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EP3769422 - CAPACITIVE SENSOR DEVICE ON A VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.11.2022
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.12.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.09.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  18.03.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
Steeger Straße 17
42551 Velbert / DE
[2021/04]
Inventor(s)01 / SIEG, Berthold
Bodelschwinghstr. 17
46240 Bottrop / DE
 [2021/04]
Representative(s)Bals & Vogel Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Konrad-Zuse-Str. 4
44801 Bochum / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/04]Patentanwälte Bals & Vogel
Universitätsstrasse 142
44799 Bochum / DE
Application number, filing date19708990.727.02.2019
[2021/04]
WO2019EP54828
Priority number, dateDE20181010662021.03.2018         Original published format: DE102018106620
[2021/04]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019179730
Date:26.09.2019
Language:DE
[2019/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3769422
Date:27.01.2021
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.09.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.09.2019
ClassificationIPC:H03K17/955
[2021/04]
CPC:
H03K17/955 (EP,US); B60R16/023 (US); H03K2217/960705 (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 [2021/04]
TitleGerman:KAPAZITIVE SENSORVORRICHTUNG EINES FAHRZEUGES[2021/04]
English:CAPACITIVE SENSOR DEVICE ON A VEHICLE[2021/04]
French:DISPOSITIF DE DÉTECTION CAPACITIF D'UN VÉHICULE[2021/04]
Entry into regional phase21.10.2020National basic fee paid 
21.10.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
21.10.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.10.2020Examination requested  [2021/04]
21.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
28.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
28.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
29.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]DE102014216998  (IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-12 * abstract *;
 [Y]US2017373686  (WENDT CHRISTOPH [DE], et al) [Y] 1-12 * paragraph [0043]; figure 1 *;
 [Y]  - Anonymous, "Simple Filter Turns Square Waves Into Sine Waves", (19931201), URL: http://www.ti.com/lit/an/sbfa003/sbfa003.pdf, (20190520), XP055590218 [Y] 1-12 * the whole document *
 [A]  - Anonymous, "How can a low pass RC filter be used to convert a square wave into a sin wave? - Quora", (20170525), URL: https://www.quora.com/How-can-a-low-pass-RC-filter-be-used-to-convert-a-square-wave-into-a-sin-wave, (20190520), XP055590098 [A] 2-6,11 * Answer by Graham Cox *
 [A]  - Louis E. Frenzel, "Seven Common Ways to Generate a Sine Wave", (20080501), URL: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/seven-common-ways-to-generate-a-sine-wave, (20190520), XP055590102 [A] 7-9 * Paragraphs "Direct Digital Synthesis"; "Pulse-Based Sine Wave Generators" *
 [A]  - Gerald Fonte, "Making Waves", (20070701), URL: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/making_waves, (20190520), XP055590103 [A] 7-9 * Paragraphs "Using a DAC"; "Pulse to Frequency Conversion" *
 [A]  - Larry K. Baxter, "Carrier", Capacitive Sensors: Design and Applications, Wiley-IEEE Press, (19970101), pages 171 - 173, ISBN 978-0-7803-5351-0, XP055587002 [A] 1-12 * paragraph [10.6] *
 [A]  - Robert Keim, "How to Low-Pass Filter a Square Wave", (20180307), pages 1 - 9, URL: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/how-to-low-pass-filter-a-square-wave/, (20190508), XP055586988 [A] 1-12 * the whole document *
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