EP1113346A1 - Armbanduhr mit Antenne - Google Patents

Armbanduhr mit Antenne Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1113346A1
EP1113346A1 EP00204690A EP00204690A EP1113346A1 EP 1113346 A1 EP1113346 A1 EP 1113346A1 EP 00204690 A EP00204690 A EP 00204690A EP 00204690 A EP00204690 A EP 00204690A EP 1113346 A1 EP1113346 A1 EP 1113346A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
bracelet
tongue
box
antenna
blade
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP00204690A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1113346B1 (de
Inventor
Rudolf Dinger
Dominique Dubugnon
Jean-Claude Martin
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Asulab AG
Original Assignee
Asulab AG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Asulab AG filed Critical Asulab AG
Priority to EP20000204690 priority Critical patent/EP1113346B1/de
Publication of EP1113346A1 publication Critical patent/EP1113346A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1113346B1 publication Critical patent/EP1113346B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/04—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces using radio waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
    • G04R60/00—Constructional details
    • G04R60/04—Antennas attached to or integrated in watch bracelets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/273—Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a wristwatch containing a device telephone capable of receiving and transmitting received and transmitted radio messages by an antenna.
  • document EP 0 186 804 describes a wristwatch comprising a box and a bracelet associated with this box.
  • the box includes a electric circuit provided with an integrated circuit and a display device, the box being closed by a mirror.
  • the bracelet has two strips formed from a material flexible plastic and an antenna conductor, disposed between these two lamellae. One of the strips has a thick, domed area in which is made a transverse hole intended to receive a bar which serves as an articulation of the bracelet on the box.
  • the wristwatch described in document EP 0 339 482 also offers an antenna incorporated into the bracelet, but wound around the watch case.
  • the antenna is placed close to the wrist of the wearer of the instrument and sticks to the skin in some way so. It follows that the available radio frequency signal is partly absorbed by the mass represented by the wrist which reduces the amplitude of the useful signal arriving to the telephone device. It will therefore be understood that the device cannot operate only if it is in a strong signal area, which limits the range geographic location in which this device operates safely.
  • the wristwatch of the present invention is remarkable in that its antenna is integrated in a tongue, one end of which is attached to the bracelet or to the watch case, this tongue being able to be arranged in at least two positions, a first position for which it at least partially runs along the bracelet and is confused with it and a second position for which it departs from the bracelet and stands in the plane containing the circle defined by the bracelet when wearing it.
  • the end of the tongue is attached to the box by means of a joint located above the place where the bracelet is born on the watch case.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective drawing illustrating wristwatch 1 of the invention. It consists of a box 2 and a bracelet 6. In a version preferred of the invention the box 2 and the bracelet 6 are made in one piece of material semi-rigid plastic.
  • the box contains a telephone device 3 capable of receiving and transmitting messages broadcast.
  • the telephone device 3, not visible in FIG. 1, is sketched out Figure 4.
  • the box still contains other elements essential to the function phone, but not shown here.
  • the document EP 0 899 635 contains the way to integrate an earpiece and a microphone into the watch case. Many other documents describe the integration of a keyboard in said box.
  • the messages radio broadcasts are received and transmitted by an antenna 4 which will now be described in detail since it constitutes the main object of the present invention.
  • the antenna 4 is integrated in a tab 5.
  • the antenna 4 is a film or a metallic sheet sandwiched between two elements 35 and 36 constituting the tongue 5.
  • the element 36 can be a sheet of capton welded under the element 35 made for example of a plastic material polyimide.
  • the figures also show that one of the ends 7 of the tongue 5 is attached to the box 2 above the place where the bracelet 6 originates.
  • the tongue can of course be attached directly to bracelet 6.
  • the tongue 5 can be arranged in at least two positions.
