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EP About this file: EP3017318

EP3017318 - PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM AN OBJECT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.09.2021
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip10.09.2021Refusal of applicationpublished on 13.10.2021  [2021/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Balluff GmbH
Schurwaldstrasse 9
73765 Neuhausen a.d.F. / DE
[2016/19]
Inventor(s)01 / FERICEAN, Sorin
Glemseckstrasse 34
71229 Leonberg / DE
02 / EBERSPÄCHER, Mark
Rosenstr. 18
72636 Frickenhausen / DE
 [2016/19]
Representative(s)Jakelski & Althoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Patentanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
Mollenbachstraße 37
71229 Leonberg / DE
[2016/19]
Application number, filing date13753410.301.07.2013
[2016/19]
WO2013DE00342
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015000452
Date:08.01.2015
Language:DE
[2015/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3017318
Date:11.05.2016
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.01.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.01.2015
ClassificationIPC:G01S13/32, G01S13/36
[2016/19]
CPC:
G01S13/36 (EP,CN,US); G01S13/32 (EP,CN,US); G01S7/358 (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 [2016/19]
TitleGerman:NÄHERUNGSSENSOR UND VERFAHREN ZUR MESSUNG DES ABSTANDS EINES OBJEKTS[2016/19]
English:PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM AN OBJECT[2016/19]
French:CAPTEUR DE PROXIMITÉ ET PROCÉDÉ POUR MESURER LA DISTANCE D'UN OBJET[2016/19]
Entry into regional phase22.09.2015National basic fee paid 
22.09.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
22.09.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.09.2015Examination requested  [2016/19]
25.02.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.10.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.02.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.2021Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/41]
21.04.2021Date of oral proceedings
25.05.2021Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
26.05.2021Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/41]
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  12.10.2018
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.06.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
06.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
29.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
14.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
11.05.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[XI]  - ANDREAS STELZER ET AL, "A Microwave Position Sensor with Submillimeter Accuracy", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (19991201), vol. 47, no. 12, ISSN 0018-9480, XP011037843 [X] 1,4,5,8,10,18-25 * the whole document * [I] 2,3,6,7,11-17,26,27
 [XI]  - Christian G Diskus ET AL, "35 GHz six-port receiver for radar applications", doi:10.1117/12.365717, (19990718), URL: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/data/Conferences/SPIEP/54285/355_1.pdf, (20140224), XP055103850 [X] 1,4,5,7,8,10,18-25 * the whole document * [I] 2,3,6,11-17,26,27

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.365717
by applicantEP1000314
 DE102010009664
    - T. F. BECHTELER; A. S. A. BECHTELER, "The Groove-Guide Oscillator", IEEE MICROWAVE MAGAZINE, (201110), vol. 12, no. 6, doi:doi:10.1109/MMM.2011.942012, pages 110 - 119, XP011359147

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2011.942012
    - A. STELZER, "A Microwave Position Sensor with Sub- millimeter Accuracy", IEEE TRANSACTION ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, (199912), vol. 47, no. 12
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