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EP3514963 - PROCESSING CIRCUITRY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.04.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.12.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.06.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip10.03.2023Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.04.2023  [2023/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Socionext Inc.
2-10-23 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 222-0033 / JP
[2019/30]
Inventor(s)01 / LINKEWITSCH, Niklas
c/o SOCIONEXT EUROPE GMBH
Th.-Heuss-Str.2
38122 Braunschweig / DE
02 / DRÖGE, Guido
c/o SOCIONEXT EUROPE GMBH
Th.-Heuss-Str.2
38122 Braunschweig / DE
03 / DEDIC, Charles Joseph
c/o SOCIONEXT EUROPE GMBH
Building 3, Concorde Park, Concorde Road
Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4FJ / GB
 [2019/30]
Representative(s)Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Cheapside House
138 Cheapside
London EC2V 6BJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/30]Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Lincoln House, 5th Floor
300 High Holborn
London WC1V 7JH / GB
Application number, filing date18152587.419.01.2018
[2019/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3514963
Date:24.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.10.2018
ClassificationIPC:H03M1/06, H03M1/08, H03M1/46, // H03M1/40, H03M1/80
[2019/30]
CPC:
H03M1/0678 (EP,US); H03M1/0612 (US); H03M1/0619 (CN);
H03M1/0863 (EP,US); H03M1/462 (EP,US); H03M1/466 (CN);
H03M1/403 (EP,US); H03M1/66 (CN); H03M1/804 (EP,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 [2020/02]
Former [2019/30]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERARBEITUNGSSCHALTUNG[2019/30]
English:PROCESSING CIRCUITRY[2019/30]
French:CIRCUIT DE TRAITEMENT[2019/30]
Examination procedure28.11.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.11.2019Examination requested  [2020/02]
28.11.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
29.04.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.08.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.10.2022Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 26.10.2022
26.10.2022Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
24.11.2022Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/15]
01.12.2022Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/15]
Divisional application(s)EP22203160.1
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
26.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US9223332  (HIMMELBAUER WOLFGANG [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8-12,14,15 * abstract * * figures 1-10 * * column 1, line 1 - column 2, line 26 * * column 3, line 56 - column 7, line 20 * * column 9, line 55 - column 10, line 43 * [I] 7;
 [XI]US2016056833  (MIRHAJ SEYED ARASH [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8,9,11,12,14,15 * figures 1-8 * * abstract * * paragraphs [0002] - [0009] * * paragraphs [0026] - [0033] * [I] 7,10;
 [XI]US2017111052  (LIU HAO [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8,9,11,12,14,15 * figures 1B,2A,2B,3 * * paragraphs [0002] - [0004] * * paragraph [0011] * * paragraphs [0025] - [0040] *[I] 7,10;
 [XI]  - Iniyavan Elumalai, "A Capacitance-Based Reference Scheme for a 14b-Linear, 100 MS/s SAR-Assisted Pipeline ADC", (20120821), URL: http://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:8b94e22b-cd51-407c-af86-9c2389f20e4c/datastream/OBJ/download, (20160617), XP055281565 [X] 1-6,8,9,11,12,14,15 * pages 6-7 * * page 21 - page 50 * [I] 7,10
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