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EP About this file: EP4099772

EP4099772 - COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.11.2022
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  27.08.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian
Longgang District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
[2022/49]
Inventor(s)01 / LUO, Haiyan
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian, Longgang
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
02 / DAI, Mingzeng
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian, Longgang
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
03 / ZENG, Qinghai
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian, Longgang
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
04 / SUN, Fei
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian, Longgang
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
 [2022/49]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/49]Maiwald GmbH
Engineering
Elisenhof
Elisenstrasse 3
80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date20920221.717.02.2020
[2022/49]
WO2020CN75598
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021163859
Date:26.08.2021
Language:ZH
[2021/34]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4099772
Date:07.12.2022
Language:EN
[2022/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN26.08.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.03.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04W48/12, // H04W48/18, H04W24/02, H04W92/12
[2023/15]
CPC:
H04L45/306 (EP); H04W48/18 (EP,US); H04W48/12 (EP);
H04W48/16 (EP); H04W60/00 (US); H04W24/02 (EP);
H04W92/12 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/49]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 [2022/49]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG[2022/49]
English:COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS[2022/49]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION ET APPAREIL DE COMMUNICATION[2022/49]
Entry into regional phase01.09.2022Translation filed 
01.09.2022National basic fee paid 
01.09.2022Search fee paid 
01.09.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
01.09.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.09.2022Examination requested  [2022/49]
16.10.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.10.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
29.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]CN107071799B  (BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD) [A] 1-15* section "summary of the invention" *;
 [X]  - HUAWEI, "Slice exchange during NG Setup", vol. RAN WG3, no. Hangzhou, China; 20170515 - 20170519, (20170514), 3GPP DRAFT; R3-171767 SLICE EXCHANGE DURING NG SETUP, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/RAN3/Docs/, (20170514), XP051276549 [X] 1-15 * page 1 *
International search[X]WO2017119844  (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (PUBL) [SE]) [X] 1-19 * description paragraphs 6-7, 85 *;
 [X]WO2018177368  (FG INNOVATION IP CO LTD [CN]) [X] 1-19 * description, paragraphs 67-73 *;
 [A]WO2018204209  (QUALCOMM INC [US]) [A] 1-19 * entire document *;
 [X]WO2018219352  (FG INNOVATION IP CO LTD [CN]) [X] 1-19 * description paragraphs 127-135 *;
 [A]CN109246775  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD) [A] 1-19 * entire document *;
 [A]CN110022583  (CHINA ACADEMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY) [A] 1-19 * entire document *;
 [A]  - Huawei, "Support of Network Slice Discovery", 3GPP Draft; R3-162462 Support of Network Slice Discovery, Sophia Antipolis, France, (20160930), vol. RAN WG3, pages 1 - 4, XP051163048 [A] 1-19 * entire document *
 [A]  - Qualcomm Incorporated, "Consideration of slicing in cell reselection", 3GPP Draft; R2-1803581_Slicing_Reselection, Athens, Greece, (20180216), vol. RAN WG2, pages 1 - 3, XP051400608 [A] 1-19 * entire document *
 [A]  - Huawei, HiSilicon, "Slice Availability for Cell (Re-)Selection", 3GPP Draft; R2-1706775 Slice availability, Qingdao, China, (20170529), vol. RAN WG2, pages 1 - 4, XP051307131 [A] 1-19 * entire document *
 [A]  - Huawei, HiSilicon, "Slice Availability and Discovery in RAN", 3GPP Draft; R2-1700102, Spokane, Washington, USA, (20170107), vol. RAN WG2, pages 1 - 5, XP051203853 [A] 1-19 * entire document *
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