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EP3279762 - HANDHELD DEVICE ENCLOSURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.11.2022 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.11.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.07.2021
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.11.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 20.07.2018
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 05.01.2018
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 Apple Inc. One Apple Park Way Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	[2018/31]
Former [2018/06]	For all designated states Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Myers, Scott One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	02 / Theobald, Matthew One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	03 / Heley, Richard One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	04 / Stagnaro, Adam One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	05 / Dinh, Richard One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	06 / Pakula, David One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	07 / Tan, Tang One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	[2021/52]
Former [2018/06]	01 / Myers, Scott 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	02 / Theobald, Matthew 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	03 / Heley, Richard 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	04 / Stagnaro, Adam 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	05 / Dinh, Richard 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	06 / Pakula, David 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	07 / Tan, Tang 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Representative(s)	Rooney, John-Paul, et al Withers & Rogers LLP 2 London Bridge London SE1 9RA / GB
	[2021/52]
Former [2018/06]	Rooney, John-Paul Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB
Application number, filing date	17177098.5	24.09.2010
	[2018/06]
Priority number, date	US20100300780P	02.02.2010 Original published format: US 300780 P
	US20100325786P	19.04.2010 Original published format: US 325786 P
	US20100325625P	19.04.2010 Original published format: US 325625 P
	US20100794529	04.06.2010 Original published format: US 794529
	[2018/06]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3279762
	Date:	07.02.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3279762
	Date:	29.12.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/52]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.11.2017
Classification	IPC:	G06F1/16	[2018/06]
	CPC:	G06F1/1656 (EP,KR,US); H05K5/0247 (KR,US); H05K5/0004 (CN); G06F1/1626 (EP,KR,US); G06F1/1658 (EP,KR,US); G06F1/1684 (US); (+) G06F1/1698 (EP,KR,US); H01Q1/22 (CN); H01Q1/2258 (US); H01Q1/241 (US); H01Q1/42 (US); H04M1/0249 (EP,KR,US); H04M1/026 (US); H04M1/0274 (KR,US); H05K5/00 (CN); H05K5/02 (US); H05K5/0208 (US); H05K5/03 (KR,US); Y10T29/49002 (EP,US); Y10T29/49169 (EP,US) (-)
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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/34]
Former [2018/06]	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, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Title	German:	GEHÄUSE FÜR HANDHALTBARE VORRICHTUNG	[2018/06]
	English:	HANDHELD DEVICE ENCLOSURE	[2018/06]
	French:	ENCEINTE DE DISPOSITIF PORTATIF	[2018/06]
Examination procedure	21.06.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	17.07.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.07.2018	Examination requested [2018/34]
	15.11.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.03.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	18.07.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.07.2020	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 15.07.2020
	15.07.2020	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	18.11.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
	18.12.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.03.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	30.04.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.07.2021	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.11.2021	Fee for grant paid
	19.11.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	19.11.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP10763530.2 / EP2531899
Divisional application(s)	EP21211378.1 / EP4020120
Opposition(s)	30.09.2022	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.09.2018	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.09.2020	Renewal fee patent year 11
	10.09.2021	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	24.09.2010
	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CY	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	MK	29.12.2021
	MT	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	IE	24.09.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
	[2024/42]
Former [2024/27]	HU	24.09.2010
	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CY	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	MK	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	IE	24.09.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
Former [2024/21]	HU	24.09.2010
	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CY	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	IE	24.09.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
Former [2024/18]	HU	24.09.2010
	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	IE	24.09.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
Former [2023/33]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	IE	24.09.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
Former [2023/30]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
	LU	24.09.2022
Former [2023/27]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	IT	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2023/22]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	MC	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2023/10]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SI	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/49]	AL	29.12.2021
	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/46]	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	DK	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/42]	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	IS	29.04.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/36]	AT	29.12.2021
	CZ	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	PL	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/35]	CZ	29.12.2021
	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SK	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/34]	EE	29.12.2021
	ES	29.12.2021
	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	RO	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
	PT	29.04.2022
Former [2022/33]	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	SM	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
Former [2022/25]	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	NO	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
Former [2022/24]	FI	29.12.2021
	HR	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	LV	29.12.2021
	SE	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
	GR	30.03.2022
Former [2022/22]	FI	29.12.2021
	LT	29.12.2021
	BG	29.03.2022
Former [2022/19]	BG	29.03.2022
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2007057853 (CHANG ARTHUR [TW], et al);
		[A]EP1879363 (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]);
		[A]US2008316121 (HOBSON PHILLIP M [US], et al);
		[I]WO2009126480 (APPLE INC [US], et al)
	Examination	US2006061512
		US7215600
		US2008165067
		US2009245564
		US2009247237

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