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EP0751546
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| EP0751546 - Micro electromechanical RF switch [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 05.09.2003 Database last updated on 03.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.09.2003 | Patent maintained (B2 publication) | published on 22.10.2003 [2003/43] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Rockwell International Corporation 2201 Seal Beach Boulevard Seal Beach, California 90740-8250 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/01] | For all designated states ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2201 Seal Beach Boulevard Seal Beach, California 90740-8250 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Jun, Jason Yao 3609 Lockford Court Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 / US | [1997/01] | Representative(s) | Wächtershäuser, Günter Wächtershäuser & Hartz Patentanwälte Ottostrasse 4 80333 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/01] | Wächtershäuser, Günter, Prof. Dr. Patentanwalt, Tal 29 80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 96108083.5 | 21.05.1996 | [1997/01] | Priority number, date | US19950493445 | 22.06.1995 Original published format: US 493445 | [1997/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0751546 | Date: | 02.01.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/01] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0751546 | Date: | 28.05.1997 | [1997/22] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0751546 | Date: | 26.07.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/30] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0751546 | Date: | 22.10.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/43] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.04.1997 | Classification | IPC: | H01H59/00, H01P1/12 | [1997/21] | CPC: |
H01H59/0009 (EP,US);
H01H1/20 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1997/01] | H01H59/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1997/01] | Title | German: | Elektromechanischer RF-Micro-Schalter | [1997/01] | English: | Micro electromechanical RF switch | [1997/01] | French: | Micro-interrupteur électromécanique, pour fréquences radio | [1997/01] | Examination procedure | 20.11.1997 | Examination requested [1998/04] | 26.08.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 20.10.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.12.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 21.12.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Infineon Technologies AG St.-Martin-Strasse 53 81669 München / DE Opponent's representative Epping - Hermann - Fischer Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Schlossschmidstrasse 5 80639 München / DE | [N/P] |
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ADMISSIBLE Infineon Technologies AG St.-Martin-Str. 53 81541 München / DE Opponent's representative Epping Hermann & Fischer Ridlerstrasse 55 80339 München / DE | 05.06.2001 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 13.12.2001 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 31.07.2002 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02) | 28.08.2002 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 20.01.2003 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 20.01.2003 | Date of oral proceedings | 17.02.2003 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 17.02.2003 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 06.06.2003 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 19.08.2003 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 04.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.1998 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 31.07.1998 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]GB2095911 (STANDARD TELEPHONES CABLES LTD) [Y] 1-4,7,9 * page 2, line 61 - line 69 *; | [Y] - HACKETT R H ET AL, "The integration of micro-machine fabrication with electronic device fabrication on III-V semiconductor materials", TRANSDUCERS '91. 1991 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS (CAT. NO.91CH2817-5), SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, 24-27 JUNE 1991, ISBN 0-87942-585-7, 1991, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 51 - 54, XP000647175 [Y] 1-3,7,9 * page 51, column L, paragraph L - column R, paragraph 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.1991.148797 | [Y] - GOLDSMITH C ET AL, "Micromechanical membrane switches for microwave applications", 1995 IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST (CAT. NO.95CH3577-4), PROCEEDINGS OF 1995 IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM, ORLANDO, FL, USA, 16-20 MAY 1995, ISBN 0-7803-2581-8, 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 91 - 94 vol.1, XP000538549 [Y] 1,2,4 * abstract * | Opposition | US4922253 | US5168249 | US5258591 | US5367136 |