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EP2494790 - SELF STEERING DIRECTIONAL LOUD SPEAKERS AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  23.05.2014
Database last updated on 20.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.05.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 25.06.2014  [2014/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Alcatel Lucent
3, avenue Octave Gréard
75007 Paris / FR
[2012/36]
Inventor(s)01 / MARZETTA, Thomas, L.
21 Oakley Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901 / US
02 / CHOW, Stanley
3338 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON K2H 5A8 / CA
 [2012/36]
Representative(s)DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/09]DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Patentanwälte
Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2013/43]Dreiss
Patentanwälte Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2013/40]Wetzel, Emmanuelle, et al
Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards
70430 Stuttgart / DE
Former [2012/36]Michalski Hüttermann & Partner
Patentanwälte
Neuer Zollhof 2
40221 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date10771607.815.10.2010
WO2010US52774
Priority number, dateUS2009060791928.10.2009         Original published format: US 607919
[2012/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011053469
Date:05.05.2011
Language:EN
[2011/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2494790
Date:05.09.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.05.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.05.2011
ClassificationIPC:H04R1/40, H04R3/12, H04R27/00, H04S7/00, G10K11/26, G06F3/01
[2012/36]
CPC:
H04R27/00 (EP,KR,US); H04R1/40 (KR); G06F3/013 (EP,US);
G06F3/165 (EP,US); H04R1/403 (EP,US); H04R3/12 (EP,KR,US);
H04S7/00 (KR); H04S7/302 (EP,US); H04R1/323 (EP,US);
H04R1/345 (EP,US); H04R2420/01 (EP,US); H04R27/04 (EP,US);
H04S7/303 (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 [2012/36]
TitleGerman:SELBSTSTEUERNDE DIREKTIONALE LAUTSPRECHER UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR[2012/36]
English:SELF STEERING DIRECTIONAL LOUD SPEAKERS AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF[2012/36]
French:HAUT-PARLEURS DIRECTIONNELS À PILOTAGE AUTOMATIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT DE CEUX-CI[2012/36]
Entry into regional phase29.05.2012National basic fee paid 
29.05.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
29.05.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.05.2012Examination requested  [2012/36]
14.12.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.02.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.06.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.01.2014Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/26]
21.01.2014Date of oral proceedings
05.02.2014Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
07.02.2014Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/26]
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  26.02.2013
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
24.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of ExecutionID:01
For:all designated states
Date:10.04.2013
[2013/40]
Cited inInternational search[XAI]JP2008236192  (YAMAHA CORP) [X] 1,9 * the whole document * [A] 2,10 [I] 3-8
by applicantUS20080238346
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