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EP About this file: EP3839726

EP3839726 - SOFTWARE MODIFICATION INITIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.07.2024
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.08.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.03.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.12.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SI		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian, Longgang District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
[2021/25]
Inventor(s)01 / NI, Shaoji
Huawei Administration Building Bantian, Longgang
District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
 [2021/25]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[2021/25]
Application number, filing date20208739.118.07.2017
[2021/25]
Priority number, dateCN20161090896718.10.2016         Original published format: CN201610908967
CN2017105766226.01.2017         Original published format: CN201710057662
[2021/25]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3839726
Date:23.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3839726
Date:06.09.2023
Language:EN
[2023/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.04.2021
ClassificationIPC:G06F8/65, G06F9/455, H04L41/082, H04L41/0895, H04L41/342, // H04L41/044
[2023/13]
CPC:
H04L41/0895 (EP); G06F8/65 (EP,CN,US); H04L41/082 (EP,US);
G06F8/71 (CN); G06F9/45558 (EP,US); H04L41/342 (EP);
G06F2009/45595 (EP,US); H04L41/044 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2021/25]G06F8/65, G06F9/455, H04L12/24
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 [2022/05]
Former [2021/25]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:VERFAHREN ZUM EINLEITEN VON SOFTWARE-ÄNDERUNGEN SOWIE VORRICHTUNG[2021/25]
English:SOFTWARE MODIFICATION INITIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS[2021/25]
French:PROCÉDÉ D'INITIATION DE MODIFICATION DE LOGICIEL ET APPAREIL[2021/25]
Examination procedure23.12.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.12.2021Examination requested  [2022/05]
23.12.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
09.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.06.2023Fee for grant paid
20.06.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.06.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP17862212.2  / EP3518465
Opposition(s)07.06.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
19.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
30.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
29.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
31.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT06.09.2023
CZ06.09.2023
DK06.09.2023
EE06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
IT06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SI06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
PT08.01.2024
[2024/36]
Former [2024/33]AT06.09.2023
CZ06.09.2023
DK06.09.2023
EE06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
IT06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
PT08.01.2024
Former [2024/26]AT06.09.2023
CZ06.09.2023
EE06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
IT06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
PT08.01.2024
Former [2024/23]AT06.09.2023
CZ06.09.2023
EE06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
RO06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
PT08.01.2024
Former [2024/20]FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
Former [2024/14]FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Former [2024/10]FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Former [2024/09]FI06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Former [2024/08]LT06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
Documents cited:Search[A]WO2015113278  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD [CN]) [A] 1-8* paragraphs [0096] , [0 97] *;
 [I]  - HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES (UK) ET AL, "Missed consistency clarifications for B.5 and C.5;NFVMAN(14)000365r3_Missed_consistency_clarifications_for_B_5_and_C_5", ETSI DRAFT; NFVMAN(14)000365R3_MISSED_CONSISTENCY_CLARIFICATIONS_FOR_B_5_AND_C_5, EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ETSI), 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS ; FRANCE, (20140801), vol. ISG - NFV, pages 1 - 45, XP014228848 [I] 1-8 * page 38, lines 148-152 * * page 39, lines 165-170, 172-173, 183-184 * * page 40, lines 192-193 *
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