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EP About this file: EP3567726

EP3567726 - FREQUENCY-TUNABLE FREQUENCY SOURCE AND SYSTEM, METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS RELATED THERETO [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  04.02.2022
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.10.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  13.07.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  16.02.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip25.08.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
No. 10 Jiuxianqiao Rd.
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015 / CN
[2019/46]
Inventor(s)01 / XIU, Liming
No.9 Dize Rd.
BDA
Beijing 100176 / CN
 [2019/46]
Representative(s)Brötz, Helmut, et al
Rieder & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte - Rechtsanwalt
Yale-Allee 26
42329 Wuppertal / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/46]Brötz, Helmut, et al
Rieder & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte - Rechtsanwalt
Corneliusstrasse 45
42329 Wuppertal / DE
Application number, filing date17838113.324.08.2017
[2019/46]
WO2017CN98825
Priority number, dateCN2017100475404.01.2017         Original published format: CN201710004754
[2019/46]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018126706
Date:12.07.2018
Language:ZH
[2018/28]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3567726
Date:13.11.2019
Language:EN
[2019/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN12.07.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.08.2020
ClassificationIPC:H03L7/08, H03L7/099, H03L7/16
[2020/36]
CPC:
H03L7/08 (EP); H03L7/18 (EP,CN); G06F1/04 (US);
H03L7/085 (CN,US); H03L7/0991 (EP,US); H03L7/16 (EP)
Former IPC [2019/46]H03L7/18
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 [2019/46]
TitleGerman:FREQUENZABSTIMMBARE FREQUENZQUELLE UND SYSTEM, VERFAHREN UND ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG DAZU[2019/46]
English:FREQUENCY-TUNABLE FREQUENCY SOURCE AND SYSTEM, METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS RELATED THERETO[2019/46]
French:SOURCE DE FRÉQUENCE ACCORDABLE EN FRÉQUENCE ET SYSTÈME, PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL ÉLECTRONIQUE ASSOCIÉS[2019/46]
Entry into regional phase15.02.2018Translation filed 
15.02.2018National basic fee paid 
15.02.2018Search fee paid 
15.02.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
15.02.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.02.2018Examination requested  [2019/46]
03.03.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.02.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.06.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
24.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
25.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
25.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[IY]US9379714  (XIU LIMING [US]) [I] 1-7,15 * column 5, line 50 - column 11, line 25; figures 5-8 * [Y] 8-14;
 [Y]JP2001021519  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD) [Y] 8-14 * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0023]; figures 1-3 *;
 [Y]  - ALLIDINA K ET AL, "A MEMS-based vacuum sensor with a PLL frequency-to-voltage converter", ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS, 2009. ICECS 2009. 16TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20091213), ISBN 978-1-4244-5090-9, pages 583 - 586, XP031626247 [Y] 8-14 * I. Introduction; IV. Simulation Results;; figures 1c,9 *
 [A]  - LIMING XIU ET AL, "Flying-Adder Fractional Divider Based Integer-N PLL: 2nd Generation FAPLL as On-Chip Frequency Generator for SoC", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, IEEE, USA, (20130201), vol. 48, no. 2, doi:10.1109/JSSC.2012.2223931, ISSN 0018-9200, pages 441 - 455, XP011489690 [A] 1-15 * III. The 2nd Generation FAPLL Architecture : IFAPLL;; figures 3,4,5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2012.2223931
 [A]  - HONG YUNSEOG ET AL, "Noncontact Proximity Vital Sign Sensor Based on PLL for Sensitivity Enhancement", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, IEEE, US, vol. 8, no. 4, doi:10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2280913, ISSN 1932-4545, (20140801), pages 584 - 593, (20140724), XP011554501 [A] 8-14 * II. Sensor System Configuration and Design;; figures 1,2,11 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2280913
International search[A]CN101114179  (ZTE CORP [CN]) [A] 1-17 * , entire document *;
 [A]CN101375506  (MOTOROLA INC [US]) [A] 1-17* , entire document *;
 [A]US8890591  (XIU LIMING [US]) [A] 1-17 * , entire document *;
 [A]US9118275  (XIU LIMING [US]) [A] 1-17 * , entire document *;
 [X]US9379714  (XIU LIMING [US]) [X] 1-5, 7-13, 17 * , description, column 5, line 50 to column 11, line 25, and figures 5, 7 and 8 *
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