blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...
blank Related links

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP3238435

EP3238435 - ILLUMINATOR FOR CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING THREE DIMENSIONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAPTURE WITH MOVABLE MIRROR ELEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.12.2020
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.09.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip14.02.2024Change - representative 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
[2017/45]
Former [2017/44]For all designated states
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
Inventor(s)01 / KO, Jamyuen
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California 94043 / US
02 / WAN, Chung Chun
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California 94043 / US
 [2017/44]
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk GST
1 New York Street
Manchester M1 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2017/44]Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date15873939.119.11.2015
[2017/44]
WO2015US61633
Priority number, dateUS20141458005322.12.2014         Original published format: US201414580053
[2017/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016105724
Date:30.06.2016
Language:EN
[2016/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3238435
Date:01.11.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.06.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR30.06.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.06.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01S17/89, H04N5/225, H04N5/232, G01S7/481, H04N13/254, H04N13/296, H04N13/286
[2018/29]
CPC:
H04N13/254 (EP,CN,GB,US); G01S17/89 (CN,GB); H04N23/00 (GB);
G01S17/894 (EP,GB,US); G01S7/4815 (EP,CN,GB,US); G01S7/4817 (EP,CN,GB,US);
H04N13/286 (EP,CN,GB,US); H04N13/296 (EP,CN,GB,US); H04N23/56 (EP,CN,GB,US);
H04N23/60 (GB); G01B11/22 (GB); H04N2213/001 (EP,CN,GB,US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/44]H04N5/225, H04N5/232
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 [2017/44]
TitleGerman:BELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EIN KAMERASYSTEM MIT DREIDIMENSIONALER TOF-ERFASSUNG MIT BEWEGLICHEM SPIEGELELEMENT[2017/44]
English:ILLUMINATOR FOR CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING THREE DIMENSIONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAPTURE WITH MOVABLE MIRROR ELEMENT[2017/44]
French:ILLUMINATEUR POUR SYSTÈME DE CAMÉRA AYANT UNE CAPTURE TEMPS DE VOL EN TROIS DIMENSIONS AVEC ÉLÉMENT MIROIR MOBILE[2017/44]
Entry into regional phase01.12.2016National basic fee paid 
01.12.2016Search fee paid 
01.12.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
01.12.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.12.2016Examination requested  [2017/44]
01.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
21.12.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.12.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.02.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Divisional application(s)EP18158472.3  / EP3351964
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
27.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
27.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
29.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
28.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
27.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 09
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court
See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:Search[A]US5208703  (IKEGAME TETSUO [JP], et al) [A] 7* the whole document *;
 [Y]US2002050744  (BERNSTEIN JONATHAN [US], et al) [Y] 6,13 * paragraph [0069] *;
 [XYI]EP1221582  (LEUZE ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO [DE]) [X] 1-3,10-13 * paragraphs [0017] - [0034] * [Y] 6,13 [I] 7;
 [A]JP2005077443  (SUNX LTD) [A] 7 * abstract *;
 [XI]WO2007025362  (NEPTEC [CA], et al) [X] 1,2,8-15 * figure 3 * [I] 7;
 [XYI]US2012274921  (LAI CHIH-CHEN [TW]) [X] 1-4,8,10-14 * paragraphs [0010] - [0016] * [Y] 6,13 [I] 7;
 [XI]US2013206967  (SHPUNT ALEXANDER [IL], et al) [X] 1-6,10-14 * paragraphs [0040] - [0064] * [I] 7
International search[A]US2007176090  (VERENTCHIKOV ANATOLI N [RU]) [A] 1-24 * See paragraphs [0042]-[0049]; claims 1-7; and figures 1-7. *;
 [A]US2013188022  (KATZ SAGI [IL], et al) [A] 1-24* See paragraphs [0023]-[0034]; claims 1-13; and figures 1-3B. *;
 [YA]US2014055771  (OGGIER THIERRY [CH]) [Y] 1-10, 12-16, 18-23 * See paragraphs [0004], [0027], [0043]-[0067]; claims 7, 11-18; and figures 1-8C. * [A] 11, 17 , 24;
 [A]KR20140028536  (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]) [A] 1-24 * See paragraphs [0032]-[0044], [0056]; claims 1-9; and figures 1-7. *;
 [Y]US2014307239  (BACH FLORIAN [DE], et al) [Y] 1-10, 12-16, 18-23 * See paragraphs [0052]-[0064]; claims 21-33; and figures 1-3. *
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.