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EP About this file: EP3676699

EP3676699 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND MONITORING VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.05.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.03.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  17.12.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.06.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  08.03.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  28.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip10.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CH		published on 12.06.2024  [2024/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
164 83 Stockholm / SE
[2020/28]
Inventor(s)01 / DO, Hoang
1829 Bachman Court
75075 Plano / US
02 / ODOBETSKIY, Sergey
3192 Trailside Drive
Oakville, Ontario L6M 0N9 / CA
 [2020/28]
Representative(s)Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/28]Kraus & Weisert Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
Application number, filing date18769790.914.08.2018
[2020/28]
WO2018IB56113
Priority number, dateUS201762552301P30.08.2017         Original published format: US 201762552301 P
US20181589340609.02.2018         Original published format: US201815893406
[2020/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019043492
Date:07.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3676699
Date:08.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3676699
Date:14.06.2023
Language:EN
[2023/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06F8/61, H04L43/0817, G06F9/445, G06F8/60, H04L41/0806, G06F9/455, H04L41/5041, H04L41/40, H04L41/0895, H04L43/20, H04L41/50
[2023/14]
CPC:
G06F9/45558 (EP,US); G06F8/60 (EP,US); G06F8/61 (EP,US);
G06F9/44505 (EP,US); G06F9/45529 (US); H04L41/0806 (EP,US);
H04L41/0895 (EP); H04L41/40 (EP); H04L41/5048 (EP,US);
H04L43/0817 (EP,US); H04L43/20 (EP); G06F2009/45591 (EP,US);
G06F2009/45595 (EP,US); H04L41/5096 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/28]G06F8/61, H04L12/24, H04L12/26, G06F9/445
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 [2020/28]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR KONFIGURATION UND ÜBERWACHUNG VIRTUELLER ANWENDUNGEN[2023/14]
English:APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND MONITORING VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS[2020/28]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ POUR CONFIGURER ET SURVEILLER DES APPLICATIONS VIRTUELLES[2023/14]
Former [2020/28]VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR KONFIGURATION UND ÜBERWACHUNG VON VIRTUELLEN ANWENDUNGEN
Former [2020/28]APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE CONFIGURATION ET DE SURVEILLANCE D'APPLICATIONS VIRTUELLES
Entry into regional phase06.03.2020National basic fee paid 
06.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
06.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/28]
06.03.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.12.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.04.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.04.2023Fee for grant paid
28.04.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.04.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)15.03.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
27.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
29.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ14.06.2023
HR14.06.2023
MC14.06.2023
RO14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
CH31.08.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
IS14.10.2023
[2024/24]
Former [2024/16]CZ14.06.2023
HR14.06.2023
MC14.06.2023
RO14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
IS14.10.2023
Former [2024/10]CZ14.06.2023
HR14.06.2023
RO14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
IS14.10.2023
Former [2024/08]HR14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
Former [2023/51]HR14.06.2023
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NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
Former [2023/50]NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
Former [2023/48]NO14.09.2023
Cited inInternational search[A]US2017006083  (MCDONNELL KEVIN JAMES [IE]) [A] 1-22* abstract *;
 [I]  - JOHN WOLFGANG ET AL, "Meeting the observability challenges for VNFs in 5G systems", 2017 IFIP/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (IM), IFIP, (20170508), doi:10.23919/INM.2017.7987445, pages 1127 - 1130, XP033127728 [I] 1-22 * page 1, column right, paragraph penultimate * * section A; page 3 * * page 3, column right, paragraph 2 - paragraph 4 * * page 2, column right, paragraph penultimate * * page 3, column left, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/INM.2017.7987445
 [A]  - Mehta Vadan, "NFV SDN for Telco Cloud: What is VNF Silo ???", (20151107), pages 1 - 3, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20170113000649/http://nfvsdnplunge.blogspot.com/2015/11/what-is-vnf-silo.html, (20181129), XP055528672 [A] 1-22 * figure 2; claims 1,6 *
 [A]  - Mehmet Ersue, "ETSI NFV Management and Orchestration - An Overview", https://www.ietf.org/meeting/88/, (20131108), URL: https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/88/slides/slides-88-opsawg-6.pdf, (20171114), XP055424969 [A] 1-22 * page 9 *
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