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EP About this file: EP3545423

EP3545423 - OVERLOAD HANDLING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN) [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.05.2024
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.01.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.06.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.08.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.06.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip19.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 23.10.2024 [2024/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Level 3 Communications, LLC
1025 Eldorado Boulevard
Broomfield, CO 80021 / US
[2019/40]
Inventor(s)01 / NEWTON, Christopher
981 Via Colinas
Westlake Village, California 91362 / US
 [2019/40]
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[2023/27]
Former [2019/40]Ford, Esther Mary
Marks & Clerk LLP 62-68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB
Application number, filing date17874200.310.01.2017
[2019/40]
WO2017US12860
Priority number, dateUS20161536045623.11.2016         Original published format: US201615360456
[2019/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018097850
Date:31.05.2018
Language:EN
[2018/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3545423
Date:02.10.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.05.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3545423
Date:05.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US31.05.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.04.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04L65/612, G06F15/16, G06F15/173
[2023/02]
CPC:
H04L67/1008 (EP,US); H04L67/61 (EP,US); G06F9/505 (EP,US);
H04L43/0876 (EP); H04L43/16 (EP); H04L65/612 (EP);
H04L65/80 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2020/20]G06F15/16, G06F15/173, H04L29/06, H04L29/08, H04L12/26
Former IPC [2019/40]G06F15/16, G06F15/173, H04L29/06, H04L29/08
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 [2019/40]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ÜBERLASTHANDHABUNG IN EINEM INHALTSBEREITSTELLUNGSNETZWERK (CDN)[2019/40]
English:OVERLOAD HANDLING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN)[2019/40]
French:GESTION DES SURCHARGES DANS UN RÉSEAU DE DISTRIBUTION DE CONTENU (CDN)[2019/40]
Entry into regional phase03.05.2019National basic fee paid 
03.05.2019Search fee paid 
03.05.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
03.05.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.05.2019Examination requested  [2019/40]
05.11.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.06.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.01.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.05.2023Fee for grant paid
25.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
25.05.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
14.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
13.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
14.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT05.07.2023
CZ05.07.2023
DK05.07.2023
EE05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
FI05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
IT05.07.2023
LT05.07.2023
LV05.07.2023
MC05.07.2023
NL05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RO05.07.2023
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SK05.07.2023
SM05.07.2023
NO05.10.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
PT06.11.2023
LU10.01.2024
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]EP1049031  (HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]) [X] 1-3,6,7,10,11,13,14 * paragraphs [0032] - [0047] - [0053] - [0063]; figures 1-4,7 * [Y] 8,12,15 [I] 4,5,9;
 [IY]US2009319681  (FREELANDER JACK E [US], et al) [I] 1-3,6,7,10,11,13,14 * paragraphs [0003] - [0005] - [0 26] - [0036] *[Y] 8,12,15;
 [X]  - MUNDUR P ET AL, "Class-Based Access Control for Distributed Video-on-Demand Systems", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, US, (20050701), vol. 15, no. 7, doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2005.848351, ISSN 1051-8215, pages 844 - 853, XP011135309 [X] 1-3,6,7,10,11,13,14 * Chapters IV and V *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSVT.2005.848351
International search[Y]US2003046396  (RICHTER ROGER K [US], et al) [Y] 6, 7, 12 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2005120131  (ALLEN ARTHUR D [US]) [Y] 2-7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19 * entire document *;
 [A]US2006015574  (SEED STEVEN L [US], et al) [A] 1-20* entire document *;
 [Y]US2009319681  (FREELANDER JACK E [US], et al) [Y] 1-20 * entire document *;
 [Y]US2014372588  (NEWTON CHRISTOPHER [US], et al) [Y] 1-20 * entire document *
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