  • the first position is illustrated in Figure 3 where the tongue 5 at least partially runs along the bracelet 6 and is finds him confused with him. By confused, we mean that the facing faces of the tab 5 of the associated bracelet strand is applied one against the other.
  • the second position is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 where the tongue 5 deviates from the bracelet 6 and stands above in the plane containing the circle defined by the bracelet when wearing.
  • the end 7 of the tongue 5 is attached to the box 2 at by means of a hinge located above the point 8 where the bracelet takes birth on box 2.
  • This place 8 can be at noon, as shown in figure 1, or at six o'clock.
  • the figures indicate that the joint consists of a bar 9, whose function is similar to that used to attach a bracelet to a box.
  • the box 2 or, more precisely, the place 8 where the bracelet 6 originates on the box 2 is provided four horns 17, 18, 19 and 20 each pierced with a referenced hole respectively 10, 11, 12 and 13.
  • the end 7 of the tongue 5 has three hinges 21, 22 and 23 each drilled with a hole referenced respectively 14, 15 and 16.
  • Figure 4 shows the box 2 containing the telephone device 3 and the tongue 5 in which the antenna 4 is integrated.
  • the tongue 5 is articulated on the box 2 at the place 8 where the bracelet is born and this by means of the bar 9. It is therefore a question of connecting the telephone device 3 to the antenna 4 by crossing the joint described above.
  • the telephone device 3 is connected to the antenna 4 by means of a first blade 24 connected at 42 to said device and a second blade 25 connected at 41 to said antenna.
  • Figure 4 shows that the blades 24 and 25 face each other in a plane perpendicular to the axis 26 which presents the bar 9. For this, a portion of the blade 25 is folded perpendicular to the plane of Figure 4 to face the other blade 24. The blades 24 and 26 are thus contact rotating one on the other and ensuring the connection between the antenna 4 and the device telephone 3.
  • FIG. 4 shows that the first blade 24 runs along the horn 19 of the box 2 and that the second blade 25, in its folded part, runs along the hinge 22 of the tongue 5 at the place where the horn 19 turns against the hinge 22.
  • Figure 4 shows that the horn 19 is provided with a recess 40 located on the back of the blade 24 which ensures good rotating contact between the blade 25 and the blade 24, the latter being produced in a elastic material.
  • this blade can be overmolded with the material of the box or be glued to this box as indicated with reference 43 in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 shows another blade 44 coming out of the box 2 and along the horn 18 of this box.
  • This blade 44 is connected at 45 to the ground of the device telephone 3. It is used to check the correct functioning of the device 3 before the tongue 5 is attached to the box 2.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show that the blade 24 is provided with a drop 27 held in a notch 29 formed in the hinge 22.
  • the drop 27 cooperates with another notch 28 formed in the hinge 22 (see FIG. 2).
  • the tongue 5 carrying the antenna 4 is erected in second position to reduce the influence of the wearer's body and thus improve the amplitude of the radio frequency signal collected by the antenna.
  • the upright position of the tongue can also correspond to a so-called communication state of the device telephone 3, state for which it is given full power supply.
  • the folded position of the tongue can also correspond to a said standby state of the device 3, state for which a reduced power supply is given to it, this power being just sufficient to maintain the device 5 at listening to an incoming message.
  • the bracelet 6 can be provided with a device 33 (see FIG. 1) sensitive to the proximity of an element 32 incorporated in the tongue 5.
  • the device 33 could be a Hall probe and element 32 a magnet.
  • the tongue 5 is arranged to be superimposed on bracelet 6 when said tongue is in its first position where it merges with the bracelet.
  • the bracelet has a thickness reduced by a quantity at the place of the superposition substantially equivalent to the thickness of the tongue 5 as shown in the cross-sections 2 and 3.
  • the invention is not limited to an overlap but could be a juxtaposition.
  • the tongue 5 could be the same thickness as the bracelet and be placed next to it, the essential residing in the fact that the tongue at least partially runs along the bracelet in a first position and deviates upward in a second position.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Telephone Set Structure (AREA)
EP20000204690 1999-12-29 2000-12-20 Armbanduhr mit Antenne Expired - Lifetime EP1113346B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP20000204690 EP1113346B1 (de) 1999-12-29 2000-12-20 Armbanduhr mit Antenne

