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EP0436704
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0436704 - MODULATOR CIRCUIT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.09.1998 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.07.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 08.09.2004 [2004/37] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Mitel Semiconductor Limited Cheney Manor Swindon Wiltshire SN2 2QW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/41] | For all designated states Mitel Semiconductor Limited Cheney Manor Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2QW / GB | ||
| Former [1992/40] | For all designated states PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS LIMITED Cheney Manor Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2QW / GB | ||
| Former [1991/29] | For all designated states PLESSEY OVERSEAS LIMITED Vicarage Lane Ilford Essex IG1 4AQ / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
COWLEY, Nicholas, Paul 10 Summerhouse Road Wroughton Wiltshire SN4 9HZ / GB | 02 /
WATSON, Ian, Garth 228 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NZ / GB | [1991/29] | Representative(s) | Hoste, Colin Francis, et al Marconi Intellectual Property Crompton Close Basildon Essex SS14 3BA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/40] | Hoste, Colin Francis, et al The General Electric Company p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | ||
| Former [1992/40] | Nicholson, Ronald The General Electric Company, p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | ||
| Former [1991/29] | Hoste, Colin Francis The General Electric Company p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX / GB | Application number, filing date | 90911760.8 | 01.08.1990 | [1991/29] | WO1990GB01195 | Priority number, date | GB19890017680 | 02.08.1989 Original published format: GB 8917680 | [1991/29] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9102404 | Date: | 21.02.1991 | Language: | EN | [1991/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0436704 | Date: | 17.07.1991 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.02.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1991/29] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0436704 | Date: | 19.11.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/47] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 21.02.1991 | Classification | IPC: | H03C5/00, H03C3/40 | [1991/29] | CPC: |
H03C3/40 (EP,US);
H03C5/00 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE [1991/29] | Title | German: | MODULATORSCHALTUNG | [1991/29] | English: | MODULATOR CIRCUIT | [1991/29] | French: | CIRCUIT MODULATEUR | [1991/29] | Entry into regional phase | 12.04.1991 | National basic fee paid | 12.04.1991 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.06.1991 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.06.1991 | Examination requested [1991/34] | 02.11.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.05.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.07.1994 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 29.06.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.11.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.10.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 23.01.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 06.02.1997 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.04.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 29.04.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.08.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/46] | Request for further processing for: | 18.07.1994 | Request for further processing filed | 18.07.1994 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 12.08.1994 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.07.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.02.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.07.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 19.07.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.07.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.07.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.08.1993 | 04 M06 Fee paid on 28.02.1994 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 19.11.1997 | SE | 19.02.1998 | ES | 03.08.1998 | [2004/37] |
| Former [2003/07] | NL | 19.11.1997 | |
| SE | 19.02.1998 | ||
| Former [1998/35] | SE | 19.02.1998 | Cited in | International search | [X]US3002159 (WIANCKO THOMAS H, et al); | [X]US3378773 (JEFFERS ROBERT K) | [X] - HEWLETT-PACKARD JOURNAL. vol. 38, no. 11, December 1987, PALO ALTO US pages 25 - 29; D.R. Gildea et al.: "Vector Modulation in a Signal Generator" see the whole document |