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EP3637912 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN NR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 01.07.2022 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.02.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 13.03.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 15.12.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	01.07.2022	Refusal of application	published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states LG Electronics Inc. 128, Yeoui-daero Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul 07336 / KR
	[2020/16]
Inventor(s)	01 / YI, Yunjung IP Center LG Electronics Inc. 19 Yangjae-daero 11-gil Seocho-gu Seoul 06772 / KR
	[2020/16]
Representative(s)	Plasseraud IP 104 Rue de Richelieu CS92104 75080 Paris Cedex 02 / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2020/16]	Plasseraud IP 66, rue de la Chaussée d'Antin 75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Application number, filing date	18813316.9	08.06.2018
	[2020/16]
	WO2018KR06533
Priority number, date	US201762517100P	08.06.2017 Original published format: US 201762517100 P
	US201762519815P	14.06.2017 Original published format: US 201762519815 P
	US201762520671P	16.06.2017 Original published format: US 201762520671 P
	US201762534223P	19.07.2017 Original published format: US 201762534223 P
	US201762564211P	27.09.2017 Original published format: US 201762564211 P
	US201762590341P	23.11.2017 Original published format: US 201762590341 P
	US201762590395P	24.11.2017 Original published format: US 201762590395 P
	US201762590618P	26.11.2017 Original published format: US 201762590618 P
	[2020/16]
Filing language	KO
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018226065
	Date:	13.12.2018
	Language:	KO
	[2018/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3637912
	Date:	15.04.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/16]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	13.12.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.04.2020
Classification	IPC:	H04W72/04, H04W72/12, H04W76/15, // H04W88/06	[2020/20]
	CPC:	H04W72/1268 (EP,CN); H04W72/23 (CN,KR); H04W76/15 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04L5/0098 (EP,CN); H04W72/04 (CN,US); H04W72/1215 (CN,KR); (+) H04W72/56 (EP,US); H04W72/566 (CN); H04L5/001 (EP); H04W72/0446 (EP); H04W76/16 (EP); H04W88/06 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2020/16]	H04W72/04, H04W72/12, H04W76/15
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 [2020/16]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON DUALER KONNEKTIVITÄT IN NR	[2020/16]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN NR	[2020/16]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR PRENDRE EN CHARGE LA DOUBLE CONNECTIVITÉ DANS NR	[2020/16]
Entry into regional phase	07.01.2020	Translation filed
	07.01.2020	National basic fee paid
	07.01.2020	Search fee paid
	07.01.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	07.01.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	07.01.2020	Examination requested [2020/16]
	06.11.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.02.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	13.04.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.02.2022	Application refused, date of legal effect [2022/31]
	01.02.2022	Date of oral proceedings
	18.02.2022	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	17.03.2022	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2022/31]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[YA]CA2996405 (NTT DOCOMO INC [JP]) [Y] 1,2,5-12,15 * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0049]; figures 1,2 * [A] 3,4,13,14;
		[Y] - "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Study on New Radio (NR) access technology (Release 14)", 3GPP STANDARD ; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ; 3GPP TR 38.912, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20170324), vol. TSG RAN, no. V14.0.0, pages 1 - 74, XP051295707 [Y] 1,2,5-12,15 * Sections 9.8.3.1, 8.5, 13.2.3 and 13.3 *
		[A] - MEDIATEK INC, "TDM UL transmission for TDD-FDD DL CA-capable UE with single transmitter", vol. RAN WG1, no. Prague, CZ; 20140210 - 20140214, (20140209), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-140236 TDM UL TRANSMISSION FOR TDD-FDD DL CA CAPABLE UE WITH SINGLE TRANSMITTER, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/RAN/RAN1/Docs/, (20140209), XP050735789 [A] 1-15 * Whole section 2 *
		[A] - NTT DOCOMO ET AL, "LTE-NR co-existence for downlink", vol. RAN WG1, no. Spokane, USA; 20170116 - 20170120, (20170116), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-1700630, 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/RAN1/Docs/, (20170116), XP051208155 [A] 1-15 * Section 3.1 *
		[IP] - LG ELECTRONICS, "Remaining issues in NR LTE coexistence", vol. RAN WG1, no. Nagoya, Japan; 20170918 - 20170921, (20170912), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-1715904, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_AH/NR_AH_1709/Docs/, (20170912), XP051329582 [IP] 1,3,4,11,13,14 * Section 2 *
	International search	[A]US2016227570 (WEI CHIA-HUNG [TW], et al) [A] 1-15* See paragraphs [0007]-[0008], [0027]-[0037]; and figures 3A-3B. *;
		[YA] - CATT, "Support of UL Carrier Sharing between NR-LTE", R1-1707528, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #89, Hangzhou, P.R. China, (20170506), URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_89/Docs/, XP051261876 [Y] 1-5, 9-15 * See sections 1-2. * [A] 6-8
		[Y] - LG ELECTRONICS, "Discussion on Scheduling/HARQ for Dual Connectivity", R1-1707667, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #89, Hangzhou, P.R. China, (20170506), URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_89/Docs/, XP051262007 [Y] 1-5, 9-15 * See sections 1-5. *
		[Y] - APPLE INC, "Uplink Sharing in NSA Mode", R1-1708276, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #89, Hangzhou, P.R. China, (20170507), XP051263167 [Y] 2, 10, 12 * See sections 1-3 and figure 2. *
		[A] - NEC, "Dual Connectivity between E-UTRA and NR", R1-1707808, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #89, Hangzhou, P.R. China, (20170505), URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_89/Docs/, XP051261310 [A] 1-15 * See sections 1-2. *

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