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EP1239535 - Cellular base station telecommunication system with an antenna control arrangement and antenna control arrangement [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 29.06.2012 Database last updated on 17.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	29.06.2012	Revocation of patent	published on 01.08.2012 [2012/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Andrew Corporation 10500 West 153rd Street Orland Park Illinois 60462 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2002/37]	For all designated states ANDREW CORPORATION 10500 West 153rd Street Orland Park Illinois 60462 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Heinz, William Emil 74 Beazley Avenue Wellington / NZ
	02 / Ehlen, Mathias Martin Ernest 26 Forest Road Pinehaven, Upper Hutt / NZ
	[2002/37]
Representative(s)	Midgley, Jonathan Lee, et al Scott & York Intellectual Property Ltd 45 Grosvenor Road St. Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3AW / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2006/50]	Midgley, Jonathan Lee, et al Scott & York Intellectual Property Limited 45 Grosvenor Road St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3AW / GB
Former [2006/02]	Midgley, Jonathan Lee Marks & Clerk, 45 Grosvenor Road St. Albans, Herts AL1 3AW / GB
Former [2002/37]	Midgley, Jonathan Lee Marks & Clerk 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields GB-London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date	02010598.7	16.10.1995
	[2002/37]
Priority number, date	NZ19940264864	04.11.1994 Original published format: NZ 26486494
	NZ19950272778	15.08.1995 Original published format: NZ 27277895
	[2002/37]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1239535
	Date:	11.09.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/37]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1239535
	Date:	02.04.2003
	[2003/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1239535
	Date:	15.12.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/51]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.02.2003
Classification	IPC:	H01Q3/32, H01P1/18	[2003/13]
	CPC:	H01Q21/08 (EP,US); H01Q1/125 (EP,US); H01Q1/246 (EP,US); H01Q3/26 (EP,US); H01Q3/32 (EP,US); H01Q3/005 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/37]	H01Q1/24, H01Q3/26, H01Q3/32
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, SE [2002/37]
Title	German:	Basisstation für zellulares Telekommunikationssystem mit Antennensteuerungsanordnung und Antennensteuerungsanordnung	[2002/37]
	English:	Cellular base station telecommunication system with an antenna control arrangement and antenna control arrangement	[2002/37]
	French:	Station de base pour système cellulaire de télécommunication à arrangement de commande d'antenne et arrangement de commande d'antenne	[2002/37]
Examination procedure	16.05.2002	Examination requested [2002/37]
	23.09.2002	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	16.04.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.08.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.09.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	02.04.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.06.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.10.2004	Fee for grant paid
	11.10.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP95933674.4 / EP0789938
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 18.08.2005 ADMISSIBLE RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES Opponent's representative Esteban Perez-Serrano, Maria Isabel UDAPI & Asociados Explanada 8 28040 Madrid / ES
		02 14.09.2005 13.04.2006 WITHDRAWN Powerwave Technologies Sweden AB Antennvägen 6 18780 Täby / SE Opponent's representative Modin, Jan Ehrner & Delmar Patentbyra AB Box 10316 100 55 Stockholm / SE
		03 15.09.2005 26.10.2005 WITHDRAWN Racal Antennas Ltd First Avenue Millbrook Southampton S015 0LJ / GB Opponent's representative Haley, Stephen Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2006/23]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 18.08.2005 ADMISSIBLE RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES Opponent's representative Esteban Perez-Serrano, Maria Isabel UDAPI & ASOCIADOS Explanada, 8 28040 Madrid / ES
