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EP0870359 - DIGITAL FREQUENCY GENERATOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.01.2001 Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Shine, Thomas, Adam 190 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 / US
	For all designated states Shine, Ian Basil 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1998/42]	For all designated states Shine, Thomas, Adam 190 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 / US
	For all designated states Shine, Ian, Basil 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[1998/42]
Representative(s)	Ertl, Nicholas Justin, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/52]	Ertl, Nicholas Justin, et al Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Former [1999/01]	Finnie, Peter John, et al Elkington and Fife, Beacon House, 113 Kingsway London WC2B 6PP / GB
Former [1998/42]	Draper, Martyn John Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB
Application number, filing date	96943255.8	27.12.1996
	[1998/42]
	WO1996GB03240
Priority number, date	GB19950026717	29.12.1995 Original published format: GB 9526717
	[1998/42]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9724797
	Date:	10.07.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/30]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0870359
	Date:	14.10.1998
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/42]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0870359
	Date:	29.03.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/13]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	10.07.1997
Classification	IPC:	H03B28/00	[1998/42]
	CPC:	A61M5/172 (EP,US); H02P8/14 (EP,US); H03B28/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1998/42]
Title	German:	DIGITALER FREQUENZGENERATOR	[1998/42]
	English:	DIGITAL FREQUENCY GENERATOR	[1998/42]
	French:	GENERATEUR DE FREQUENCE NUMERIQUE	[1998/42]
Entry into regional phase	17.07.1998	National basic fee paid
	17.07.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.07.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	17.07.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	17.07.1998	Examination requested [1998/42]
	09.10.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.04.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.05.1999	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	04.10.1999	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.12.1999	Fee for grant paid
	21.12.1999	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	30.12.2000	No opposition filed within time limit [2001/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.12.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	09.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	ES	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	GR	29.03.2000
	IT	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	NL	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	DK	29.06.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
	[2008/07]
Former [2004/07]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	ES	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	GR	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	NL	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	DK	29.06.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2003/46]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	ES	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	NL	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	DK	29.06.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2003/09]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	ES	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	NL	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2002/27]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	ES	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2002/23]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	SE	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2002/02]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	CH	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	LI	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2001/29]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	FI	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2001/09]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
	PT	29.06.2000
Former [2001/08]	AT	29.03.2000
	BE	29.03.2000
Cited in	International search	[A]US4417189 (OVERFIELD DENNIS O [US]) [A] 1,8,12 * column 2, line 66 - column 4, line 4 *;
		[A]US4604034 (WHEELDON PETER G [GB], et al) [A] 1,8,11-13 * column 4, line 16 - line 49 *;
		[A]US4634426 (KAMEN DEAN L [US]) [A] 11-13* column 9, line 37 - column 10, line 9 *;
		[A]US4661754 (TAJIMA TAIJI [JP], et al) [A] 1,8,12 * column 3, line 8 - column 4, line 9 *

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