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EP2406913 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER ASSIGNMENT, CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING FOR MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.04.2020
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.05.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.02.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.01.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.08.2018
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
200 Bellevue Parkway
Suite 300
Wilmington, DE 19809 / US
[2019/23]
Former [2013/15]For all designated states
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
200 Bellevue Parkway
Suite 300
Wilmington, DE 19809 / US
Former [2012/03]For all designated states
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
3411 Silverside Road Concord Plaza Suite 105 Hagley Building
Wilmington, Delaware 19810 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TERRY, Stephen, E.
15 Summit Avenue
Northport New York 11768 / US
02 / ZHANG, Guodong
14 Walnut Drive
Syosset New York 11791 / US
03 / WANG, Jin
14 Leicester Court
Princeton New Jersey 08540 / US
04 / WANG, Lei
13519 Ginger Glen Road
San Diego California 92130 / US
 [2012/03]
Representative(s)AWA Denmark A/S
Strandgade 56
1401 Copenhagen K / DK
[2019/23]
Former [2012/03]Engdahl, Stefan
AWAPATENT AB P.O. Box 45086
104 30 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date10710718.715.03.2010
[2019/23]
WO2010US27304
Priority number, dateUS20090160106P13.03.2009         Original published format: US 160106 P
US20090160513P16.03.2009         Original published format: US 160513 P
[2012/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2010105254
Date:16.09.2010
Language:EN
[2010/37]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2406913
Date:18.01.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.09.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2406913
Date:05.06.2019
Language:EN
[2019/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.11.2010
ClassificationIPC:H04L5/00, H04L1/18, H04L1/00, H04B7/06, H04W72/04, H04W36/00
[2018/36]
CPC:
H04L1/0023 (EP,CN,US); H04W72/21 (KR); H04W72/20 (US);
H04B7/0626 (KR,US); H04B7/063 (KR); H04B7/0632 (KR,US);
H04B7/0639 (KR); H04L1/1812 (KR,US); H04L5/003 (EP,CN,KR,US);
H04W36/0016 (US); H04W36/08 (KR); H04W72/0453 (KR) (-)
Former IPC [2012/03]H04L5/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/03]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR TRÄGERZUWEISUNG, KONFIGURATION UND SWITCHING FÜR DRAHTLOSE MEHRTRÄGER-KOMMUNIKATION[2012/03]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER ASSIGNMENT, CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING FOR MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS[2012/03]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL D'ATTRIBUTION, DE CONFIGURATION ET DE COMMUTATION DE PORTEUSE POUR COMMUNICATIONS SANS FIL MULTIPORTEUSES[2012/03]
Entry into regional phase14.09.2011National basic fee paid 
14.09.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
14.09.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.12.2010Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
14.09.2011Examination requested  [2012/03]
19.09.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.12.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.11.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.03.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.08.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.12.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.12.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.03.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.08.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.12.2018Fee for grant paid
06.12.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.12.2018Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
15.02.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.04.2019Fee for grant paid
26.04.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.04.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP19160011.3  / EP3509243
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  28.07.2014
Opposition(s)06.03.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
11.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
12.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
24.03.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
23.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
23.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
23.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
22.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU15.03.2010
AT05.06.2019
CY05.06.2019
CZ05.06.2019
DK05.06.2019
EE05.06.2019
ES05.06.2019
FI05.06.2019
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MC05.06.2019
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Cited inInternational search[IA]   HUAWEI: "PUCCH design for carrier aggregation", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090813, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, 3 February 2009 (2009-02-03), XP050318670 [I] 1-7,18-24 * the whole document *[A] 8-17,25-34
 [A]   ZTE: "Uplink Control Channel Design for LTE-Advanced", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090629 UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL DESIGN FOR LTE-A, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, 3 February 2009 (2009-02-03), XP050318510 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
 [A]   QUALCOMM EUROPE: "Notion of Anchor Carrier in LTE-A", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090860, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, 3 February 2009 (2009-02-03), XP050318710 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
 [A]   ZTE: "General control channel design for LTE-A", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-082848 GENERAL CONTROL CHANNEL DESIGN FOR LTE-A, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Jeju; 20080812, 12 August 2008 (2008-08-12), XP050316335 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
 [IA]   NTT DOCOMO ET AL: "Uplink resource allocation scheme (dynamic scheduling)", 3GPP DRAFT; R2-062912, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. RAN WG2, no. Seoul, Korea; 20061005, 5 October 2006 (2006-10-05), XP050132430 [I] 8,9,11-14,16,17,25,26,28-31,33,34 * the whole document *[A] 1-7,10,15,18-24,27,32
 [A]   MOTOROLA: "Control Channel Design Issues for Carrier Aggregation in LTE-A", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090268, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Ljubljana; 20090108, 8 January 2009 (2009-01-08), XP050318195 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
 [A]   TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: "Downlink and Uplink Control to Support Carrier Aggregation", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090584 TI CARRIER AGGR, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, 3 February 2009 (2009-02-03), XP050318474 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
 [A]   LG ELECTRONICS: "Proposals and issues on the carrier aggregation and control signaling for LTE-A", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-084194 LTE A_CARRIER AGGREGATION, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Prague, Czech Republic; 20081105, 5 November 2008 (2008-11-05), XP050317483 [A] 1-34 * the whole document *
Examination  HUAWEI: "PUCCH design for carrier aggregation", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090126, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. Ljubljana; 20090107, 7 January 2009 (2009-01-07), XP050318064
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