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EP3618173 - APPARATUS FOR A PHASE SHIFTER AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF AN APPARATUS FOR A PHASE SHIFTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.03.2024
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.03.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.11.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.10.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.09.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  31.01.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
Karakaari 7
02610 Espoo / FI
[2020/10]
Inventor(s)01 / HALLIVUORI, Juha
Nirvankatu 70
33820 Tampere / FI
 [2020/10]
Representative(s)Page White Farrer
Bedford House
21a John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/17]Peel, Katherine Jane
Page White & Farrer Services
Bedford House
21A John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
Former [2020/10]Peel, Katherine Jane
Page White & Farrer
Bedford House
21 John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
Application number, filing date18191306.228.08.2018
[2020/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3618173
Date:04.03.2020
Language:EN
[2020/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3618173
Date:26.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.02.2019
ClassificationIPC:H01P1/18
[2020/10]
CPC:
H01P1/184 (EP); H01Q3/32 (US); H01P1/18 (EP)
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 [2020/42]
Former [2020/10]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 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN PHASENSCHIEBER UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER VORRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN PHASENSCHIEBER[2020/10]
English:APPARATUS FOR A PHASE SHIFTER AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF AN APPARATUS FOR A PHASE SHIFTER[2020/10]
French:APPAREIL POUR DÉPHASEUR ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN APPAREIL POUR DÉPHASEUR[2020/10]
Examination procedure04.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.09.2020Examination requested  [2020/42]
04.09.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
01.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.01.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.11.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.03.2023Fee for grant paid
14.03.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.03.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)29.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
13.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
15.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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 [XY]US2003043071  (LILLY JAMES D [US], et al) [X] 1,2,5-8,10-13 * paragraph [0055] - paragraph [0065]; figures 1,2 * * paragraph [0090] - paragraph [0092] * * paragraph [0099] * [Y] 3,4,9;
 [Y]US2005040916  (PARK JONG-KYU [KR], et al) [Y] 9 * paragraph [0102]; figure 10 *;
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 [Y]US2018048044  (OU YU CHIN [US], et al) [Y] 3,4 * paragraph [0003]; figure 1 *;
 [A]  - POPLAVKO Y ET AL, "Development of Piezo-Operated Dielectric Phase Shifter", MICROWAVE&TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, 2006 16TH INTERNATIONAL CR IMEAN CONFERENCE, IEEE, PI, (20060901), doi:10.1109/CRMICO.2006.256123, ISBN 978-966-322-006-2, pages 600 - 603, XP031024411 [A] 1-13 * page 602; figures 7,8 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CRMICO.2006.256123
 [A]  - TATSUO ITOH, "OVERVIEW OF QUASI-PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, PLENUM, USA, (19890201), vol. 37, no. 2, doi:10.1109/22.20052, ISSN 0018-9480, pages 275 - 280, XP000005542 [A] 1-13 *Section IV. Coplanar Waveguide*;; figures 7, 8 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/22.20052
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