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EP2008216 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND PACKAGING WAVEGUIDE TO PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSITIONS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 09.05.2014 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	09.05.2014	Withdrawal of application	published on 11.06.2014 [2014/24]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2009/01]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / GAUCHER, Brian P. 8 Banquo Brae Road Brookfield, Connecticut 06804 / US
	02 / GRYZB, Janusz 71 Charter Circle, Apt. 3N Ossining, New York 10562 / US
	03 / LIU, Duixian 32 Moorland Drive Scarsdale, New York 10583 / US
	04 / PFEIFFER, Ullrich R. c/o IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Law Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
	05 / ZWICK, Thomas M. c/o IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Law Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
	[2009/08]
Former [2009/01]	01 / GAUCHER, Brian P. 8 Banquo Brae Road Brookfield, Connecticut 06804 / US
	02 / GRYZB, Janusz 71 Charter Circle, Apt. 3N Ossining, New York 10562 / US
	03 / LIU, Duixian 32 Moorland Drive Scarsdale, New York 10583 / US
	04 / PFEIFFER, Ullrich R. 27 Parkway Drive Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 / US
	05 / ZWICK, Thomas M. Eichenweg 32 88353 Kisslegg / DE
Representative(s)	Litherland, David Peter IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2009/01]	Litherland, David Peter IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Application number, filing date	07870421.0	23.01.2007
	[2009/01]
	WO2007IB04244
Priority number, date	US20060395098	31.03.2006 Original published format: US 395098
	[2009/01]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2008062311
	Date:	29.05.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/22]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2008216
	Date:	31.12.2008
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.05.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2009/01]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	23.04.2009
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.11.2009
Classification	IPC:	H03H5/00, H01P3/00, H01P5/10, H01P3/02	[2009/52]
	CPC:	H01P5/107 (EP,US); H01P3/003 (EP,US); H01P3/026 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2009/25]	H03H5/00
	Former IPC [2009/01]	G06F19/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2009/01]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERRICHTUNG UND VERPACKUNG VON WELLENLEITER-ZU-PLANARÜBERTRAGUNGSLEITUNGSÜBERGÄNGEN FÜR MILIMETERWELLENANWENDUNGEN	[2009/01]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND PACKAGING WAVEGUIDE TO PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSITIONS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS	[2009/01]
	French:	DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉS POUR CONSTRUIRE ET EMBALLER DES TRANSITIONS DE GUIDE D'ONDES EN UNE LIGNE DE TRANSMISSION PLANAIRE POUR DES APPLICATIONS D'ONDE MILLIMÉTRIQUE	[2009/01]
Entry into regional phase	20.10.2008	National basic fee paid
	20.10.2008	Search fee paid
	20.10.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.10.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.10.2008	Examination requested [2009/01]
	03.02.2010	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	03.02.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.08.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.05.2014	Application withdrawn by applicant [2014/24]
	07.05.2014	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 18.06.2014
	18.06.2014	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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 03.02.2011
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.01.2009	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.01.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	16.01.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.01.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.01.2014	Renewal fee patent year 08
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		[A] - BRAD RYAN HEIMER ET AL, "Uniplanar Hybrid Couplers Using Asymmetrical Coplanar Striplines", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (19971201), vol. 45, no. 12, ISSN 0018-9480, XP011037029 [A] 1,4 * page 2234, column r, line 32 - line 42; figure 1 *
		[A] - MICHAEL FORMAN ET AL, "A K-Band Ground-Backed CPW Balanced Coupler and Integrated Antenna Feed", EUROPEAN MICROWAVE CONFERENCE, 2000. 30TH, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20001001), pages 1 - 4, XP031067629 [A] 1,4 * page 2, column l, line 14 - column r, line 13; figures 2,3 *
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