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EP0847635 - OPTICAL SATELLITE FEEDERLINKS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.02.2005
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.02.2005Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): DE
published on 06.04.2005  [2005/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ericsson Inc.
6300 Legacy Drive
MS EVW 2-C-2
Plano, TX 75024 / US
[N/P]
Former [2004/14]For all designated states
Ericsson Inc.
6300 Legacy Drive, MS EVW 2-C-2
Plano, TX 75024 / US
Former [2004/01]For all designated states
Ericsson Inc.
6300 Legacy, MS EVW 2-C-2
Plano, TX 75024 / US
Former [1998/25]For all designated states
ERICSSON INC.
7001 Development Drive, P.O. Box 13969
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DENT, Paul, W.
Stehags Prästgärd
S-240 36 Stehag / SE
02 / HASSAN, Amer, A.
412 Key West Mews
Cary, NC 27513 / US
[1998/25]
Representative(s)Sjöberg, Mats Hakan, et al
Ericsson AB
Patent Unit Kista
RAN Implementation & Core (PU-KRIC)
Torshamnsgatan 21-23
164 80 Stockholm / SE
[N/P]
Former [2004/01]Sjöberg, Mats Hakan, et al
Ericsson AB, Patent Unit Radio Networks
164 80 Stockholm / SE
Former [2001/16]Wennerholm, Kristian, et al
Ericsson Radio Systems AB, Patent Unit Radio Access
164 80 Stockholm / SE
Former [2001/12]Wennerholm, Kristian, et al
Ericsson Radio Systems AB Common Patent Department
164 80 Stockholm / SE
Former [1998/25]Norin, Klas, et al
Ericsson Radio Systems AB Common Patent Department KI/ERA/JT/P
164 80 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date96928997.426.08.1996
[1998/25]
WO1996US13597
Priority number, dateUS1995051994328.08.1995         Original published format: US 519943
[1998/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9708855
Date:06.03.1997
Language:EN
[1997/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0847635
Date:17.06.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0847635
Date:31.03.2004
Language:EN
[2004/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.03.1997
ClassificationIPC:H04B10/105, H04B7/185
[1998/25]
CPC:
H04B10/118 (EP,KR,US); H04B10/807 (EP,US); H04B7/18532 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FI,   FR,   GB,   SE [1998/25]
TitleGerman:OPTISCHE VERBINDUNGEN ZWISCHEN BODENSTATIONEN UND SATELLITEN[1998/25]
English:OPTICAL SATELLITE FEEDERLINKS[1998/25]
French:LIAISONS OPTIQUES DE CONNEXION A UN SATELLITE[1998/25]
Entry into regional phase10.02.1998National basic fee paid 
10.02.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
10.02.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.03.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.02.1998Examination requested  [1998/25]
25.06.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.12.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.10.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.01.2004Fee for grant paid
21.01.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.01.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
04.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
03.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
21.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
21.08.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
25.08.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI31.03.2004
SE30.06.2004
DE01.07.2004
[2005/14]
Former [2004/40]FI31.03.2004
SE30.06.2004
Cited inInternational search[XY]WO9519066  (ERICSSON GE MOBILE COMMUNICAT [US]) [X] 1,7,9,12,13 * page 15, line 1 - line 33 * * page 19, line 30 - page 20, line 5 * * page 28, line 29 - page 29, line 28 * * page 31, line 3 - line 18 * [Y] 8;
 [X]EP0624008  (LORAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC [US]) [X] 1,7,9,12,13 * column 4, line 17 - column 5, line 33 * * figures 1,2 *;
 [XY]  - SHIKATANI ET AL, "ETS-VI experimental optical inter-satellite communication system", IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS, BOSTON, US, (19890611), pages 1600 - 1604, XP000075412 [X] 1-6,10,11 * page 1602, column R, line 16 - line 37 * * figures 1,3; table 1 * [Y] 8
 [A]  - DUCHET ET AL, "Space power supply networks using laser beams", SPACE POWER, US, (1992), vol. 11, no. 3-4, pages 241 - 250, XP000612691 [A] 1-5 * page 243, paragraph 2; figure 4 *
 [A]  - CONNER ET AL, "Laser communication uplinks and downlinks", HIGH DATA RATE ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE COMMUNICATIONS, BOSTON, US, (19880908), pages 62 - 71, XP000041315 [A] 1-5,8,10,11
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