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EP3982567 - COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.08.2023 Database last updated on 28.06.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.04.2023
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.03.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 11.12.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	31.05.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PL	published on 03.07.2024 [2024/27]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sonas, Inc. 24-2, Hongo 5-chome Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 / JP
	[2022/15]
Inventor(s)	01 / OHARA, Sotaro c/o Sonas, Inc., 24-2, Hongo 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 / JP
	02 / SUZUKI, Makoto c/o Sonas, Inc., 24-2, Hongo 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 / JP
	[2022/15]
Representative(s)	Pitchford, James Edward, et al Mathys & Squire The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG / GB
	[2022/15]
Application number, filing date	20819497.7	03.06.2020
	[2022/15]
	WO2020JP21992
Priority number, date	JP20190107428	07.06.2019 Original published format: JP 2019107428
	[2022/15]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2020246515
	Date:	10.12.2020
	Language:	JA
	[2020/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3982567
	Date:	13.04.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/15]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3982567
	Date:	20.09.2023
	Language:	EN
	[2023/38]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	10.12.2020
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.07.2022
Classification	IPC:	H04L1/00, H04L47/32, H04W4/38, H04W28/04, H04W40/02, H04W40/22, H04W76/10, H04W84/18	[2023/16]
	CPC:	H04L1/0045 (EP); H04W4/38 (EP,CN); H04L1/0061 (EP,CN,US); H04W28/04 (EP,US); H04W40/023 (EP,US); H04W40/22 (EP); (+) H04W52/0225 (CN); H04W52/0229 (CN); H04W52/46 (CN); H04L2001/0097 (EP); H04L47/32 (EP); H04W84/18 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2022/31]	H04L1/00, H04W4/38, H04W28/04, H04W40/02, H04W76/10, H04W84/18
	Former IPC [2022/15]	H04L1/00, H04L12/70, H04W4/38, H04W28/04, H04W76/10, H04W84/18
Designated contracting states	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 [2022/15]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM, KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG	[2022/15]
	English:	COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE	[2022/15]
	French:	SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATIONS, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATIONS ET DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATIONS	[2022/15]
Entry into regional phase	07.12.2021	Translation filed
	07.12.2021	National basic fee paid
	07.12.2021	Search fee paid
	07.12.2021	Designation fee(s) paid
	07.12.2021	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	07.12.2021	Examination requested [2022/15]
	30.01.2023	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.04.2023	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.08.2023	Fee for grant paid
	14.08.2023	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	14.08.2023	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.02.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CZ	20.09.2023
	ES	20.09.2023
	HR	20.09.2023
	PL	20.09.2023
	RO	20.09.2023
	RS	20.09.2023
	SK	20.09.2023
	SM	20.09.2023
	NO	20.12.2023
	GR	21.12.2023
	IS	20.01.2024
	[2024/27]
Former [2024/23]	CZ	20.09.2023
	ES	20.09.2023
	HR	20.09.2023
	RO	20.09.2023
	RS	20.09.2023
	SK	20.09.2023
	SM	20.09.2023
	NO	20.12.2023
	GR	21.12.2023
	IS	20.01.2024
Former [2024/20]	HR	20.09.2023
	RS	20.09.2023
	SM	20.09.2023
	NO	20.12.2023
	GR	21.12.2023
	IS	20.01.2024
Former [2024/11]	HR	20.09.2023
	RS	20.09.2023
	NO	20.12.2023
	GR	21.12.2023
Former [2024/08]	NO	20.12.2023
	GR	21.12.2023
Documents cited:	Search	[A]FR2922390 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1-15 * page 1, line 4 - page 3, line 8 * * page 4, line 17 - page 5, line 9 * * page 12, line 3 - page 27, line 24 * * figures 1-8 * * claims 1-6 *;
		[A]US2009103441 (NAKAMURA MASATO [JP]) [A] 1,4,6,9,11,14 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0007] * * paragraph [0056] - paragraph [0109] ** figures 1-12 *;
		[A]US8948037 (MIZRAHI TAL [IL]) [A] 1,2,6,7,11,12 * abstract * * column 1, line 29 - line 40 * * column 2, line 48 - column 4, line 32 * * figure 1 *;
		[A] - CHANG TENGFEI ET AL, "Constructive Interference in 802.15.4: A Tutorial", IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS & TUTORIALS, (20190331), vol. 21, no. 1, doi:10.1109/COMST.2018.2870643, pages 217 - 237, XP011711819 [A] 1-15 * II. Basic Concepts of Constructive Interference * * III. Classifying CI Prior Art * * IV. Modeling and Optimizing CI * * V. Protocol Proposals * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2018.2870643
	International search	[A]JPH03174841 (FUJITSU LTD) [A] 1-15 * page 3, upper right column, line 18 to lower right column, line 7, fig. 1, 4(c) *;
		[A]US2008062901 (KADOWAKI NAOTO [JP], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0014], [0159]-[0160], fig. 8 *;
		[A] - HE, ZHITAO et al., "Arpeggio: a Penetration Attack on Glossy Networks", 2016 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON, (20161103), ISBN 978-1-5090-1732-4, XP032993991 [A] 1-15 * , in particular, section IV * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SAHCN.2016.7732971
	by applicant	JP2008042911
		JP2019107428
		- F. FERRARI et al., "Efficient Network Flooding and Time Synchronization with Glossy", IPSN, (20110000), vol. 11
		- CHAO GAO et al., "Efficient Collection Using Constructive-Interference Flooding in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proceedings of the Society Conference of IEICE 2011 communication, (20110830), vol. 428, no. 2
		- MAKOTO SUZUKITOMONORI NAGAYAMASOTARO OHARAHIROYUKI MORIKAWA, "Structural Monitoring Using Concurrent Transmission Flooding", The Transactions of IEICE B, (20170000), vol. 12, pages 952 - 960

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