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EP About this file: EP3907837

EP3907837 - A DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT SOURCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.07.2024
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.08.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.05.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  08.10.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
Bay F1 Raheen Industrial Estate
Co. Limerick
Limerick / IE
[2021/45]
Inventor(s)01 / SELVANAYAGAM, Sivanendra
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1XD / GB
 [2021/45]
Representative(s)Horler, Philip John
Withers & Rogers LLP
2 London Bridge
London SE1 9RA / GB
[2021/45]
Application number, filing date21164984.325.03.2021
[2021/45]
Priority number, dateUS20201686915407.05.2020         Original published format: US202016869154
[2021/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3907837
Date:10.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.09.2021
ClassificationIPC:H01S5/042
[2021/45]
CPC:
H01S5/0428 (EP,US); H01S5/0261 (US); H01S5/06216 (EP);
H01S5/06226 (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 [2022/24]
Former [2021/45]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:TREIBERSCHALTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINER LICHTQUELLE[2021/45]
English:A DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT SOURCE[2021/45]
French:CIRCUIT DE COMMANDE ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UNE SOURCE DE LUMIÈRE[2021/45]
Examination procedure06.05.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.05.2022Examination requested  [2022/24]
06.05.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US9054485  (NG KWAN TING [HK]);
 [A]WO2019167039  (B G NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD AT BEN GURION UNIV [IL]);
 [XY]US2019386460  (BARNES ERIK D [US], et al)
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