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EP1676096 - X-Y AXIS DUAL-MASS TUNING FORK GYROSCOPE WITH VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS AND WAFER-SCALE HERMETIC PACKAGING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.04.2018 Database last updated on 28.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.05.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.01.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	13.04.2018	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 16.05.2018 [2018/20]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states InvenSense, Inc. Suite 203 2900 Gordon Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US
	[2017/23]
Former [2006/27]	For all designated states Invensense Inc. Suite 203, 2900 Gordon Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / NASIRI, Steven S. 2900 Gordon Ave. Suite 203 Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US
	02 / SEEGER, Joseph 507 Durham St Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
	[2017/23]
Former [2006/37]	01 / NASIRI, Steven S. 2900 Gordon Ave., Suite 203 Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US
	02 / SEEGER, Joseph 507 Durham St Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
Former [2006/27]	01 / NASIRI, Steven S. 2900 Gordon Ave., Suite 203 Santa Clara, CA 95051 / US
	02 / SEEGER, Joseph 3952 Harrison St. 105 Oakland, CA 94611 / US
Representative(s)	Brookes IP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2017/23]	Brookes IP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1EE / GB
Former [2017/23]	Brookes Batchellor LLP 1 Boyne Park Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8EL / GB
Former [2006/27]	Brookes Batchellor LLP 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB
Application number, filing date	04795573.7	12.10.2004
	[2006/27]
	WO2004US34431
Priority number, date	US20030690224	20.10.2003 Original published format: US 690224
	[2006/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2005043079
	Date:	12.05.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/19]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1676096
	Date:	05.07.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.05.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1676096
	Date:	07.06.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/23]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	11.08.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.10.2009
Classification	IPC:	G01C19/5712, G01C19/5719, // H03H9/02	[2017/03]
	CPC:	G01C19/5712 (EP,US); G01C19/5719 (EP,US); H03H2009/02354 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2009/47]	G01C19/56
	Former IPC [2006/27]	G01C19/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [2017/23]
Former [2007/04]	DE, FR, GB, IT
Former [2006/27]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
Title	German:	X-Y-ACHSEN-DOPPELMASSEN-STIMMGABEL-KREISEL MIT VERTIKAL INTEGRIERTER ELEKTRONIK UND HERMETISCHER VERKAPSELUNG AUF WAFER-MASSSTAB	[2006/27]
	English:	X-Y AXIS DUAL-MASS TUNING FORK GYROSCOPE WITH VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS AND WAFER-SCALE HERMETIC PACKAGING	[2006/27]
	French:	GYROSCOPE À DIAPASON, À AXE X-Y ET DOUBLE MASSE AVEC ÉLECRONIQUE À INTÉGRATION VERTICALE ET CONDITIONNEMENT HERMÉTIQUE GRANDEUR PLAQUETTE	[2017/06]
	Former [2006/27]	GYROSCOPE A DIAPASON, A AXE X-Y ET DOUBLE MASSE AVEC ELECRONIQUE A INTEGRATION VERTICALE ET CONDITIONNEMENT HERMETIQUE GRANDEUR PLAQUETTE
Entry into regional phase	26.04.2006	National basic fee paid
	26.04.2006	Search fee paid
	26.04.2006	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.04.2006	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.04.2006	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	26.04.2006	Examination requested [2006/27]
	06.12.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	08.05.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.04.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.09.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.11.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.05.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.01.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	28.04.2017	Fee for grant paid
	28.04.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	28.04.2017	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 06.12.2011
Opposition(s)	08.03.2018	No opposition filed within time limit [2018/20]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.04.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.11.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	26.10.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.10.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.10.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	15.10.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
	31.10.2013	Renewal fee patent year 10
	28.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 11
	12.10.2015	Renewal fee patent year 12
	11.10.2016	Renewal fee patent year 13
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.2007	04 M06 Fee paid on 27.11.2007
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0971208 (MURATA MANUFACTURING CO [JP]) [A] 1-73 * page 4, paragraph 24 - page 7, paragraph 50; figures 1,2 *;
		[A]US6062082 (GUENTHER GERO [DE], et al) [A] 1-73* the whole document *;
		[XI]WO0171364 (MICROSENSORS INC [US]) [X] 1-3,5-7,12-14 * page 9, line 15 - page 10, line 24; figures 4-6 * [I] 4,8,15-20,26-60,70-73;
		[XI]US2002189352 (REEDS JOHN WILLIAM [US], et al) [X] 1-3,5-7,12-14 * the whole document * [I] 4,8,15-20,26-60,70-73;
		[A]US2003029238 (CHALLONER A DORIAN [US]) [A] 1-73 * the whole document *
	International search	[A]US6189381 (HUANG YONGLI [US], et al);
		[A]US6250157 (TOUGE HIROSHI [JP]);
		[A]US5895850 (BUESTGENS BURKHARD [DE]);
		[A]US5359893 (DUNN WILLIAM C [US])
	by applicant	US2002189352
		WO0171364

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