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EP0859457 - A voltage controlled oscillator [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.07.2004
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.07.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.08.2004  [2004/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
19-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/34]For all designated states
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
19-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kamogawa, Kenji, c/o Nippon T. & T. Corporation
20-2, Nishi-shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Nishikawa, Kenjiro, c/o Nippon T. & T. Corporation
20-2, Nishi-shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Toyoda, Ichihiko, c/o Nippon T. & T. Corporation
20-2, Nishi-shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
04 / Tokumitsu, Tsuneo, c/o Nippon T. & T. Corporation
20-2, Nishi-shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
[1998/34]
Representative(s)de Beaumont, Michel
1, rue Champollion
38000 Grenoble / FR
[1998/34]
Application number, filing date98410011.511.02.1998
[1998/34]
Priority number, dateJP1997004487614.02.1997         Original published format: JP 4487697
[1998/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0859457
Date:19.08.1998
Language:EN
[1998/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0859457
Date:27.08.2003
Language:EN
[2003/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.07.1998
ClassificationIPC:H03B5/12, H03B5/18
[1998/34]
CPC:
H03B5/18 (EP,US); H03B5/1203 (EP,US); H03B5/1231 (EP,US);
H03B5/1259 (EP,US); H03B5/1293 (EP,US); H03B2201/0208 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1999/18]
Former [1998/34]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Spannungsgesteuerter Oszillator[1998/34]
English:A voltage controlled oscillator[1998/34]
French:Oscillateur commandé en tension[1998/34]
Examination procedure28.01.1999Examination requested  [1999/13]
17.12.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.02.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.08.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.10.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.11.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.03.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.06.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.09.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.02.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.06.2003Fee for grant paid
19.06.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.05.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
17.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
20.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
20.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPH06140836  ;
 [A]US5565821  (MURTOJARVI SIMO [FI]) [A] 1,2,6* column 3, line 63 - column 4, line 6; figure 6 *;
 [XA]  - O'CLOCK G. D. ET AL, "VARACTORLESS VCOS: TRANSISTORS GO IT ALONE", MICROWAVES AND RF, US, (198406), vol. 23, no. 6, pages 137 - 142, XP002068465 [X] 1 * figure 2 * [A] 2,6
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19940819), vol. 018, no. 447, Database accession no. (E - 1594), & JP06140836 A 19940520 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1,2,6 * abstract *
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