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EP1557944 - BALANCED-UNBLANCED TYPE MULTI-BAND FILER MODULE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 01.09.2017 Database last updated on 27.07.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 28.05.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	01.09.2017	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 04.10.2017 [2017/40]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states HITACHI METALS, LTD. 2-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8614 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2005/30]	For all designated states Hitachi Metals, Ltd. 2-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8614 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro 1-17-15, Inari-cho Fukaya-shi, Saitama 366-0026 / JP
	02 / KEMMOCHI, Shigeru 1-65, Beppu Kumagaya-shi, Saitama 360-0856 / JP
	03 / FUKAMACHI, Keisuke 1-65, Beppu Kumagaya-shi, Saitama 360-0856 / JP
	04 / WATANABE, Mitsuhiro Hegelstrasse 10 40667 Meerbusch / DE
	05 / TAKETA, Tsuyoshi Machiya 256, Kokufu-cho Iwami-gun, Tottori 680-0146 / JP
	06 / MURAKAMI, Yoshiyuki 272-1, Miyanaga Tottori-shi, Tottori 680-0872 / JP
	[2005/30]
Representative(s)	Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE
	[2005/30]
Application number, filing date	03758945.4	27.10.2003
	[2005/30]
	WO2003JP13718
Priority number, date	JP20020310876	25.10.2002 Original published format: JP 2002310876
	[2005/30]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2004038913
	Date:	06.05.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/19]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1557944
	Date:	27.07.2005
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.05.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2005/30]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	06.05.2004
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.02.2008
Classification	IPC:	H01P1/15, H01P1/20, H01P5/10, H04B1/00, H04B1/40, // H01P1/213	[2008/10]
	CPC:	H04B1/0057 (EP,US); H01P1/15 (EP,US); H01P1/20 (EP,US); H01P1/213 (EP,US); H01P5/10 (EP,US); H03H11/32 (EP,US); (+) H03H11/34 (EP,US); H03H7/0123 (EP,US); H03H7/42 (EP,US); H03H7/463 (EP,US); H03H9/0571 (EP,US); H03H9/0576 (EP,US); H04B1/006 (EP,US); H04B1/406 (EP,US); H01L2924/15313 (EP); H01L2924/19105 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2005/30]	H03H7/01, H03H7/46, H03H7/42, H01P1/15, H04B1/44
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/30]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
Title	German:	MULTIBAND-FILER-MODUL DES SYMMETRISCH-UNSYMMETRISCH-TYPS	[2005/30]
	English:	BALANCED-UNBLANCED TYPE MULTI-BAND FILER MODULE	[2005/30]
	French:	MODULE FILTRANT MULTIBANDE EQUILIBRE-DESEQUILIBRE	[2005/30]
Entry into regional phase	26.04.2005	Translation filed
	19.05.2005	National basic fee paid
	19.05.2005	Search fee paid
	19.05.2005	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.05.2005	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	17.08.2004	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	19.05.2005	Examination requested [2005/30]
	02.04.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.10.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.09.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.03.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.05.2017	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2017/40]
	29.05.2017	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2017/40]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 02.04.2012
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.10.2005	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.10.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.10.2007	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	22.10.2009	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.10.2010	Renewal fee patent year 08
	25.10.2011	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.10.2012	Renewal fee patent year 10
	28.10.2013	Renewal fee patent year 11
	23.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 12
	28.10.2015	Renewal fee patent year 13
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.2016	14 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[XA]EP0744831 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,5-8 * page 3, line 43 - line 49; figure 25 * * page 13, line 33 - page 14, line 5; figures 10-15 * * page 14, line 21 - line 30; figure 17 * * page 14, line 54 - page 15, line 43; figures 21-24 * [A] 3,4;
		[X]US5883553 (TSUMURA SOICHI [JP]) [X] 1-8 * abstract * * column 1, line 38 - line 51; figure 2 * * column 3, line 58 - column 5, line 8; figure 3 * * column 5, line 31 - column 6, line 2; figure 5 *;
		[XA]WO0145273 (EPCOS AG [DE], et al) [X] 1,5-8 * abstract * * page 10, line 12 - line 36; figure 4 * [A] 2-4;
		[A]EP1133054 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO [JP]) [A] 1-8 * abstract * * paragraph [0090] - paragraph [0096]; figures 8,9 * * paragraph [0112] - paragraph [0113]; figure 15 *;
		[XA]EP1213835 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [X] 1,5-8 * abstract * * paragraph [0002]; figure 6 * [A] 2-4;
		[A]EP1244212 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO [JP]) [A] 1-8 * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0045]; figure 1 * * paragraph [0073] - paragraph [0079]; figure 7 *;
		[A]US2002135267 (TAKAMINE YUICHI [JP]) [A] 1-8 * abstract * * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0056]; figures 1-4 * * paragraph [0088] * * paragraph [0106]; figure 16 *;
		[A]EP1246358 (HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRON KK [JP]) [A] 1-8 * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0036]; figures 5-9 *;
		[A]EP1251638 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO [JP]) [A] 1-8 * paragraph [0003] - paragraph [0004] * * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0045]; figure 1 ** figures 4-6 *;
		[PXA] - HIKITA M ET AL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, "Investigation of merged Rx-differential output for multi-band SAW front-end module", 2003 IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. HONOLULU, HAWAII, OCT. 5, (20031005), VOL. 1 OF 2, ISBN 0-7803-7922-5, pages 393 - 396, XP010702452 [PX] 3-8 * abstract * * page 393 - page 394; figures 1,2 * [A] 1,2 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293430
	International search	[Y]JP2001060839 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO);
		[Y]JPH1079601 (NEC CORP);
		[Y]JP2002171187 (TOSHIBA CORP);
		[Y]JPH08321738 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
		[Y]JPS517793Y ;
		[Y]JPH11144961 (NGK SPARK PLUG CO);
		[Y]JP2002314371 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO);
		[Y]JP2003283296 (TDK CORP);
		[Y]JP2002304178 (AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC);
		[Y]JP2002280926 (HITACHI METALS LTD);
		[A]JP2001345729 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO);
		[A]JP2001203601 (HITACHI METALS LTD)
	Examination	EP1083672

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