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EP2686906 - LOW SIDELOBE REFLECTOR ANTENNA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.12.2020 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.01.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.08.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.11.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CommScope Technologies LLC 1100 CommScope Place SE Hickory, NC 28602 / US
	[2015/21]
Former [2014/04]	For all designated states Andrew LLC 1100 CommScope Place SE Hickory, NC 28602 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / SIMMS, Stephen Flat K 12 Fulmer Dr. Dunfermline Fife KY11 8JY / GB
	02 / BRANDAU, Ronald 14613 W. 163rd St. Homer Glen, Illinois 60491 / US
	03 / SYED, Junaid 16 sandwell Cresent Kircaldy Fife KY1 1GH / GB
	04 / COLE, Douglas John Viewfield House Gairneyburn Lane Powmill Dollar Fife FK14 7PW / GB
	05 / HILLS, Christopher 11 Liverton Dr. Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PA / GB
	[2014/04]
Representative(s)	Maikowski & Ninnemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Postfach 15 09 20 10671 Berlin / DE
	[2020/07]
Former [2014/04]	Schröder, Christoph, et al Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann Postfach 150920 10671 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date	12828814.9	11.06.2012
	[2020/07]
	WO2012US41884
Priority number, date	US201113224066	01.09.2011 Original published format: US201113224066
	US201113229829	12.09.2011 Original published format: US201113229829
	[2014/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2013032557
	Date:	07.03.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/10]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2686906
	Date:	22.01.2014
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2014/04]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2686906
	Date:	12.02.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/07]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	07.03.2013
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.11.2014
Classification	IPC:	H01Q15/16, H01Q19/10, H01Q19/13, H01Q1/42, H01Q17/00, H01Q19/02	[2014/51]
	CPC:	H01Q17/001 (EP,US); H01Q19/10 (KR); H01Q1/42 (EP,US); H01Q15/16 (KR); H01Q19/026 (EP,US); H01Q19/134 (EP,US); (+) Y10T29/49016 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2014/04]	H01Q15/16, H01Q19/10
Designated contracting states	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 [2014/04]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	REFLEKTORANTENNE MIT NIEDRIGEN NEBENKEULEN	[2014/04]
	English:	LOW SIDELOBE REFLECTOR ANTENNA	[2014/04]
	French:	ANTENNE À RÉFLECTEUR À LOBES SECONDAIRES FAIBLES	[2014/04]
Entry into regional phase	18.10.2013	National basic fee paid
	18.10.2013	Search fee paid
	18.10.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.10.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.10.2013	Examination requested [2014/04]
	28.05.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.11.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.05.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.08.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.12.2019	Fee for grant paid
	19.12.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	19.12.2019	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 02.11.2018
Opposition(s)	13.11.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/03]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.06.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.06.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	11.06.2012
	AL	12.02.2020
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MK	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	11.06.2012
	AL	12.02.2020
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	11.06.2012
	AT	12.02.2020
	CY	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	MT	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	TR	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/24]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/22]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	GB	11.06.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/20]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IE	11.06.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/15]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	LU	11.06.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	12.02.2020
	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	IT	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	MC	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	PL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SI	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	EE	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	12.02.2020
	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SK	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/48]	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RO	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	SM	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
	PT	05.07.2020
Former [2020/47]	DK	12.02.2020
	ES	12.02.2020
	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LT	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	NL	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/40]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
	IS	12.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	BG	12.05.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
	GR	13.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	12.02.2020
	HR	12.02.2020
	LV	12.02.2020
	RS	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	12.02.2020
	NO	12.05.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]DE8218480U (SIEMENS AG) [A] 10,11* page 4, line 5 - page 5, line 13; figure 2; claim 4 *;
		[Y]US2002008670 (SHARMAN DAVID SEYMOUR [US]) [Y] 1-15 * paragraphs [0023] , [0024] , [0025]; figures 3,7 *;
		[A]US2005062663 (HILLS CHRIS [GB]) [A] 3-9 * paragraphs [0054] - [0061]; figures 4,5,8 *;
		[Y]WO2011073844 (HILLS CHRIS [GB], et al) [Y] 1-15 * page 7, line 19 - page 10, line 17 * * page 14, lines 6-20; figures 1,3,5,7 *;
		[Y]WO2011085650 (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD [CN], et al) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *
	International search	[A]US5973652 (SANFORD JOHN R [US], et al);
		[A]US2002008670 (SHARMAN DAVID SEYMOUR [US]);
		[A]US2005007288 (TUAU DENIS [FR], et al);
		[A]US2005017916 (LEWRY MATTHEW [GB], et al)
	Examination	US2001005180
		US2005017916
	by applicant	DE8218480U
		US2002008670
		US2005062663
		US6919855
		WO2011073844
		WO2011085650

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