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EP About this file: EP0105103

EP0105103 - Microstrip antenna system having nonconductively coupled feedline [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.10.1991
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.11.1999Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 29.12.1999 [1999/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BALL CORPORATION
345 South High Street Muncie
Indiana 47302 / US
[N/P]
Former [1984/15]For all designated states
BALL CORPORATION
345 South High Street
Muncie Indiana 47302 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Weiss, Michael A.
P.O.Box 997
Nederland Colorado 80466 / US
[1984/15]
Representative(s)Uexküll & Stolberg
Partnerschaft von
Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [1984/15]UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
D-22607 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date83106939.815.07.1983
[1984/15]
Priority number, dateUS1982040707911.08.1982         Original published format: US 407079
[1984/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0105103
Date:11.04.1984
Language:EN
[1984/15]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0105103
Date:19.03.1986
Language:EN
[1986/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0105103
Date:05.12.1990
Language:EN
[1990/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.01.1986
ClassificationIPC:H01Q1/38
[1984/15]
CPC:
H01Q9/0457 (EP,US); H01Q21/065 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1984/15]
TitleGerman:Streifenleiter-Antennensystem mit nichtleitender Kopplung[1984/15]
English:Microstrip antenna system having nonconductively coupled feedline[1984/15]
French:Système d'antenne microbande à couplage non-conductif[1984/15]
Examination procedure24.07.1986Examination requested  [1986/39]
18.02.1988Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.06.1988Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.02.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.06.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.01.1990Date of oral proceedings
02.02.1990Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
06.02.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
22.05.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.07.1990Fee for grant paid
16.07.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)06.09.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1991/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.07.1985Renewal fee patent year 03
16.06.1986Renewal fee patent year 04
22.06.1987Renewal fee patent year 05
18.06.1988Renewal fee patent year 06
16.06.1989Renewal fee patent year 07
20.06.1990Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT15.07.1991
BE31.07.1991
LU31.07.1991
[1999/52]
Former [1993/03]AT15.07.1991
BE31.07.1991
Former [1992/37]BE31.07.1991
Documents cited:Search[A]US3938161  (SANFORD GARY G);
 [AD]US4054874  (OLTMAN JR HENRY G);
 [A]FR2471679  (LABO ELECTRONIQUE PHYSIQUE [FR])
 [A]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROGAGATION, vol. AP-29, no. 1, January 1981, pages 25-37, New York, US; R.J.MAILLOUX et al.: "Microstrip array technology"
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