EP3350798 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING DISPLAYS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.05.2024 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 23.06.2023 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.01.2023 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.12.2020 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 22.06.2018 | ||
Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 25.03.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.07.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE | published on 14.08.2024 [2024/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states E Ink Corporation IP Department 1000 Technology Park Drive Billerica, Massachusetts 01821-4165 / US | [2023/30] |
Former [2018/30] | For all designated states E Ink Corporation IP Department 1000 Technology Park Drive Billerica, Massachusetts 01821-4165 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CROUNSE, Kenneth R. 3 Mountain Avenue Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 / US | 02 /
SIM, Teck Ping 133 High Street Acton, Massachusetts 01720 / US | 03 /
AMUNDSON, Karl Raymond 67 Sparks Street Apartment 2 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 / US | 04 /
SZYMBORSKI, Zdzislaw Jan 20 Harvard Street Apartment 4 Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 / US | [2018/30] | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | [2023/30] |
Former [2018/30] | Cole, David John 46 Kirkhill Gardens West Greenlees Estate Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8EZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 16847345.2 | 16.09.2016 | [2018/30] | WO2016US52032 | Priority number, date | US201562219606P | 16.09.2015 Original published format: US 201562219606 P | US201562261104P | 30.11.2015 Original published format: US 201562261104 P | US201615014236 | 03.02.2016 Original published format: US201615014236 | US201662370703P | 03.08.2016 Original published format: US 201662370703 P | [2018/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2017049020 | Date: | 23.03.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3350798 | Date: | 25.07.2018 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.03.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2018/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3350798 | Date: | 26.07.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/30] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 23.03.2017 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.05.2019 | Classification | IPC: | G09G3/34 | [2018/30] | CPC: |
G09G3/344 (EP,CN,KR);
G09G3/006 (EP);
G09G2230/00 (EP);
G09G2300/0473 (EP,CN);
G09G2300/08 (EP,KR);
G09G2310/0251 (EP,CN,KR);
G09G2310/0267 (EP);
G09G2320/0204 (EP);
G09G2320/048 (EP);
| 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 [2018/30]
![]() | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ANSTEUERN VON ANZEIGEN | [2018/30] | English: | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING DISPLAYS | [2018/30] | French: | APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉS POUR PILOTER DES DISPOSITIFS D'AFFICHAGE | [2018/30] | Entry into regional phase | 16.04.2018 | National basic fee paid | 16.04.2018 | Search fee paid | 16.04.2018 | Designation fee(s) paid | 16.04.2018 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 22.03.2018 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 16.04.2018 | Examination requested [2018/30] | 16.01.2020 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 30.03.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.01.2021 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.05.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.11.2022 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 22.11.2022 | 22.11.2022 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 04.01.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.05.2023 | Fee for grant paid | 03.05.2023 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.05.2023 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 29.04.2024 | No opposition filed within time limit [2024/27] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report | 30.03.2020 | Request for further processing filed | 30.03.2020 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 09.04.2020 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application | 30.03.2020 | Request for further processing filed | 30.03.2020 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 09.04.2020 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 01.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.09.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.09.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.09.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 19.09.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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