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP99126116 1999-12-29
EP99126116 1999-12-29
EP20000204690 EP1113346B1 (de) 1999-12-29 2000-12-20 Armbanduhr mit Antenne

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1113346A1 true EP1113346A1 (de) 2001-07-04
EP1113346B1 EP1113346B1 (de) 2009-08-12

Family

ID=26072917

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP20000204690 Expired - Lifetime EP1113346B1 (de) 1999-12-29 2000-12-20 Armbanduhr mit Antenne

Country Status (1)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1113346B1 (de)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1287584B1 (de) * 2000-05-22 2004-11-24 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Mobiles telekommunikations-endgerät
EP2228695A1 (de) 2009-03-13 2010-09-15 Winwatch SA Dichtung zum wasserdichten Abschließen zwischen dem Glas und dem Gehäuse einer Armbanduhr, welche Dichtung ein elektronisches Modul umfasst und Armbanduhr, die eine solche Dichtung aufweisst.
US10733495B2 (en) * 2017-08-30 2020-08-04 Precision Dynamics Corporation Wearable RFID device

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0186804A1 (de) 1984-12-10 1986-07-09 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches Am Armgelenk zu tragende elektronische Vorrichtung
US4754285A (en) 1987-05-01 1988-06-28 Timex Corporation Expansion band antenna for a wristwatch application
EP0339482A1 (de) 1988-04-26 1989-11-02 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches Mit einer Antenne versehene Uhr
US5189431A (en) * 1990-10-22 1993-02-23 Motorola, Imc. Removable antenna coupling on a wrist watch pager
JPH06188809A (ja) * 1992-12-21 1994-07-08 Casio Comput Co Ltd 腕時計型無線受信機
US5381387A (en) * 1994-05-06 1995-01-10 At&T Corp. Sound port for a wrist telephone
US5467324A (en) * 1994-11-23 1995-11-14 Timex Corporation Wristwatch radiotelephone with deployable voice port
EP0899635A1 (de) 1997-08-29 1999-03-03 Asulab S.A. Vorrichtung zur Verwendung unter Wasser und mit einem Schallwandler

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0186804A1 (de) 1984-12-10 1986-07-09 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches Am Armgelenk zu tragende elektronische Vorrichtung
US4754285A (en) 1987-05-01 1988-06-28 Timex Corporation Expansion band antenna for a wristwatch application
EP0339482A1 (de) 1988-04-26 1989-11-02 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches Mit einer Antenne versehene Uhr
US5189431A (en) * 1990-10-22 1993-02-23 Motorola, Imc. Removable antenna coupling on a wrist watch pager
JPH06188809A (ja) * 1992-12-21 1994-07-08 Casio Comput Co Ltd 腕時計型無線受信機
US5381387A (en) * 1994-05-06 1995-01-10 At&T Corp. Sound port for a wrist telephone
US5467324A (en) * 1994-11-23 1995-11-14 Timex Corporation Wristwatch radiotelephone with deployable voice port
EP0899635A1 (de) 1997-08-29 1999-03-03 Asulab S.A. Vorrichtung zur Verwendung unter Wasser und mit einem Schallwandler

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 531 (E - 1614) 7 October 1994 (1994-10-07) *

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1287584B1 (de) * 2000-05-22 2004-11-24 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Mobiles telekommunikations-endgerät
EP2228695A1 (de) 2009-03-13 2010-09-15 Winwatch SA Dichtung zum wasserdichten Abschließen zwischen dem Glas und dem Gehäuse einer Armbanduhr, welche Dichtung ein elektronisches Modul umfasst und Armbanduhr, die eine solche Dichtung aufweisst.
US10733495B2 (en) * 2017-08-30 2020-08-04 Precision Dynamics Corporation Wearable RFID device

