	WO2015EP54332
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016138934
	Date:	09.09.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/36]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3266238
	Date:	10.01.2018
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.09.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3266238
	Date:	28.10.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/44]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	09.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	H04W16/18, H04W24/02, H04W24/08	[2020/24]
	CPC:	H04W16/18 (EP,US); H04W16/28 (CN,US); H04W24/02 (EP,CN,US); H04W24/08 (EP,US); H04W72/046 (US)
	Former IPC [2018/02]	H04W16/28, H04W24/02
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 [2018/02]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ADAPTIVE SEKTORENKONFIGURATION EINES ADAPTIVEN ANTENNENSYSTEMS	[2018/02]
	English:	ADAPTIVE SECTOR CONFIGURATION OF AN ADAPTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM	[2018/02]
	French:	CONFIGURATION DE SECTEUR ADAPTATIF D'UN SYSTÈME D'ANTENNE ADAPTATIVE	[2018/02]
Entry into regional phase	07.08.2017	National basic fee paid
	07.08.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	07.08.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	07.08.2017	Examination requested [2018/02]
	07.08.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	26.02.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	23.10.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.02.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.06.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.10.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.05.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.07.2020	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	08.07.2020	Fee for grant paid
	08.07.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	17.09.2020	Information about intention to grant a patent
	17.09.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	29.07.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/40]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	07.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.03.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.03.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	03.03.2015
	AL	28.10.2020
	AT	28.10.2020
	CY	28.10.2020
	CZ	28.10.2020
	DK	28.10.2020
	EE	28.10.2020
	ES	28.10.2020
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	HR	28.10.2020
	IT	28.10.2020
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	BG	28.01.2021
	NO	28.01.2021
	GR	29.01.2021
	IS	28.02.2021
	PT	01.03.2021
	IE	03.03.2021
	LU	03.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
	[2024/42]
Former [2024/22]	HU	03.03.2015
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	CY	28.10.2020
	CZ	28.10.2020
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	IE	03.03.2021
	LU	03.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2023/33]	HU	03.03.2015
	AL	28.10.2020
	AT	28.10.2020
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	CZ	28.10.2020
	DK	28.10.2020
	EE	28.10.2020
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	IS	28.02.2021
	PT	01.03.2021
	IE	03.03.2021
	LU	03.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
	LI	31.03.2021
Former [2023/30]	AL	28.10.2020
	AT	28.10.2020
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	IS	28.02.2021
	PT	01.03.2021
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	BE	31.03.2021
	CH	31.03.2021
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	IE	03.03.2021
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	LI	31.03.2021
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	NO	28.01.2021
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