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EP About this file: EP3337196

EP3337196 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED GEOLOCATION IN A LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2022
Database last updated on 09.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.05.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  09.04.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.12.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.06.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.12.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  18.05.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103 / US
[2018/25]
Inventor(s)01 / VerSteeg, William Carroll
6402 Lakeview Drive
Buford, Georgia 30518 / US
 [2018/25]
Representative(s)V.O.
P.O. Box 87930
Carnegieplein 5
2508 DH Den Haag / NL
[2018/25]
Application number, filing date17207451.014.12.2017
[2018/25]
Priority number, dateUS201662435422P16.12.2016         Original published format: US 201662435422 P
[2018/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3337196
Date:20.06.2018
Language:EN
[2018/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3337196
Date:27.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.04.2018
ClassificationIPC:H04W4/02, G01S5/02, H04W52/02, G01S1/04, // G01S5/06, G01S5/14, H04W64/00
[2021/01]
CPC:
H04W52/0209 (EP,US); G01S1/0423 (EP,US); G01S1/0428 (EP);
G01S5/01 (EP); G01S5/019 (EP,US); G01S5/0244 (EP,US);
H04W4/02 (EP,US); G01S2201/01 (EP); G01S5/06 (EP,US);
G01S5/14 (EP,US); H04W64/00 (EP,US); H04W84/04 (US);
Y02D30/70 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2018/25]H04W4/02, H04W64/00
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 [2019/05]
Former [2018/25]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 
TitleGerman:SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERBESSERTEN GEOLOKALISIERUNG IN EINEM LEISTUNGSARMEN WEITBEREICHSNETZWERK[2018/25]
English:SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED GEOLOCATION IN A LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK[2018/25]
French:SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR AMÉLIORER LA GÉOLOCALISATION DANS UN RÉSEAU ÉTENDU DE FAIBLE PUISSANCE[2018/25]
Examination procedure19.12.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/05]
19.12.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.06.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.12.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.09.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
17.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.12.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.04.2021Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
18.05.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.09.2021Fee for grant paid
21.09.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.09.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
28.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
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