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EP3028533 - POWER EFFICIENT DISCOVERY OF LTE-DIRECT RELAY FOR OUT-OF-COVERAGE DEVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.07.2022
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  24.03.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  31.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR
published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qualcomm Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-1714 / US
[2016/23]
Inventor(s)01 / WU, Zhibin
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
02 / PARK, Vincent, D.
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
03 / LI, Junyi
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714 / US
 [2016/23]
Representative(s)Dunlop, Hugh Christopher, et al
Maucher Jenkins
Seventh Floor Offices
Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
London SW1P 1RT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/36]Dunlop, Hugh Christopher, et al
Maucher Jenkins
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Former [2016/23]Dunlop, Hugh Christopher, et al
RGC Jenkins & Co.
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date14748425.722.07.2014
[2016/23]
WO2014US47597
Priority number, dateUS20131395439730.07.2013         Original published format: US201313954397
[2016/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015017187
Date:05.02.2015
Language:EN
[2015/05]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3028533
Date:08.06.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.02.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3028533
Date:08.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.02.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04W88/04
[2016/23]
CPC:
H04W88/04 (EP,US); H04W48/08 (US); Y02D30/70 (US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/23]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:LEISTUNGSEFFIZIENTE ERKENNUNG VON LTE-DIREKTRELAIS FÜR VORRICHTUNGEN AUSSERHALB EINES ERFASSUNGSBEREICHS[2016/23]
English:POWER EFFICIENT DISCOVERY OF LTE-DIRECT RELAY FOR OUT-OF-COVERAGE DEVICES[2016/23]
French:DÉCOUVERTE ÉNERGÉTIQUEMENT ÉCONOME DE RELAIS LTE DIRECT POUR DISPOSITIFS HORS ZONE DE COUVERTURE[2016/23]
Entry into regional phase24.12.2015National basic fee paid 
24.12.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
24.12.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.05.2015Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
24.12.2015Examination requested  [2016/23]
22.08.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.08.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.12.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.01.2021Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.02.2021
10.02.2021Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
25.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.07.2021Fee for grant paid
29.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)09.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
10.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
10.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
09.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
10.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
12.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU22.07.2014
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AT08.09.2021
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CZ08.09.2021
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IS08.01.2022
PT10.01.2022
[2024/29]
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2004063451  (BONTA JEFFREY D [US], et al) [A] 1-66 * abstract * * paragraphs [4]-[6],[16]-[19],[26]-[28],[33],[38]-[43];; figure 2 *;
 [A]WO2010051828  (NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY [FI], et al) [A] 1-66 * abstract ** page 3, line 12 - page 4, line 18;; claim 1 *;
 [YA]EP2282604  (RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD [CA]) [Y] 2,3,12,13,22,23,30,31,34,36-40,42-44,46-49,52-60,62-65 * abstract * * paragraphs [48],[49],[51],[52],[55],[59]-[64],[83];; figures 2,5,8 * [A] 1,4-11,14-21,24-29,32,33;
 [XY]  - QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, "ProSe UE-to-Network Relays", vol. SA WG2, no. Valencia, Spain; 20130715 - 20130719, (20130709), 3GPP DRAFT; S2-132455-RELAYS-R3, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/WG2_Arch/TSGS2_98_Valencia/Docs/, (20130709), XP050725849 [X] 1,4-11,14-21,24-29,32,33,35,41,45,50,51,61,66 * the whole document * [Y] 2,3,12,13,22,23,30,31,34,36-40,42-44,46-49,52-60,62-65
 [A]  - ERICSSON, "Explicit Out of Coverage Reporting Mechanism in E-UTRAN", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-073747, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20070816), vol. RAN WG1, no. Athens, Greece; 20070816, XP050107336 [A] 1-66 * sections 1, 2, 5 *
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