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EP2334021 - Method for the blind estimation of ofdm signal parameters through adaptive covariance [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.11.2019
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.12.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  30.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK
published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
Bâtiment "Le Ponant D"
25, Rue Leblanc
75015 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2011/24]For all designated states
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
Bâtiment "Le Ponant D" 25, rue Leblanc
75015 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Bouzegzi, Abdelaziz
68 rue Chaponnay
69003 Lyon / FR
02 / Jallon, Pierre
43, boulevard Joseph Vallier
38100 Grenoble / FR
 [2019/02]
Former [2011/24]01 / Bouzegzi, Abdelaziz
68 rue Chaponnay
69003, LYON / FR
02 / Jallon, Pierre
43, boulevard Joseph Vallier
38100, GRENOBLE / FR
Representative(s)Augarde, Eric
Brevalex
56 Boulevard de l'Embouchure
Bât. B
B.P. 27519
31075 Toulouse Cedex 2 / FR
[2019/02]
Former [2011/24]Augarde, Eric
Brevalex 56, boulevard de l'Embouchure, Bât. B B.P. 27519
F-31075 Toulouse Cedex 2 / FR
Application number, filing date10193758.906.12.2010
[2011/24]
Priority number, dateFR2009005891014.12.2009         Original published format: FR 0958910
[2011/24]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2334021
Date:15.06.2011
Language:FR
[2011/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2334021
Date:09.01.2019
Language:FR
[2019/02]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.02.2011
ClassificationIPC:H04L27/26, H04L1/00
[2011/24]
CPC:
H04L27/0012 (EP,US); H04L27/2605 (EP,US); H04L27/2647 (EP,US);
H04L27/2666 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2019/02]
Former [2011/24]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:Blindschätzmethode der OFDM-Modulationsparameter durch adaptiven Kovarianz[2011/24]
English:Method for the blind estimation of ofdm signal parameters through adaptive covariance[2011/24]
French:Méthode d'estimation aveugle de paramètres ofdm par adaptation de covariance[2011/24]
Examination procedure02.12.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.12.2011Examination requested  [2012/02]
22.06.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.10.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.08.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.11.2018Fee for grant paid
30.11.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.11.2018Receipt 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  22.06.2016
Opposition(s)10.10.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
22.11.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
26.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
27.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
30.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
29.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
29.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
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