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EP0564164 - Telecommunications instrument with capacitive controller [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1993/40]Capacitive proximity sensors
[1997/22]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.04.1998
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.04.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.05.1998 [1998/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
[1994/40]
Former [1993/40]For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Boie, Robert Albert
200 Linden Ave
Westfield, New Jersey 07090 / US
02 / Miller, Gabriel Lorimer
614 Boulevard
Westfield, New Jersey 07090 / US
[1993/40]
Representative(s)Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road Woodford Green
Essex IG8 0TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/08]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk, et al
AT&T (UK) LTD., AT&T Intellectual Property Division, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Former [1993/40]Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk
AT&T (UK) LTD. 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green Essex IG8 0TU / GB
Application number, filing date93302278.225.03.1993
[1993/40]
Priority number, dateUS1992086166701.04.1992         Original published format: US 861667
[1993/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0564164
Date:06.10.1993
Language:EN
[1993/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0564164
Date:28.05.1997
Language:EN
[1997/22]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.07.1993
ClassificationIPC:G01D5/24, H03K17/955, G06K7/10, H04M1/60
[1993/40]
CPC:
G01D5/2405 (EP,US); G01R13/00 (KR); H03K17/955 (EP,US);
H04M1/19 (EP,US); H04M1/6033 (EP,US); H04M1/605 (EP,US);
H03K2017/9613 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1993/40]
TitleGerman:Telekommunikations-Gerät mit kapazitiver Steuereinrichtung[1997/22]
English:Telecommunications instrument with capacitive controller[1997/22]
French:Dispositif de télécommunication avec controlleur capacitif[1997/22]
Former [1993/40]Kapazitive Annäherungssensoren
Former [1993/40]Capacitive proximity sensors
Former [1993/40]Capteurs de proximité capacitives
Examination procedure24.03.1994Examination requested  [1994/21]
23.11.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.03.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.04.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.07.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.10.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
18.11.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
25.11.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.01.1997Fee for grant paid
29.01.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.03.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
18.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
06.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[Y]DE3401883  (SCHIEF ALFRED);
 [A]US4743773  (KATANA YUKIO [JP], et al);
 [YD]US4893071  (MILLER GABRIEL L [US]);
 [Y]WO9014604  (MOONSTONE DESIGNS LTD [GB]);
 [X]DE4006119  (INES GMBH [DE])
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