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EP4252431 - OMNIDIRECTIONAL LOUDSPEAKER WITH ASYMMETRIC VERTICAL DIRECTIVITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  01.09.2023
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.06.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  07.01.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.02.2024Change: Validation statespublished on 06.03.2024  [2024/10]
02.02.2024Change - extension statespublished on 06.03.2024  [2024/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Harman International Industries, Incorporated
400 Atlantic Street, 15th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901 / US
[2023/40]
Inventor(s)01 / VOISHVILLO, Alexander
Simi Valley, California 93065 / US
 [2023/40]
Representative(s)Westphal, Mussgnug & Partner, Patentanwälte mbB
Werinherstraße 79
81541 München / DE
[2023/40]
Application number, filing date20828899.326.11.2020
[2023/40]
WO2020US62459
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022115106
Date:02.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4252431
Date:04.10.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.06.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP02.06.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04R1/34
[2023/40]
CPC:
H04R1/345 (EP,US); H04R1/025 (US); H04R9/06 (US);
H04R1/30 (US); H04R2201/34 (EP,US); H04R7/12 (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 [2023/40]
TitleGerman:RUNDSTRAHLLAUTSPRECHER MIT ASYMMETRISCHER VERTIKALER RICHTCHARAKTERISTIK[2023/40]
English:OMNIDIRECTIONAL LOUDSPEAKER WITH ASYMMETRIC VERTICAL DIRECTIVITY[2023/40]
French:HAUT-PARLEUR OMNIDIRECTIONNEL À DIRECTIVITÉ VERTICALE ASYMÉTRIQUE[2023/40]
Entry into regional phase17.05.2023National basic fee paid 
17.05.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
17.05.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.05.2023Examination requested  [2023/40]
17.05.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
22.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[Y]US2008192972  (LEWALLEN VERNON [US]) [Y] 1-20 * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0062]; figures 5,6 *;
 [Y]US8469140  (GRABER CURTIS E [US]) [Y] 1-20 * column 2, line 39 - column 3, line 45; figures 2A, 3B, 4B, 7A, 7C *;
 [Y]US2015319515  (DEVANTIER ALLAN [US], et al) [Y] 1-20 * paragraph [0042] - paragraph [0075]; figures 2A, 13, 16, 22, 24, 28 *;
 [A]US9245513  (DIMITROV DIMITAR KIRILOV [BG]) [A] 1-20* column 3, line 25 - column 12, line 57; figures 2C, 7, 8C *
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