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EP About this file: EP3453118

EP3453118 - CONTACTLESS INTERFACE FOR MM-WAVE NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  14.07.2023
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.04.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  08.02.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip14.07.2023Refusal of applicationpublished on 16.08.2023  [2023/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Texas Instruments Incorporated
P.O. Box 655474
Mail Station 3999
Dallas, TX 75265-5474 / US
[2019/11]
Inventor(s)01 / COOK, Benjamin, Stassen
14592 Poe Ct.
Addison TX 75001 / US
02 / SANKARAN, Swaminathan
1037 Everglades Drive
Allen TX 75013 / US
 [2019/11]
Representative(s)Zeller, Andreas
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
Haggertystraße 1
85356 Freising / DE
[2019/11]
Application number, filing date17793406.405.05.2017
[2019/11]
WO2017US31196
Priority number, dateUS20161514696505.05.2016         Original published format: US201615146965
[2019/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017192935
Date:09.11.2017
Language:EN
[2017/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3453118
Date:13.03.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.11.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:RU09.11.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.09.2019
ClassificationIPC:H04B5/00, H01P5/107, H01Q7/00, // H01P3/12, H01P3/16
[2019/19]
CPC:
H04B5/72 (EP,US); H01P5/107 (EP,US); H04B5/24 (EP,US);
H01P3/122 (EP,US); H01P3/16 (EP,US); H01Q7/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2019/11]H04B5/00
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 [2019/11]
TitleGerman:KONTAKTLOSE SCHNITTSTELLE FÜR MM-WELLEN-NAHFELDKOMMUNIKATION[2019/11]
English:CONTACTLESS INTERFACE FOR MM-WAVE NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION[2019/11]
French:INTERFACE SANS CONTACT POUR DES COMMUNICATIONS EN CHAMP PROCHE À ONDES MILLIMÉTRIQUES[2019/11]
Entry into regional phase05.12.2018National basic fee paid 
05.12.2018Search fee paid 
05.12.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
05.12.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDate on which the examining division has become responsible
05.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/11]
06.03.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.09.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.03.2023Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 18.04.2023
29.03.2023Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/33]
08.04.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/33]
18.04.2023Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
31.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
31.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
31.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US6518853  (O'CONNELL JOHN B [US]) [X] 1,2,4,13,15 * column 4, line 6 - line 59; figures 4,6 * * column 2, line 65 - column 3, line 1 * [I] 6,14;
 [XI]EP2833512  (UBE INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 1-3,13,15 * paragraphs [0035] - [0038] - [0040]; figure 1 * [I] 5,8;
 [XI]US2015270595  (OKADA YASUHIRO [JP]) [X] 1-3,13 * paragraphs [0038] , [0051] - [0061] - [ 0066]; figure 3A * [I] 5;
 [XI]US2015288057  (SHIMURA TOSHIHIRO [JP], et al) [X] 1,7,9,13 * paragraphs [0004] , [0040] - [0053]; figure 1 *[I] 8,10-12
International search[Y]US2649576  (LEWIS WILLARD D) [Y] 3 * , fig. 12, ref. signs 1120-1231, 1212-1210 *;
 [Y]US5634822  (GUNELL GARY J [US]) [Y] 15 * , fig. 7, claims 8, 10 *;
 [Y]US2002132601  (CHO DONG JIN [KR], et al) [Y] 7-9, 12, 15 * , paragraphs [0030], [0033][0035] *;
 [Y]FR2827721  (CANON KK [JP]) [Y] 11 * , abstract, title *;
 [Y]EP1425815  (TSUZUKI GENICHI [US], et al) [Y] 6 * , abstract *;
 [Y]US2007279150  (VANGALA REDDY [US], et al) [Y] 5 * , fig. 1, paragraphs [0026] *;
 [Y]EP2360776  (WHIRLPOOL CO [US]) [Y] 8 * , paragraphs [0099][0100] *;
 [YA]EP2573951  (SONY CORP [JP]) [Y] 7-9, 12, 15 * , fig. 4a, 5-6, paragraphs [0030], [0077], [0084], [0087], [0099], [0007]-[0108], [0105]-[0110] * [A] 13, 14, 16;
 [Y]WO2015000376  (UNIV CITY HONG KONG [CN]) [Y] 4, 19 * , claim 3 *;
 [XYA]EP2833512  (UBE INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 1, 2, 17, 20 * , fig. 1, 25-27, paragraphs [0013], [0017]-[0018], [0021]-[0025], [0036]-[0040], [0046]-[0053], [0057]-[0067], [0028]-[0040], [0069]-[0079] * [Y] 3-11, 19 [A] 18;
 [Y]US2015222004  (SANKARAN SWAMINATHAN [US], et al) [Y] 9* , paragraph [0042] *;
 [Y]US2016036110  (CHENG YUJIAN [CN], et al) [Y] 10 * , claims, paragraphs [0039] *
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