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EP0920638 - PROCESS FOR INITIALIZING A RECEIVER FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND CORRESPONDING RECEIVER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.12.2003
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2003No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.02.2004  [2004/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart / DE
[1999/23]
Inventor(s)01 / BODE, Friedrich-Wilhelm
Schaeferstrasse 15
D-31552 Apelern / DE
02 / TANNEBERGER, Volkmar
Sohldfeld 40
D-31139 Hildesheim / DE
[1999/23]
Application number, filing date97931694.001.07.1997
[1999/23]
WO1997DE01375
Priority number, dateDE199613347720.08.1996         Original published format: DE 19633477
[1999/23]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9808109
Date:26.02.1998
Language:DE
[1998/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0920638
Date:09.06.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.02.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0920638
Date:12.02.2003
Language:DE
[2003/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:G01S5/14
[1999/23]
CPC:
H03J1/0058 (EP,US); G01S19/28 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [1999/23]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR INITIALISIERUNG EINES EMPFÄNGERS ZUR POSITIONSBESTIMMUNG UND EMPFÄNGER DAZU[1999/23]
English:PROCESS FOR INITIALIZING A RECEIVER FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND CORRESPONDING RECEIVER[1999/23]
French:PROCEDE D'INITIALISATION D'UN RECEPTEUR SERVANT A DETERMINER UNE POSITION ET RECEPTEUR CORRESPONDANT[1999/23]
Entry into regional phase22.03.1999National basic fee paid 
22.03.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
22.03.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.03.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
22.03.1999Examination requested  [1999/23]
30.01.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.02.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.05.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.12.2002Fee for grant paid
02.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)13.11.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
31.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
31.07.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP0635728  (TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD [US]) [A] 1,8 * column 2, line 46 - column 3, line 12 *;
 [A]JPS63138284
 [A]  - CARIVEAU B K ET AL, "SATELLITE DATA MANAGEMENT IN DOD NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS", NAVIGATION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, KISSEMMEE, NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 1988, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19881129), no. 1988, pages 134 - 144, XP000010488 [A] 1,8 * page 141, column R *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19881021), vol. 012, no. 396, Database accession no. (P - 774), & JP63138284 A 19880610 (NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD) [A] 1,8 * abstract *
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