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EP About this file: EP3749975

EP3749975 - POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 29.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.11.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.08.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  14.02.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip20.02.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
For:AL 
Sony Europe Limited
The Heights
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW / GB
[2021/30]
Former [2020/51]For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
108-0075 Tokyo / JP
For:AL 
Sony Europe Limited
The Heights
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW / GB
Inventor(s)01 / FELLHAUER, Felix
Institut für Nachrichtenuebertragung Universitaet
Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 47
70569 Stuttgart / DE
02 / LASSEN, Jonas
c/o IP Europe Sony Europe Limited
Zweigniederlassung Deutschland Stuttgart
Technology Center Hedelfinger Str. 61
70327 Stuttgart / DE
03 / HANDTE, Thomas
c/o IP Europe Sony Europe Limited
Zweigniederlassung Deutschland Stuttgart
Technology Center Hedelfinger Str. 61
70327 Stuttgart / DE
04 / CIOCHINA, Dana
c/o IP Europe Sony Europe Limited
Zweigniederlassung Deutschland Stuttgart
Technology Center Hedelfinger Str. 61
70327 Stuttgart / DE
05 / LOGHIN, Nabil Sven
c/o IP Europe Sony Europe Limited
Zweigniederlassung Deutschland Stuttgart
Technology Center Hedelfinger Str. 61
70327 Stuttgart / DE
 [2020/51]
Representative(s)Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
[2020/51]
Application number, filing date19702651.108.02.2019
[2020/51]
WO2019EP53146
Priority number, dateEP2018015581108.02.2018         Original published format: EP 18155811
[2020/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019154992
Date:15.08.2019
Language:EN
[2019/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3749975
Date:16.12.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.08.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.08.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01S5/10, H04B7/0456, G01S5/02
[2020/51]
CPC:
G01S5/10 (EP,US); G01S5/0273 (EP,US); G01S5/08 (US);
H04B17/309 (US); H04B7/0456 (EP,US); H04B7/0617 (EP)
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 [2020/51]
TitleGerman:POSITIONSSCHÄTZUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG[2020/51]
English:POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE[2020/51]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ESTIMATION DE POSITION ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATION[2020/51]
Entry into regional phase17.08.2020National basic fee paid 
17.08.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.08.2020Examination requested  [2020/51]
17.08.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.03.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.06.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
17.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
22.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
20.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[X]US2015124738  (RAMAKRISHNA SUDHIR [US], et al) [X] 20 * abstract * * paragraph [0004] - paragraph [0013] ** paragraph [0067] - paragraph [0075] *;
 [A]US2016202344  (SANDEROVICH AMICHAI [IL], et al) [A] 1-22 * abstract * * paragraph [0068] - paragraph [0109] *;
 [XI]  - XINNING WEI ET AL, "AOD/AOA/TOA-based 3D positioning in NLOS multipath environments", PERSONAL INDOOR AND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (PIMRC), 2011 IEEE 22ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON, IEEE, (20110911), doi:10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139709, ISBN 978-1-4577-1346-0, pages 1289 - 1293, XP032102109 [X] 1-4,6,9-11,13,21,22 * the whole document * [I] 5,7,8,12,14-19

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139709
 [X]  - YAQIN XIE ET AL, "Closed-form location estimator from TOA/AOA/AOD measurements in MIMO communication systems", SARNOFF SYMPOSIUM, 2009. SARNOFF '09. IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20090330), doi:10.1109/SARNOF.2009.4850277, ISBN 978-1-4244-3381-0, pages 1 - 6, XP031450878 [X] 1,21,22 * page 1, column left - page 2, column left *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SARNOF.2009.4850277
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