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EP0479599 - Method and apparatus for controlling switches [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.10.1997 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 09.01.2008 [2008/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. P.O. Box 86 24101 Salo / FI
	[N/P]
Former [1992/15]	For all designated states NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. P.O. Box 86 SF-24101 Salo / FI
Inventor(s)	01 / Liukkonen, Jorma Mariankatu 4 B 18 SF-24100 Salo / FI
	[1992/21]
Former [1992/15]	01 / Liukkonen, Jorma Mariankatu 4 B 18 SF-00100 Helsinki / FI
Representative(s)	Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1992/15]	Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date	91309100.5	04.10.1991
	[1992/15]
Priority number, date	FI19900004924	05.10.1990 Original published format: FI 904924
	[1992/15]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0479599
	Date:	08.04.1992
	Language:	EN
	[1992/15]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0479599
	Date:	13.01.1993
	Language:	EN
	[1993/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0479599
	Date:	11.12.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/50]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.11.1992
Classification	IPC:	H04M1/72, H03L7/18	[1993/02]
	CPC:	H04B1/16 (EP,US); H03L7/18 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1992/15]	H03L7/18, H04M1/72
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1992/15]
Title	German:	Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Steuerung von Schaltern	[1992/15]
	English:	Method and apparatus for controlling switches	[1992/15]
	French:	Méthode et appareil pour la commande d'interrupteurs	[1992/15]
Examination procedure	08.06.1993	Examination requested [1993/32]
	16.02.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	13.06.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.08.1996	Fee for grant paid
	14.08.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	12.09.1997	No opposition filed within time limit [1997/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.09.1993	Renewal fee patent year 03
	17.10.1994	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.10.1995	Renewal fee patent year 05
	09.10.1996	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	ES	11.12.1996
	GR	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	NL	11.12.1996
	[2008/02]
Former [2003/07]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	ES	11.12.1996
	GR	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
	NL	11.12.1996
Former [2002/25]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	ES	11.12.1996
	GR	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
Former [2000/05]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	GR	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
Former [1999/42]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	IT	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
Former [1998/15]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	DK	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
Former [1998/04]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
	CH	11.12.1996
	LI	11.12.1996
Former [1997/42]	AT	11.12.1996
	BE	11.12.1996
Former [1997/40]	BE	11.12.1996
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JP5484451 ;
		[A]US3566275 (SCHENFELD ABRAHAM);
		[A]EP0220700 (MOTTA TINO GIUSEPPE [IT], et al)
		[A] - ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND APPLICATIONS vol. 9, no. 2, 31 December 1989, EINDHOVEN,NL pages 66 - 89 WIM ROSINK 'ALL-DIGITAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS USING THE 74HC/HCT297'
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 3, no. 107 (E-136)8 September 1979 & JP-A-54 84 451 ( MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO K. K. ) 7 May 1979, & JP5484451 A 19790507

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