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EP3571808 - IMPROVING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION SPEEDS USING GLOBAL ACCELERATION NODES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  03.12.2021
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.10.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.10.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  19.04.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.12.2021Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 05.01.2022  [2022/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
Cayman Corporate Centre
27 Hospital Road
George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008 / KY
[2021/03]
Former [2020/50]For all designated states
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Fourth Floor, One Capital Place P.O. Box 847 George Town
Grand Cayman / KY
Former [2020/44]For all designated states
ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Cayman Corporate Centre
27 Hospital Road
George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008 / KY
Former [2019/48]For all designated states
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Fourth Floor, One Capital Place P.O. Box 847 George Town
Grand Cayman / KY
Inventor(s)01 / XIA, Ning
Alibaba Group Legal Department 5/F, Building 3
No.969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 / CN
 [2019/48]
Representative(s)Fish & Richardson P.C.
Highlight Business Towers
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8
80807 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/48]Conroy, John
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Highlight Business Towers
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8
80807 München / DE
Application number, filing date18866984.028.12.2018
[2019/48]
WO2018CN124975
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2019072308
Date:18.04.2019
Language:EN
[2019/16]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3571808
Date:27.11.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.04.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN24.10.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/08, G06Q20/40, H04L9/32
[2020/10]
CPC:
H04L9/3239 (EP,KR,US); H04L9/00 (US); H04L9/50 (EP,KR,US);
H04L9/0643 (US); H04L9/3247 (US)
Former IPC [2019/48]H04L9/08, G06Q20/40
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 [2019/48]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERBESSERUNG DER GESCHWINDIGKEIT VON BLOCKCHAIN-TRANSAKTIONEN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON GLOBALEN BESCHLEUNIGUNGSKNOTEN[2019/48]
English:IMPROVING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION SPEEDS USING GLOBAL ACCELERATION NODES[2019/48]
French:AMÉLIORATION DE VITESSES DE TRANSACTIONS DE CHAÎNES DE BLOCS À L'AIDE DE N UDS D'ACCÉLÉRATION GLOBALE[2019/48]
Entry into regional phase07.08.2019National basic fee paid 
07.08.2019Search fee paid 
07.08.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
07.08.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure07.08.2019Examination requested  [2019/48]
31.08.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.10.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.12.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.03.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.2021Application withdrawn by applicant  [2022/01]
29.11.2021Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 02.12.2021
02.12.2021Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2017132625  (KENNEDY DENNIS M [US]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0039] - paragraph [0046] *;
 [A]US2018294967  (ROBERTS BENJAMIN MARK [CA], et al) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0007] ** paragraph [0036] - paragraph [0048]; figure 3 *;
 [I]WO2018234987  (NCHAIN HOLDINGS LTD [AG]) [I] 1-9 * page 3, line 7 - page 5, line 31 * * page 7, line 1 - page 17, line 27; figures 1,4 *
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