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StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.01.2022
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.04.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.01.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip21.06.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2021/30]
Former [2020/19]For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / SATO Hiroki
c/o SONY IMAGING PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS INC
1-7-1
Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / WAKUDA Kensaku
c/o SONY IMAGING PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS INC
1-7-1
Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / MATSUMURA Tomoaki
c/o SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1
Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2020/19]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/19]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date18824531.015.06.2018
[2020/19]
WO2018JP22859
Priority number, dateJP2017012755129.06.2017         Original published format: JP 2017127551
[2020/19]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019003954
Date:03.01.2019
Language:JA
[2019/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3648421
Date:06.05.2020
Language:EN
[2020/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP03.01.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.08.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/803, H04L12/709, H04L12/729, H04L12/735, H04L12/825, H04L12/853, H04W40/12, H04L12/707, H04L12/851, H04L12/891, H04L12/725, H04L29/06
[2020/24]
CPC:
H04L43/0894 (EP); H04W28/082 (US); H04L43/0835 (EP);
H04L43/0864 (EP); H04L45/24 (EP); H04L45/302 (EP);
H04L45/3065 (EP); H04L47/125 (EP); H04L47/24 (EP);
H04L47/41 (EP); H04L69/14 (EP); H04W28/0268 (US);
H04W28/0967 (EP,US); H04W40/12 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/19]H04L12/803, H04L12/709, H04L12/729, H04L12/735, H04L12/825, H04L12/853, H04W40/12
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 [2020/19]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM UND SENDEVORRICHTUNG[2020/19]
English:COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE[2020/19]
French:SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION ET DISPOSITIF DE TRANSMISSION[2020/19]
Entry into regional phase11.12.2019Translation filed 
11.12.2019National basic fee paid 
11.12.2019Search fee paid 
11.12.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
11.12.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/19]
08.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.02.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.07.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.11.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
23.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
21.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
20.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
19.06.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
20.06.2025Renewal fee patent year 08
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 [Y]   ALLEN LEHOPOTSENG RAMABOLI ET AL: "MPEG video streaming solution for multihomed-terminals in heterogeneous wireless networks", CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE (CCNC), 2013 IEEE, IEEE, 11 January 2013 (2013-01-11), pages 677 - 682, XP032350003, ISBN: 978-1-4673-3131-9, DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2013.6488524 [Y] 14 * paragraphs [0I. ] , [III.] * * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2013.6488524
International search[XY] JP2000216815  (TOSHIBA CORP et al.) [X] 1, 2, 14-20 * , [0014]-[0015],[0019]-[0020],[0022]-[0024],[0026]-[0027], [0029], Fig. 1-3, 5, 6 *[Y] 3-6, 11-13
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by applicantJP2008113224
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