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EP3306837 - COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.10.2022 Database last updated on 17.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.11.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.07.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.03.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 09.12.2016
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 Sony Group Corporation 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2021/30]
Former [2018/15]	For all designated states Sony Corporation 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / AMANO, Sho c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2018/15]
Representative(s)	Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 10 54 62 70047 Stuttgart / DE
	[2018/15]
Application number, filing date	16802967.6	28.04.2016
	[2018/15]
	WO2016JP63361
Priority number, date	JP20150111818	02.06.2015 Original published format: JP 2015111818
	[2018/15]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016194530
	Date:	08.12.2016
	Language:	JA
	[2016/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3306837
	Date:	11.04.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/15]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3306837
	Date:	22.12.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	08.12.2016
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	02.01.2019
Classification	IPC:	H04B13/00	[2018/15]
	CPC:	H04B13/005 (EP)
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 [2018/15]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG, KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM, KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM	[2018/15]
	English:	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	[2018/15]
	French:	APPAREIL DE COMMUNICATION, SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION, ET PROGRAMME	[2018/15]
Entry into regional phase	23.11.2017	Translation filed
	23.11.2017	National basic fee paid
	23.11.2017	Search fee paid
	23.11.2017	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.11.2017	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.11.2017	Examination requested [2018/15]
	23.11.2017	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	08.07.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.07.2021	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.11.2021	Fee for grant paid
	12.11.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.11.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	23.09.2022	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
	21.04.2021	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	28.04.2016
	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CY	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	IT	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	MK	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	TR	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
	[2024/29]
Former [2024/22]	HU	28.04.2016
	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CY	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	IT	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	MK	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2024/20]	HU	28.04.2016
	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CY	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	IT	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2024/18]	HU	28.04.2016
	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	IT	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2023/27]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	IT	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2023/20]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	IE	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2023/10]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SI	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	BE	30.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2023/09]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
	CH	30.04.2022
	FR	30.04.2022
	LI	30.04.2022
Former [2023/08]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
	GB	28.04.2022
	LU	28.04.2022
Former [2023/06]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	MC	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/49]	AL	22.12.2021
	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/46]	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	DK	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/42]	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	IS	22.04.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/36]	AT	22.12.2021
	CZ	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	PL	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/35]	CZ	22.12.2021
	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SK	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/34]	EE	22.12.2021
	ES	22.12.2021
	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	RO	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
	PT	22.04.2022
Former [2022/33]	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	SM	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
Former [2022/25]	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	NO	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
Former [2022/24]	FI	22.12.2021
	HR	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	LV	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	SE	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
	GR	23.03.2022
Former [2022/22]	FI	22.12.2021
	LT	22.12.2021
	RS	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
Former [2022/21]	RS	22.12.2021
	BG	22.03.2022
Former [2022/19]	BG	22.03.2022
Documents cited:	Search	[XAI]EP2426865 (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [X] 1,4,5,7,8,11-15 * paragraphs [0001] , [ 251] , [ 259] * * figures 1, 30 * [A] 9,10 [I] 2,3,6;
		[A]EP2481175 (KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]) [A] 1-15* figure 3 *
	International search	[A]JPH11259247 (MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS INC) [A] 1-15* , paragraph [0029] & US 6163538 A column 7, lines 29 to 45 & EP 918416 A2 & CA 2246638 A *;
		[A]JP2012525759 (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) [A] 1-15 * , paragraphs [0054], [0235] to [0246] & US 2012/0119902 A1 paragraphs [0098], [0294] to [0306] *

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