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EP3700094 - ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.03.2024
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.12.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.07.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2024(Expected) grantpublished on 17.04.2024  [2024/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3, Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
[2020/35]
Inventor(s)01 / KUBO, Kazuo
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
 [2020/35]
Representative(s)Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München / DE
[2020/35]
Application number, filing date17932846.327.11.2017
[2020/35]
WO2017JP42428
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019102621
Date:31.05.2019
Language:JA
[2019/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3700094
Date:26.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3700094
Date:17.04.2024
Language:EN
[2024/16]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP31.05.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:H03M13/11, H03M13/37, H03M13/25, H03M13/35
[2020/44]
CPC:
H03M13/1154 (EP,US); H03M13/1105 (US); H03M13/1111 (EP);
H03M13/116 (EP); H03M13/255 (EP); H03M13/356 (EP);
H03M13/3707 (EP); H03M13/3715 (EP); H03M13/3723 (EP);
H03M13/616 (US); H04B10/40 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/35]H03M13/19, H03M13/23
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 [2020/35]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:FEHLERKORREKTURVORRICHTUNG UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM OPTISCHEN SENDEN/EMPFANGEN[2020/35]
English:ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE[2020/35]
French:DISPOSITIF DE CORRECTION D'ERREURS ET DISPOSITIF DE TRANSMISSION/RÉCEPTION OPTIQUE[2020/35]
Entry into regional phase22.05.2020Translation filed 
22.05.2020National basic fee paid 
22.05.2020Search fee paid 
22.05.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
22.05.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.05.2020Examination requested  [2020/35]
05.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.03.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.11.2023Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 16.11.2023
16.11.2023Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
07.12.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.03.2024Fee for grant paid
11.03.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.03.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
13.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
30.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
13.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
29.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2013254633  (OBATA HARUKA [JP], et al) [A] 1,2* the whole document *;
 [I]US2016233979  (KOIKE-AKINO TOSHIAKI [US]) [I] 1,2 * paragraphs [0013] , [0040] , [0065] - paragraph [0075]; figures 1,3,9,10 *;
 [E]EP3480960  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP [JP]) [E] 1,2 * the whole document *
International search[A]JP2004023691  (HITACHI INT ELECTRIC INC) [A] 2, 4* , claims 1-3 (Family: none) *;
 [YA]JP2013504253  (QUALCOMM INC.) [Y] 1, 3 * , claim 17, paragraphs [0031]-[0038] & US 2011/0051831 A1, claim 17, paragraphs [0041]-[0048] & WO 2011/028413 A1 & CN 102484564 A & KR 10-2012-0049394 A * [A] 2, 4;
 [YA]JP2013198017  (TOSHIBA CORP) [Y] 1, 3 * , paragraphs [0010]-[0068], fig. 2-5 & US 2013/0254633 A1, paragraphs [0019]-[0081], fig. 2-5 * [A] 2, 4
by applicant   - S. KUDEKART. RICHARDSONR. L. URBANKE, "Threshold Saturation via Spatial Coupling: Why Convolutional LDPC Ensembles Perform So Well over the BEC", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, (20110200), vol. 57, no. 2, pages 803 - 834
    - A. R. IYENGARP. H. SIEGELR. L. URBANKEJ. K. WOLF, "Windowed Decoding of Spatially Coupled Codes", Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT, (20110800), pages 2552 - 2556
    - H. IMAIS. HIRAKAWA, "A New Multilevel Coding Method Using Error-Correcting Codes", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, (19770500), vol. IT-23, no. 3, pages 371 - 377
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