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EP0722234 - SELECTIVE DIVERSITY SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.04.2002
Database last updated on 30.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): NL
published on 19.02.2003  [2003/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi
Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2001/23]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 / JP
Former [1996/29]For all designated states
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
72, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MASUDA, Atsushi
35-16-1-201, Susukino-machi, Sagamihara-shi
Kanagawa 229 / JP
[1996/29]
Representative(s)Waldren, Robin Michael
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/29]Waldren, Robin Michael
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date94927792.528.09.1994
[1996/29]
WO1994JP01599
Priority number, dateJP1993024156628.09.1993         Original published format: JP 24156693
[1996/29]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9509495
Date:06.04.1995
Language:EN
[1995/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0722234
Date:17.07.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.04.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/29]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0722234
Date:06.06.2001
Language:EN
[2001/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP06.04.1995
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:H04L1/06, H04B7/08, H04J3/00
[1996/29]
CPC:
H04B7/082 (EP,US); H04L1/06 (EP,US); H04W24/00 (EP,US);
H04W84/022 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1996/29]
TitleGerman:SELEKTIVE DIVERSITY-ANORDNUNG[1996/29]
English:SELECTIVE DIVERSITY SYSTEM[1996/29]
French:SYSTEME SELECTIF EN DIVERSITE[1996/29]
Entry into regional phase19.04.1996Translation filed 
24.04.1996National basic fee paid 
24.04.1996Search fee paid 
24.04.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
24.04.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.01.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
24.04.1996Examination requested  [1996/30]
31.05.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.12.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.08.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.11.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.01.2001Fee for grant paid
18.01.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.03.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
10.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
09.09.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
13.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
13.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL06.06.2001
SE06.09.2001
[2003/08]
Former [2002/05]SE06.09.2001
Documents cited:Search[XA]US4513412  (COX DONALD C [US]) [X] 1-4 * column 3, lines 5-57; figures 1,9,10 * * column 4, line 44 - column 5, line 20; claim 8 *[A] 5-10;
 [XA]EP0364190  (SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES [JP]) [X] 1-4 * column 5, line 3 - line 20; figures 2-4 * * column 8, line 56 - column 9, line 31 * [A] 5-10
International search[Y]JPH0265420  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
 [XAY]JPH0348533  (TOSHIBA CORP);
 [E]JPH06204925  (NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE)
 [Y]  - YOSHIHIKO AKAI, "Antenna Selecting Diversity System for Digital Mobile Communication", 1989 IEICE SPRING NATIONAL CONFERENCE LECTURE THESES, Vol. 2, page 360, March 1989.
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