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EP4000326 - METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LOAD BALANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.04.2022
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.01.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip29.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
164 83 Stockholm / SE
[2022/21]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHU, Huaisong
No. 5 Lize East Street
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100102 / CN
02 / LIU, Chunhui
ET2, No.5 Lize East Street
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100102 / CN
 [2022/21]
Representative(s)Zacco Sweden AB
P.O. Box 5581
Löjtnantsgatan 21
114 85 Stockholm / SE
[N/P]
Former [2022/21]Zacco Sweden AB
Valhallavägen 117
Box 5581
114 85 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date19937681.517.07.2019
[2022/21]
WO2019CN96396
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021007820
Date:21.01.2021
Language:EN
[2021/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4000326
Date:25.05.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.01.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN21.01.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.04.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04B7/06, H04L45/12, H04L47/125, H04W28/08, // H04B7/0452
[2023/04]
CPC:
H04B7/0695 (EP,US); H04W28/0861 (EP,US); H04L45/123 (EP,US);
H04L45/124 (EP,US); H04L47/125 (EP); H04W16/04 (US);
H04W40/12 (US); H04B7/0452 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/21]H04W72/02, H04W72/00
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 [2022/21]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM LASTAUSGLEICH[2022/21]
English:METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LOAD BALANCE[2022/21]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREILS D'ÉQUILIBRAGE DE CHARGE[2022/21]
Entry into regional phase25.01.2022National basic fee paid 
25.01.2022Search fee paid 
25.01.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
25.01.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.01.2022Examination requested  [2022/21]
14.08.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.08.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
27.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
29.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2017148535  (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (PUBL) [SE]) [A] 1-10 * page 2, line 12 - line 26 * * page 3, line 25 - page 4, line 18 ** figure 2 *;
 [Y]US2019132778  (PARK KYUNGMIN [US], et al) [Y] 1-10 * paragraph [0159] - paragraph [0161]; figures 15,35 * * paragraph [0165] * * paragraph [0310] *;
 [Y]  - ERICSSON, "Enhancements to load sharing and load balance", vol. RAN WG3, no. Athens, Greece; 20190225 - 20190301, (20190216), 3GPP DRAFT; R3-190825 - ENHANCEMENTS TO LOAD SHARING AND LOAD BALANCING, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg%5Fran/WG3%5FIu/TSGR3%5F103/Docs/R3%2D190825%2Ezip, (20190216), XP051604759 [Y] 1-10 * figures 1,3 * * two last paragraphs; page 1 * * first paragraph; page 2 * * chapter 2.3.2; page 4 *
International search[A]US2018323842  (MAJMUNDAR MILAP [US], et al) [A] 1-30* the whole document *;
 [A]CN109152083  (SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS SHANGHAI INC) [A] 1-30 * the whole document *;
 [X]  - ERICSSON, "Enhancements to load sharing and load balance R3-190825", 3GPP TSG-RAN WG3 #103, (20190301), XP051604759 [X] 1-30 * Part 2 *
by applicantWO2017148535
 US2019132778
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