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EP3997852 - COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A BLOCKCHAIN USING A NETWORK IDENTIFIER FOR PARTICIPATING ENTITIES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.04.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.01.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  20.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip12.06.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
nChain Licensing AG
Grafenauweg 6
6300 Zug / CH
[2022/37]
Former [2022/19]For all designated states
Nchain Holdings Limited
Fitzgerald House
44 Church Street
St. John's / AG
Inventor(s)01 / WRIGHT, Craig Steven
c/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP
7th Floor Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff CF10 2HH / GB
02 / DAVIES, Jack Owen
c/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP
7th Floor Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff CF10 2HH / GB
03 / WAHAB, Jad Faisal
c/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP
7th Floor Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff CF10 2HH / GB
 [2022/19]
Representative(s)Murgitroyd & Company
165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8PL / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/19]Fraser, Karen
Murgitroyd & Company Cardiff
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff CF10 2HH / GB
Application number, filing date20739467.703.07.2020
[2022/20]
WO2020IB56293
Priority number, dateGB2019000996011.07.2019         Original published format: GB 201909960
[2022/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021005474
Date:14.01.2021
Language:EN
[2021/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3997852
Date:18.05.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.01.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.01.2021
ClassificationIPC:H04L29/06, H04L9/32, H04L29/12, G06Q20/22, H04L9/30
[2022/19]
CPC:
H04L63/06 (EP,CN,KR); H04L9/3263 (EP,CN,KR,US); G06Q20/3829 (CN);
G06Q20/38215 (US); G06Q20/065 (EP,CN,KR,US); G06Q20/223 (EP,CN,KR);
G06Q20/3825 (CN); H04L61/4511 (EP,KR); H04L63/0428 (EP,KR);
H04L63/0823 (EP,KR); H04L63/12 (EP,KR); H04L9/0825 (US);
H04L9/083 (US); H04L9/0861 (EP,CN,KR); H04L9/321 (US);
H04L9/3239 (CN,KR,US); H04L9/50 (EP,KR,US); G06Q2220/00 (EP,KR);
G06Q2220/10 (US); H04L2101/659 (EP,KR); H04L2209/56 (EP,KR,US) (-)
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 [2022/19]
TitleGerman:COMPUTERIMPLEMENTIERTES SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERLEICHTERUNG VON TRANSAKTIONEN IN VERBINDUNG MIT EINER BLOCKCHAIN UNTER VERWENDUNG EINES NETZWERKIDENTIFIKATORS FÜR TEILNEHMENDE EINHEITEN[2022/19]
English:COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A BLOCKCHAIN USING A NETWORK IDENTIFIER FOR PARTICIPATING ENTITIES[2022/19]
French:SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ IMPLÉMENTÉS PAR ORDINATEUR POUR FACILITER DES TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIÉES À UNE CHAÎNE DE BLOCS À L'AIDE D'UN IDENTIFIANT DE RÉSEAU D'ENTITÉS PARTICIPANTES[2022/19]
Entry into regional phase26.01.2022National basic fee paid 
26.01.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
26.01.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.01.2022Examination requested  [2022/20]
26.01.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.08.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
12.06.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.233.5
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