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1113346B1 (de) 2009-08-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6634786B2 (en) Wristwatch provided with an antenna
EP0766152B1 (de) Uhr mit einer Antenne
EP0339482B1 (de) Mit einer Antenne versehene Uhr
EP1407513B1 (de) Antenne für armbanduhr
JP3982918B2 (ja) 小型受信機
EP1489471A1 (de) Erdung von einer gedruckten Schaltung eingestellt in einen Armband elektronischen Gerät
EP1315265A1 (de) Tragbares Armbandgerät mit elektrischen Verbindungsmitteln
CH690525A5 (fr) Pièce d'horlogerie comportant une antenne de réception et/ou de transmission d'un signal radio-diffusé.
EP1145085A1 (de) Elektronische armbanduhr mit einer, in einem biegsamen armband, eingebauten leiterplatte
EP2741152A1 (de) Armbanduhr, die mit einem elektrischen Steckverbinder ausgestattet ist
EP0603721B1 (de) Uhr mit einer ein elektromagnetisches Signal aussendenden Antenne
EP3644133A1 (de) Armbanduhr mit schlagwerk
US6535376B2 (en) Wrist-carried information device
EP1113346B1 (de) Armbanduhr mit Antenne
EP1213629A1 (de) Tragbare Vorrichtung, insbesondere Uhrwerk, mit einem in einem metallischen Gehäuse montierten wasserdichten Behälter
EP1519457B1 (de) Adapter für ein tragbares elektronisches Gerät und Übertragungssystem zwischen diesen Bauteilen
EP1593317B1 (de) Armband, insbesondere für eine Uhr, mit einem eingearbeiteten elektrisch leitenden Element
EP0844685B1 (de) Uhr mit Antenne zum Empfangen und/oder Aussenden von Funksignalen
WO2015165803A2 (fr) Système de fermeture/ouverture de bracelet réalisant une fonction électrique
EP1318437A1 (de) Uhr mit Transponder, der wenigstens teilweise in einem Bedienungselement eingebaut ist
WO2004066040A1 (fr) Montre-telephone avec acoustique amelioree
EP1317043B1 (de) Tragbares Armbandgerät mit elektrischen Verbindungsmitteln
EP1014231B1 (de) Armbanduhr mit kapazitiver Kopplung
EP1269879B1 (de) Vorrichtung zum Fixieren von Uhrenarmband an einer Uhr
EP0041245A1 (de) Elektronisches Uhrwerk mit elektro akustischem Übertrager

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20020104

AKX Designation fees paid

Free format text: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: G04B 47/00 20060101AFI20080307BHEP

Ipc: H04B 1/38 20060101ALI20080307BHEP

Ipc: G04G 1/06 20060101ALI20080307BHEP

Ipc: H01Q 1/27 20060101ALI20080307BHEP

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: NOT ENGLISH

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

RAP2 Party data changed (patent owner data changed or rights of a patent transferred)

Owner name: ASULAB S.A.

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 60042728

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20090924

Kind code of ref document: P

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: NV

Representative=s name: ICB INGENIEURS CONSEILS EN BREVETS SA

NLT2 Nl: modifications (of names), taken from the european patent patent bulletin

Owner name: ASULAB S.A.

Effective date: 20090916

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: TRGR

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20091123

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

NLV1 Nl: lapsed or annulled due to failure to fulfill the requirements of art. 29p and 29m of the patents act
REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: CA

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FD4D

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20091212

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

BERE Be: lapsed

Owner name: ASULAB S.A.

Effective date: 20091231

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20100517

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20100701

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20091231

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20091113

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Payment date: 20101125

Year of fee payment: 11

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Payment date: 20101126

Year of fee payment: 11

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20101201

Year of fee payment: 11

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20091220

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: TR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20090812

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: EUG

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20111220

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20111221

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20121122

Year of fee payment: 13

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20130130

Year of fee payment: 13

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20121220

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20121220

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 60042728

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST

Effective date: 20140829

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 60042728

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20140701

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140701

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20131231

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PFUS

Owner name: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD , CH

Free format text: FORMER OWNER: ASULAB S.A., CH

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Payment date: 20171124

Year of fee payment: 18

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20181231

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20181231