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EP3721604 - AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SERVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.03.2023 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 02.04.2022
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 31.01.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.09.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 14.06.2019
Former	unknown Status updated on 12.01.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	19.12.2025	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 21.01.2026 [2026/04]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	[2021/45]
Former [2020/42]	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / GUPTA, Sunitha MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	02 / SINGH, Jaskaran MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	[2020/42]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2020/42]
Application number, filing date	18827300.7	23.11.2018
	[2020/42]
	WO2018US62376
Priority number, date	US201715835279	07.12.2017 Original published format: US201715835279
	[2020/42]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2019112816
	Date:	13.06.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/24]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3721604
	Date:	14.10.2020
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.06.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2020/42]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3721604
	Date:	04.05.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	13.06.2019
Classification	IPC:	G06Q10/10, H04L67/50	[2022/06]
	CPC:	G06Q10/107 (EP,US); H04L67/125 (US); G06Q10/1093 (EP,US); H04L67/10 (US); H04L67/51 (US); H04L67/535 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2020/42]	H04L29/08, G06Q10/10
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 [2020/42]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	AUTOMATISCHE TEILNEHMERVERWALTUNG VON RECHNERDIENSTEN	[2020/42]
	English:	AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SERVICES	[2020/42]
	French:	GESTION D'ABONNEMENT AUTOMATIQUE DE SERVICES INFORMATIQUES	[2020/42]
Entry into regional phase	18.05.2020	National basic fee paid
	18.05.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.05.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.05.2020	Examination requested [2020/42]
	18.05.2020	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	20.11.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	01.02.2022	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.03.2022	Fee for grant paid
	29.03.2022	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	29.03.2022	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	07.02.2023	No opposition filed within time limit [2023/15]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.11.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	23.11.2018
	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	BG	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
	ES	04.05.2022
	FI	04.05.2022
	HR	04.05.2022
	IT	04.05.2022
	LT	04.05.2022
	LV	04.05.2022
	MC	04.05.2022
	MK	04.05.2022
	MT	04.05.2022
	NL	04.05.2022
	PL	04.05.2022
	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
	SI	04.05.2022
	SK	04.05.2022
	SM	04.05.2022
	TR	04.05.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
	[2026/04]
Former [2024/51]	HU	23.11.2018
	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	BG	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
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	EE	04.05.2022
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	FI	04.05.2022
	HR	04.05.2022
	IT	04.05.2022
	LT	04.05.2022
	LV	04.05.2022
	MC	04.05.2022
	MK	04.05.2022
	MT	04.05.2022
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	PL	04.05.2022
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	SE	04.05.2022
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	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2024/44]	HU	23.11.2018
	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
	ES	04.05.2022
	FI	04.05.2022
	HR	04.05.2022
	IT	04.05.2022
	LT	04.05.2022
	LV	04.05.2022
	MC	04.05.2022
	MK	04.05.2022
	MT	04.05.2022
	NL	04.05.2022
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	BG	04.08.2022
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	IE	23.11.2022
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	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2024/27]	HU	23.11.2018
	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
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	MC	04.05.2022
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	NL	04.05.2022
	PL	04.05.2022
	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
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	BG	04.08.2022
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	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2024/24]	HU	23.11.2018
	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
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	FI	04.05.2022
	HR	04.05.2022
	IT	04.05.2022
	LT	04.05.2022
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	PL	04.05.2022
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	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2024/21]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CY	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
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	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2024/11]	AL	04.05.2022
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	IT	04.05.2022
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	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
	SI	04.05.2022
	SK	04.05.2022
	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2023/49]	AL	04.05.2022
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	CZ	04.05.2022
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	LV	04.05.2022
	MC	04.05.2022
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	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
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	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	BE	30.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2023/48]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
	ES	04.05.2022
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	LT	04.05.2022
	LV	04.05.2022
	MC	04.05.2022
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	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
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	SK	04.05.2022
	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	IE	23.11.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2023/37]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
	EE	04.05.2022
	ES	04.05.2022
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	MC	04.05.2022
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	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
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	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	LU	23.11.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2023/35]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
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	EE	04.05.2022
	ES	04.05.2022
	FI	04.05.2022
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	LV	04.05.2022
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	SI	04.05.2022
	SK	04.05.2022
	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
	GR	05.08.2022
	IS	04.09.2022
	PT	05.09.2022
	CH	30.11.2022
	LI	30.11.2022
Former [2023/31]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
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	ES	04.05.2022
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	MC	04.05.2022
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	PL	04.05.2022
	RO	04.05.2022
	RS	04.05.2022
	SE	04.05.2022
	SI	04.05.2022
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	NO	04.08.2022
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	PT	05.09.2022
Former [2023/25]	AL	04.05.2022
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	CZ	04.05.2022
	DK	04.05.2022
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	NL	04.05.2022
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	SE	04.05.2022
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	SM	04.05.2022
	BG	04.08.2022
	NO	04.08.2022
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Former [2023/17]	AL	04.05.2022
	AT	04.05.2022
	CZ	04.05.2022
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Former [2023/07]	AT	04.05.2022
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Former [2022/51]	AT	04.05.2022
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Cited in	International search	[XI] US2015256499 (KUMAR ANKESH et al.) [X] 1,3,6,7,10 * paragraphs: 0130, 0178-0186 * * abstract *[I] 2,4,5,8,9
		[A] US8832205 (NELSON MARIE-FRANCE et al.) [A] 2 * column 6, line 58 - column 7, line 7 *
		[A] US8751582 (BEHFOROOZ REZA et al.) [A] 4,5 * column 10, line 46 - column 11, line 8 * * column 11, line 24 - column 11, line 35 *

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