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EP3371740 - SYSTEM OF CONFIGURING ACTIVE LIGHTING TO INDICATE DIRECTIONALITY IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  05.03.2021
Database last updated on 08.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.08.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  13.05.2017
Formerunknown
Status updated on  16.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip24.11.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Zoox, Inc.
1149 Chess Drive
Foster City, CA 94404 / US
[2018/37]
Inventor(s)01 / KENTLEY-KLAY, Timothy David
c/o Zoox, Inc.
2180 Sand Hill Rd.
2nd Floor
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
02 / GAMARA, Rachad Youssef
c/o Zoox, Inc.
2180 Sand Hill Rd.
2nd Floor
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
 [2018/37]
Representative(s)Korenberg, Alexander Tal, et al
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Lacon London
84 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8NL / GB
[2018/37]
Application number, filing date16806310.502.11.2016
[2018/37]
WO2016US60183
Priority number, dateUS20151493294804.11.2015         Original published format: US201514932948
US20151475699404.11.2015         Original published format: US201514756994
US20151493296204.11.2015         Original published format: US201514932962
[2018/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017079349
Date:11.05.2017
Language:EN
[2017/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3371740
Date:12.09.2018
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.05.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.05.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/00, G08G1/16
[2018/37]
CPC:
B60Q1/525 (EP,CN,US); B60Q1/0035 (EP,CN,US); B60N2/42 (EP,US);
B60Q1/085 (EP,CN,US); B60Q1/26 (EP,CN,US); B60Q1/2611 (EP,CN,US);
B60Q1/268 (EP,CN,US); B60Q1/44 (EP,CN,US); B60Q1/442 (EP,CN,US);
B60Q1/507 (EP,CN,US); B60Q5/006 (EP,CN,US); B60R21/01 (EP,CN,US);
B60R21/36 (US); B60W30/08 (EP,US); G05D1/0088 (US);
G05D1/0212 (EP,CN,US); G06V20/58 (EP,US); G08G1/005 (EP,CN,US);
G08G1/056 (EP,CN,US); G08G1/09623 (EP,CN,US); G08G1/16 (US);
G08G1/166 (EP,CN,US); G08G1/167 (EP,CN,US); G08G1/202 (EP,CN,US);
G10K11/18 (US); G10K11/34 (EP,CN,US); B60Q2300/45 (EP,CN,US);
B60Q2400/40 (EP,CN,US); B60Q2400/50 (CN,US); B60Q5/005 (EP,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 [2018/37]
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR KONFIGURATION VON AKTIVER BELEUCHTUNG ZUR RICHTUNGSANZEIGE BEI EINEM AUTONOMEN FAHRZEUG[2018/37]
English:SYSTEM OF CONFIGURING ACTIVE LIGHTING TO INDICATE DIRECTIONALITY IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE[2018/37]
French:SYSTÈME DE CONFIGURATION D'UN ÉCLAIRAGE ACTIF POUR INDIQUER UNE DIRECTIONNALITÉ DANS UN VÉHICULE AUTONOME[2018/37]
Entry into regional phase18.05.2018National basic fee paid 
18.05.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
18.05.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.05.2018Examination requested  [2018/37]
18.05.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
20.12.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.03.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division to which search results under Rule 164(2) EPC are annexed (Time limit: M04) [2021/14]
10.03.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
26.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
31.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
24.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[I]JP2011248855  (DENSO CORP) [I] 1,9 * the whole document *;
 [I]US2012035846  (SAKAMOTO HIROSHI [JP], et al) [I] 1-17* abstract *;
 [I]EP2549456  (TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]) [I] 1-17 * paragraph [0021] - paragraph [0022] * * paragraph [0026]; claim 1 * * abstract *;
 [I]US2015268665  (LUDWICK CHRISTOPHER [US], et al) [I] 1-17 * abstract * * paragraph [0043] - paragraph [0053] *;
 [I]  - Christoph Mertz ET AL, "Collision Warning and Sensor Data Processing in Urban Areas", Research showcase @ CMU , robotics commons, (20050601), URL: http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=robotics, (20150603), XP055193352 [I] 1-17 * Section 4.1, 6.1, 6.2 *
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