		02 14.09.2005 13.04.2006 WITHDRAWN Powerwave Technologies Sweden AB Antennvägen 6 18780 Täby / SE Opponent's representative Modin, Jan Ehrner & Delmar Patentbyra AB Box 10316 100 55 Stockholm / SE
		03 15.09.2005 26.10.2005 WITHDRAWN Racal Antennas Ltd First Avenue Millbrook Southampton S015 0LJ / GB Opponent's representative Haley, Stephen Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
	Former [2006/17]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 18.08.2005 ADMISSIBLE RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES Opponent's representative Esteban Perez-Serrano, Maria Isabel UDAPI & ASOCIADOS Explanada, 8 28040 Madrid / ES
		02 14.09.2005 26.10.2005 ADMISSIBLE Powerwave Technologies Sweden AB Antennvägen 6 18780 Täby / SE Opponent's representative Modin, Jan Ehrner & Delmar Patentbyra AB Box 10316 100 55 Stockholm / SE
		03 15.09.2005 26.10.2005 WITHDRAWN Racal Antennas Ltd First Avenue Millbrook Southampton S015 0LJ / GB Opponent's representative Haley, Stephen Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
	Former [2005/45]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 18.08.2005 ADMISSIBLE RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES Opponent's representative Esteban Perez-Serrano, Maria Isabel UDAPI & ASOCIADOS Explanada, 8 28040 Madrid / ES
		02 14.09.2005 WITHDRAWN Powerwave Technologies Sweden AB Antennvägen 6 18780 Täby / SE Opponent's representative Modin, Jan Ehrner & Delmar Patentbyra AB Box 10316 100 55 Stockholm / SE
		03 15.09.2005 WITHDRAWN Racal Antennas Ltd First Avenue Millbrook Southampton S015 0LJ / GB Opponent's representative Haley, Stephen Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
	Former [2005/40]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 18.08.2005 ADMISSIBLE RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES Opponent's representative Esteban Perez-Serrano, Maria Isabel UDAPI & ASOCIADOS Explanada, 8 28040 Madrid / ES
	Former [2005/38]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.07.2005 RADIACION Y MICROONDAS, S.A. Ctra. Campo Real, Km. 2, 100 28500 Arganda del Rey / ES
	31.10.2005	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	10.05.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	22.12.2006	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M09)
	01.10.2007	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	28.01.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	02.04.2009	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	02.04.2009	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	22.11.2011	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2012/31]
Appeal following opposition	02.06.2009	Appeal received No. T1342/09
	12.08.2009	Statement of grounds filed
	22.11.2011	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	22.11.2011	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	16.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	16.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	16.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	16.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 07
	15.10.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.10.2003	Renewal fee patent year 09
	14.10.2004	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]GB1314693 (BBC BROWN BOVERI & CIE) [X] 1,5,20 * page 2, lines 17-125; figure - * [Y] 2-4,6-19,21-29;
		[XY]AU3874693 (ANDREW CORP) [X] 20 * page 20, line 11 - page 21, line 2; figures 1-7 * [Y] 21-29;
		[XY]US2247666 (POTTER RALPH K) [X] 20 * page 5, column R, lines 5-50; figures 7-9,15 * [Y] 21-29;
		[Y]EP0593822 (NORTHERN TELECOM LTD [CA]) [Y] 2-4,6-19,21-29 * column 3, line 52 - column 5, line 41; figures 1-B,3,4 *;
		[Y]US5504937 (KANGAS SAKARI [FI]) [Y] 2-4,6-19,21-29 * column 4, line 65 - column 5, line 17; figures 1,2 *;
		[A]US5175556 (BERKOWITZ MILTON [US]) [A] 2-4,6-19,21-29 * abstract *;
		[A] - WILSON G, "Electrical downtilt through beam-steering versus mechanical downtilt (base station antennas)", FROM PIONEERS TO THE 21ST. CENTURY. DENVER, MAY 10 - 13, 1992, PROCEEDINGS OF THE VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY CONFERENCE (VTSC), NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19920510), vol. 2 CONF. 42, ISBN 0-7803-0673-2, pages 1 - 4, XP010064547 [A] 1-9 * abstract * * page 2, column L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VETEC.1992.245411
	Examination	WO9510862

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