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EP About this file: EP2448189

EP2448189 - OVPN SYSTEM, OVPN TERMINATING DEVICE, COLLECTIVE CONTROLING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2012/18]OVPN system, OVPN terminating device, collective controling device, and optical communication network
[2017/16]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.07.2018
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.08.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip13.07.2018No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 15.08.2018  [2018/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[2012/18]
Inventor(s)01 / Misawa, Akira
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo / JP
02 / Okamoto, Satoru
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo / JP
03 / Katayama, Masaru
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo / JP
04 / Yamanaka, Naoaki
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo / JP
 [2012/18]
Representative(s)Ilgart, Jean-Christophe, et al
Brevalex
95, rue d'Amsterdam
75378 Paris Cedex 8 / FR
[2012/18]
Application number, filing date12152768.304.12.2003
[2012/18]
Priority number, dateJP2002035537906.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355379
JP2002035539706.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355397
JP2002035541806.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355418
JP2002035543706.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355437
JP2002035545306.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355453
JP2002035546406.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355464
JP2002035548506.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355485
JP2002035549806.12.2002         Original published format: JP 2002355498
[2012/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2448189
Date:02.05.2012
Language:EN
[2012/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2448189
Date:06.09.2017
Language:EN
[2017/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.03.2012
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/46, H04Q11/00
[2012/18]
CPC:
H04Q11/0071 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2017/36]
Former [2012/18]DE,  FR,  GB 
TitleGerman:OVPN-SYSTEM, OVPN-ABSCHLUSSVORRICHTUNG, GEMEINSAME STEUERVORRICHTUNG UND OPTISCHES KOMMUNIKATIONSNETZWERK[2017/16]
English:OVPN SYSTEM, OVPN TERMINATING DEVICE, COLLECTIVE CONTROLING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK[2017/16]
French:SYSTÈME OVPN, DISPOSITIF DE TERMINAISON OVPN, DISPOSITIF DE CONTRÔLE COLLECTIF ET RÉSEAU DE COMMUNICATION OPTIQUE[2017/16]
Former [2012/18]OVPN-System, OVPN-Abschlussvorrichtung, gemeinsame Steuervorrichtung und optisches Kommunikationsnetzwerk
Former [2012/18]OVPN system, OVPN terminating device, collective controling device, and optical communication network
Former [2012/18]Système OVPN, dispositif de terminaison OVPN, dispositif de contrôle collectif et réseau de communication optique
Examination procedure26.01.2012Examination requested  [2012/18]
08.11.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.11.2012Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
22.03.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.07.2017Fee for grant paid
12.07.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.07.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP03104551.1  / EP1427151
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20030104551) is  06.09.2011
Opposition(s)07.06.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/33]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
17.01.2013Request for further processing filed
17.01.2013Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
04.02.2013Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
26.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
26.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
26.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
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22.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 10
22.11.2013Renewal fee patent year 11
26.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 12
27.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 13
30.11.2016Renewal fee patent year 14
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP1229692  (BRITISH TELECOMM [GB]) [Y] 1,2 * paragraphs [0005] , [0019] * * figures 1-3,6 *;
 [A]JP2002208946  (HITACHI LTD) [A] 1,2 * abstract *;
 [A]US2002067725  (OGUCHI NAOKI [JP], et al) [A] 1,2 * paragraphs [0065] , [0067] , [0083] , [0085] , [0143] *;
 [Y]  - OULD-BRAHIM H ET AL, "BGP/GMPLS Optical/TDM VPNs draft-ouldbrahim-bgpgmpls-ovpn-02.txt", (200111), IETF INTERNET DRAFT, URL: http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-ouldbrahim-bgpgmpls-ovpn-02.txt, (20030825), XP002252506 [Y] 1,2 * section "2. Optical/TDM VPN Reference Model" - section "3. Overview of operations" *
 [A]  - RODRIGUEZ-MORAL A ET AL, "Optical Data Networking: Protocols, Technologies, and Architectures for Next Generation Optical Transport Networks and Optical Internetworks", JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, (200012), vol. 18, no. 12, ISSN 0733-8724, XP011029857 [A] 1,2 * page 1856, right-hand column, section "A. Service Transparency" * * page 1859, right-hand column, paragraph "Optical Virtual Private Networks (OVPNs) *
by applicantJP2002355464
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