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EP About this file: EP3840219

EP3840219 - SIGNAL GENERATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.09.2023
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.06.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.06.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Stichting IMEC Nederland
High Tech Campus 31
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[2021/25]
Inventor(s)01 / VAN DEN HEUVEL, Johan
IMEC NL
c/o IMEC VZW, patent department Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
 [2021/25]
Representative(s)AWA Sweden AB
Box 5117
200 71 Malmö / SE
[2022/45]
Former [2021/25]AWA Sweden AB
P.O. Box 5117
200 71 Malmö / SE
Application number, filing date19218393.720.12.2019
[2021/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3840219
Date:23.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3840219
Date:09.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.07.2020
ClassificationIPC:H03C3/09
[2021/25]
CPC:
H03C3/0966 (EP); H03C3/0991 (US); H03C3/0941 (EP);
H03C3/0958 (EP,US); H03L7/093 (US); H03L2207/50 (US)
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Former [2021/25]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:SIGNALERZEUGER[2021/25]
English:SIGNAL GENERATOR[2021/25]
French:GÉNÉRATEUR DE SIGNAL[2021/25]
Examination procedure08.06.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.06.2021Examination requested  [2021/28]
08.06.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.06.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.09.2022Fee for grant paid
29.09.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.09.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)10.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
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