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EP0037413 - STRIP TRANSMISSION LINE TUNER CIRCUIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1981/41]ADJUSTABLE MICROSTRIP AND STRIPLINE TUNERS
[1986/17]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.02.1987
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.02.1987No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.04.1987 [1987/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, NY 10038 / US
[1983/10]
Former [1981/41]For all designated states
Western Electric Company, Incorporated
222 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10038 / US
Inventor(s)01 / SALEH, Adel Abdel Moneim
112 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733 / US
[1981/41]
Representative(s)Lawrence, Brian Richard, et al
Western Electric Company Limited 5, Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 OTU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1981/41]Lawrence, Brian Richard, et al
Western Electric Company Limited 5, Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 OTU / GB
Application number, filing date80902089.425.09.1980
[1981/41]
WO1980US01246
Priority number, dateUS1979008359111.10.1979         Original published format: US 83591
[1981/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO8101080
Date:16.04.1981
[1981/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0037413
Date:14.10.1981
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.04.1981 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1981/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0037413
Date:23.04.1986
Language:EN
[1986/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.01.1982
ClassificationIPC:H01P5/04, H01P7/08
[1986/17]
CPC:
H01P5/04 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1981/41]H01P5/00, H01P5/02, H01P7/08
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   NL [1981/41]
TitleGerman:STRIPLEITUNG ABSTIMMSCHALTUNG[1986/17]
English:STRIP TRANSMISSION LINE TUNER CIRCUIT[1986/17]
French:SYNTONISATEUR A MICROBANDE[1986/17]
Former [1981/41]VERSTELLBARER MIKROSTRIP- UND STRIPLINE-ABSTIMMKNOPF
Former [1981/41]ADJUSTABLE MICROSTRIP AND STRIPLINE TUNERS
Former [1981/41]SYNTONISATEURS A MICRO-BANDES ET LIGNES DE BANDES REGLABLES
File destroyed:05.09.1996
Entry into regional phase02.06.1981National basic fee paid 
02.06.1981Search fee paid 
02.06.1981Designation fee(s) paid 
17.09.1981Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.09.1981Examination requested  [1981/48]
19.04.1983Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.08.1983Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.08.1984Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.1984Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.03.1985Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.09.1985Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
25.10.1985Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.01.1986Fee for grant paid
07.01.1986Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.01.1987No opposition filed within time limit [1987/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.09.1982Renewal fee patent year 03
19.09.1983Renewal fee patent year 04
25.09.1984Renewal fee patent year 05
18.09.1985Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:SearchUS1778395  [ ] (LINDENBLAD NILS E)
International search[A]US2247779  (KEISTER JAMES E);
 [A]US2757344  (KOSTRIZA JOHN A, et al);
 [A]US4096453  (ROGERS ROBERT G)
Examination   - "Techniques de l'Ingénieur", pages 9-12, E 647, 6. June 1974
    - "Synthesis of a class of strip line filters", Ozakietal, IRE transactions on circuit theory, vol. CT-5 No 2, June 1958
    - IRE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, vol. MTT-4, No2 April 1956: "Coupled-Strip-Transmission-Line Filters and Directional Couplers", E.M.T. Jones et al.
    - The new penguin dictionary of electronics, page 314, Penguin Books 1979
    - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, vol. MTT-28, no. 7, July 1980, pages 725-732 New York, U.S.A., A.A.M. Saleh: "Transmission-line identities for a class of interconnected coupled-line sections with application to adjustable microstrip and stripline tuners"
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