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EP About this file: EP3644552

EP3644552 - MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING MEETS BLOCKCHAIN [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.05.2023
Database last updated on 26.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.06.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.04.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  29.01.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  27.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip26.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 28.01.2026  [2026/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development L.P.
11445 Compaq Center Drive West
Houston, TX 77070 / US
[2020/18]
Inventor(s)01 / Aiello, Fabio
Via Achille Campanile, 85
00144 Rome / IT
02 / Iosbaker, Gary Dean
3404 East Harmony Road
Fort Collins, CO 80528 / US
 [2020/18]
Representative(s)Howell, Matthew Dafydd
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
One Portwall Square
Portwall Lane
Bristol BS1 6BH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/18]Howell, Matthew Dafydd
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Redcliff Quay
120 Redcliff Street
Bristol BS1 6HU / GB
Application number, filing date19204487.322.10.2019
[2020/18]
Priority number, dateUS20181617175926.10.2018         Original published format: US201816171759
[2020/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3644552
Date:29.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3644552
Date:06.07.2022
Language:EN
[2022/27]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/32, // H04W4/24
[2022/18]
CPC:
H04L9/3239 (EP); H04L9/0637 (EP,CN,US); G06Q20/389 (US);
G06Q20/401 (US); H04L12/14 (EP); H04L12/1403 (EP);
H04L63/0807 (CN); H04L63/0876 (US); H04L67/10 (EP,CN);
H04L67/1074 (US); H04L67/1097 (EP,CN); H04L9/3247 (CN);
H04L9/50 (EP,CN); H04W12/06 (EP); H04W4/24 (EP);
G06Q2220/00 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/18]H04L9/32, H04L29/08, // H04W4/24
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 [2020/47]
Former [2020/18]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 
TitleGerman:MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING UND BLOCKKETTE[2020/18]
English:MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING MEETS BLOCKCHAIN[2020/18]
French:MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING ET CHAINE DE BLOCS[2020/18]
Examination procedure12.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.10.2020Examination requested  [2020/47]
12.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
01.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.05.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.05.2022Fee for grant paid
25.05.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
25.05.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)11.04.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
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