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EP3240230 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST FORWARDING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.06.2021 Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.06.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 29.03.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.01.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 29.09.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.07.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	14.06.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei Administration Building Bantian Longgang District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
	[2017/44]
Inventor(s)	01 / XU, Xiaohu Huawei Administration Building Bantian Longgang District Shenzhen Guangdong 518129 / CN
	[2017/44]
Representative(s)	Epping - Hermann - Fischer Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Schloßschmidstraße 5 80639 München / DE
	[2017/44]
Application number, filing date	16739734.8	11.01.2016
	[2017/44]
	WO2016CN70586
Priority number, date	CN20151029231	20.01.2015 Original published format: CN201510029231
	[2017/44]
Filing language	ZH
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016115987
	Date:	28.07.2016
	Language:	ZH
	[2016/30]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3240230
	Date:	01.11.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/44]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3240230
	Date:	29.07.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/31]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CN	28.07.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.02.2018
Classification	IPC:	H04L12/18, H04L12/741, // H04L12/46, H04L12/761	[2020/17]
	CPC:	H04L12/18 (EP,US); H04L12/185 (US); H04L12/1886 (EP,US); H04L45/745 (EP,US); H04L12/4641 (EP,US); H04L45/16 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2018/11]	H04L12/18, H04L12/741, // H04L12/46
	Former IPC [2017/44]	H04L12/18
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2017/44]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MULTICAST-WEITERLEITUNG	[2017/44]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST FORWARDING	[2017/44]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE TRANSMISSION À DIFFUSION SÉLECTIVE	[2017/44]
Entry into regional phase	27.07.2017	Translation filed
	27.07.2017	National basic fee paid
	27.07.2017	Search fee paid
	27.07.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.07.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.07.2017	Examination requested [2017/44]
	27.07.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	14.08.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	07.01.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.05.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.07.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.11.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.03.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.06.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	19.06.2020	Fee for grant paid
	19.06.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	30.04.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/27]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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	AL	29.07.2020
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	EE	29.07.2020
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	HR	29.07.2020
	IT	29.07.2020
	LT	29.07.2020
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	IS	29.11.2020
	PT	30.11.2020
	GB	11.01.2021
	IE	11.01.2021
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	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
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	GB	11.01.2021
	IE	11.01.2021
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	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
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	AL	29.07.2020
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	BE	31.01.2021
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	LI	31.01.2021
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	CH	31.01.2021
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	IS	29.11.2020
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	CH	31.01.2021
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	AT	29.07.2020
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