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EP3473051 - NETWORK SLICE DISCOVERY AND SELECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.04.2020 Database last updated on 09.07.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 22.03.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.12.2017
Former	unknown Status updated on 11.07.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	18.06.2024	New entry: Reply to examination report
Applicant(s)	For all designated states InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. 200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809 / US
	[2023/11]
Former [2022/46]	For all designated states Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc. 200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
Former [2019/17]	For all designated states Convida Wireless, LLC 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CHEN, Wei 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	02 / ADJAKPLE, Pascal, M. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	03 / MURRAY, Joseph, M. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	04 / LI, Qing 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	05 / ZHANG, Guodong 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	06 / ZHANG, Qian 15 Compton Court Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 / US
	07 / IYER, Lakshmi, R. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	08 / TSAI, Allan, Y. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	09 / XU, Tianyi 2925 Manda Drive San Jose, California 95124 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2019/17]	01 / CHEN, Wei 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	02 / ADJAKPLE, Pascal, M. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	03 / MURRAY, Joseph, M. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	04 / LI, Qing 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	05 / ZHANG, Guodong 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	06 / ZHANG, Qian 335 Penns Way Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 / US
	07 / IYER, Lakshmi, R. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	08 / TSAI, Allan, Y. 200 Bellevue Parkway Suite 300 Wilmington, DE 19809-3727 / US
	09 / XU, Tianyi 11717 Stoney Peak Drive Apt. 17 San Diego, CA 92128 / US
Representative(s)	D Young & Co LLP 3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/17]	D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date	17734203.7	15.06.2017
	[2019/17]
	WO2017US37792
Priority number, date	US201662350550P	15.06.2016 Original published format: US 201662350550 P
	US201662373768P	11.08.2016 Original published format: US 201662373768 P
	US201662373691P	11.08.2016 Original published format: US 201662373691 P
	US201662401062P	28.09.2016 Original published format: US 201662401062 P
	[2019/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017218849
	Date:	21.12.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/51]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3473051
	Date:	24.04.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.12.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/17]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	21.12.2017
Classification	IPC:	H04W76/02, H04W16/02, H04W48/18, H04L12/24, H04W72/12	[2019/17]
	CPC:	H04W48/16 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04W76/10 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04L41/12 (CN,US); H04L41/122 (EP); H04L43/08 (EP,CN,US); H04L43/10 (EP,CN,US); (+) H04W48/10 (CN,KR); H04W48/14 (CN,KR); H04W48/18 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04W72/121 (EP,US); H04W76/12 (US); H04W84/042 (US) (-)
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 [2019/17]
Title	German:	ERKENNUNG UND AUSWAHL VON NETZWERK-SLICES	[2019/17]
	English:	NETWORK SLICE DISCOVERY AND SELECTION	[2019/17]
	French:	RECHERCHE ET SÉLECTION DE TRANCHES DE RÉSEAU	[2019/17]
Entry into regional phase	14.01.2019	National basic fee paid
	14.01.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.01.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.01.2019	Examination requested [2019/17]
	14.01.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	18.07.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.04.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.07.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.01.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.05.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.02.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.05.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.02.2024	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.06.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.06.2022	Renewal fee patent year 06
	31.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 07
	31.03.2024	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited in	International search	[X] - NOKIA ET AL, "Slice Selection solution update", vol. SA WG2, no. Nanjing, P.R. China; 20160523 - 20160527, (20160527), 3GPP DRAFT; S2-162982 WAS S2-162717-MDD AND SLICE SELECTION IN CORE AND RAN V1, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/WG2_Arch/TSGS2_115_Nanjing_China/Docs/, (20160527), XP051116482 [X] 1-20 * figures 1, 6.1.2-1, 6.1.2-2, 6.1.2.1.1-1, * * section 6.1.2 *
		[X] - "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Study on Architecture for Next Generation System (Release 14)", 3GPP STANDARD; 3GPP TR 23.799, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20160608), vol. SA WG2, no. V0.5.0, pages 1 - 179, XP051123271 [X] 1,8,14 * figures 6.1.2-1, 6.1.2-2, 6.1.2.1.1-1, 6.1.3.1-1, 6.1.3-2 * * sections 6.1.1 - 6.1.4 *
		[A] - NTT DOCOMO, "Common CP functions and dedicate CP function for simultaneous multiple Network Slice (update of solution 1.3)", vol. SA WG2, no. Nanjing, P.R. China; 20160523 - 20160527, (20160523), 3GPP DRAFT; S2-162511-COMMONCPDEDICATECPMULTIPLENETWORKSLICES, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/SA2/Docs/, (20160523), XP051109270 [A] 1-20 * figures 6.1.3.1-1 * * section 6.1.3 *
		[A] - ZTE CORPORATION ET AL, "update the network slicing use case in SMARTER", vol. SA WG1, no. Belgrade, Serbia; 20150817 - 20150821, (20150824), 3GPP DRAFT; S1-152395 REVISION OF S1-152074 ZTE SMARTER UPDATE THE NETWORK SLICING USE CASE REV3, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-0692, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/WG1_Serv/TSGS1_71_Belgrade/Docs/, (20150824), XP051033547 [A] 1-20 * figure x * * section 5.2 *

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