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EP3566484 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BEAM DIRECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 29.04.2022 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.10.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 13.07.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	23.08.2024	New entry: Application deemed to be withdrawn: despatch of communication + time limit
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FG Innovation Company Limited Flat 2623, 26/F Tuen Mun Central Square 22 Hoi Wing Road Tuen Mun, New Territories Hong Kong / CN
	[N/P]
Former [2019/46]	For all designated states FG Innovation Company Limited Flat 2623, 26/F Tuen Mun Central Square 22 Hoi Wing Road Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong / CN
Inventor(s)	01 / CHOU, Chie-Ming 5F-1, No.5, Hsin-An Road Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park Hsinchu / TW
	02 / CHENG, Yu-Hsin 5F-1, No.5, Hsin-An Road Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park Hsinchu / TW
	[2019/46]
Representative(s)	Müller Hoffmann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB St.-Martin-Straße 58 81541 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/46]	Müller Hoffmann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB St.-Martin-Strasse 58 81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	18736706.5	05.01.2018
	[2019/46]
	WO2018CN71532
Priority number, date	US201762442807P	05.01.2017 Original published format: US 201762442807 P
	[2019/46]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018127120
	Date:	12.07.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/28]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3566484
	Date:	13.11.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.07.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/46]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CN	12.07.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.11.2020
Classification	IPC:	H04W56/00, H04W16/28, H04W88/02	[2020/38]
	CPC:	H04W56/001 (EP,US); H04W24/10 (US); H04W72/044 (US); H04W74/0833 (US); H04W76/27 (US); H04W16/28 (EP,US); (+) H04W88/02 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2019/46]	H04W16/28
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 [2019/46]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER STRAHLRICHTUNG	[2019/46]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BEAM DIRECTION	[2019/46]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR DÉTERMINER UNE DIRECTION DE FAISCEAU	[2019/46]
Entry into regional phase	29.07.2019	National basic fee paid
	29.07.2019	Search fee paid
	29.07.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.07.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.07.2019	Examination requested [2019/46]
	15.06.2021	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.04.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.07.2022	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.08.2024	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.01.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.01.2022	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.01.2023	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.01.2024	07 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]WO2011063290 (QUALCOMM INC [US], et al) [Y] 7 * paragraph [0053] - paragraph [0057] * * paragraph [0058] * * paragraph [0065] * * figures 5, 6A, 7 *[A] 1-6,8,12;
		[YA]WO2015191200 (QUALCOMM INC [US]) [Y] 4 * paragraph [0064] - paragraph [0068] * * figure 6 * [A] 1-3,5-8,12;
		[XAYI] - NOKIA ALCATEL-LUCENT SHANGHAI BELL, "On NR synchronization signal periodicity", vol. RAN WG1, no. Reno, U.S.A.; 20161114 - 20161118, (20161113), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-1612804, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/RAN1/Docs/, (20161113), XP051176746 [X] 1,2,5,6,12 * Section 2.2 * * Section 2.5 * * figures 1, 2 * [A] 8 [Y] 4,7 [I] 3
		[A] - ZTE ZTE MICROELECTRONICS, "Considerations on SS burst design", vol. RAN WG1, no. Reno, USA; 20161114 - 20161118, (20161113), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-1611269, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/RAN1/Docs/, (20161113), XP051175250 [A] 1-8,12 * Section 3 *
	International search	[A]CN104184504 (ZTE CORP) [A] 1-20 * the whole document *;
		[A]CN104205674 (INTEL CORP) [A] 1-20 * the whole document *;
		[A]CN105282774 (FUJIAN RUIJIE NETWORKS CO LTD) [A] 1-20 * the whole document *;
		[X]CN105491682 (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD) [X] 1-20 * description, paragraphs [0055]-[0160] and figures 2-16 *;
		[A]CN106102104 (ZTE WAVETONE SCINECE&TECHNOLOGY LTD) [A] 1-20* the whole document *
	by applicant	WO2015191200

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