EP2774228 - MULTICHANNEL POLARIZATION STABILIZATION EMPLOYING SYNCHRONOUS PHASE-LOCKING METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.07.2020 Database last updated on 06.07.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.07.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 28.06.2019 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 14.06.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 26.02.2019 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.12.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation 2980 Fairview Park Drive Falls Church, VA 22042-4511 / US | [2014/37] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
GOODNO, Gregory, D. 6048 West 75th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045 / US | 02 /
WEBER, Mark, E. 5152 West 138h Street Hawthorne, CA 90250 / US | 03 /
WEISS, Stanley, Benjamin, IV 634 Meyer Lane Unit A Redondo Beach, CA 90278 / US | [2014/37] | Representative(s) | Schmidt, Steffen J. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2019/32] | Schmidt, Steffen J. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
Former [2014/37] | Schmidt, Steffen J. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 12791349.9 | 30.10.2012 | [2019/32] | WO2012US62628 | Priority number, date | US201161553600P | 31.10.2011 Original published format: US 201161553600 P | US201213419054 | 13.03.2012 Original published format: US201213419054 | US201213663270 | 29.10.2012 Original published format: US201213663270 | [2014/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2013066900 | Date: | 10.05.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/19] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2774228 | Date: | 10.09.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.05.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2774228 | Date: | 07.08.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/32] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 10.05.2013 | Classification | IPC: | H01S3/23, H01S3/13, H01S3/067 | [2014/37] | CPC: |
H01S3/2383 (EP,US);
H01S3/1307 (EP,US);
H01S3/06754 (EP,US)
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Former [2014/37] | MEHRKANALIGE POLARISATIONSSTABILISIERUNG MIT EINEM SYNCHRONEN PHASENVERRIEGELUNGSVERFAHREN | ||
Former [2014/37] | STABILISATION DE POLARISATION MULTICANAL UTILISANT DES PROCÉDÉS DE VERROUILLAGE EN PHASE SYNCHRONES | Entry into regional phase | 27.03.2014 | National basic fee paid | 27.03.2014 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.03.2014 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 27.03.2014 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 27.03.2014 | Examination requested [2014/37] | 04.08.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 01.12.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.03.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.06.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.11.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.03.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.06.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.10.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.02.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.06.2019 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 12.06.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 12.06.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 27.06.2019 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 27.06.2019 | 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 04.08.2016 | Opposition(s) | 03.06.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.10.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.10.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.10.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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