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EP About this file: EP4168907

EP4168907 - DONGLES FOR USB TYPE-C AUTHENTICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.03.2023
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.01.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip15.08.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
15.08.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
10300 Energy Drive
Spring TX 77389 / US
[2023/17]
Inventor(s)01 / DOWER, Glen Douglas
Fort Collins, Colorado 80528 / US
02 / TABAREZ, Christopher Ritchie
Fort Collins, Colorado 80528-8903 / US
03 / JURICH, Nicolas James
Fort Collins, Colorado 80528-8903 / US
 [2023/17]
Representative(s)Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
One Portwall Square
Portwall Lane
Bristol BS1 6BH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/17]EIP
Fairfax House
15 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HU / GB
Application number, filing date20945749.823.07.2020
[2023/17]
WO2020US43268
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022019912
Date:27.01.2022
Language:EN
[2022/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4168907
Date:26.04.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.01.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:RU27.01.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.01.2024
ClassificationIPC:G06F21/34, G06F21/44, G06F21/62, G06F13/38
[2023/17]
CPC:
G06F13/385 (EP); G06F21/44 (EP,US); G06F13/4282 (US);
G06F21/34 (EP,US); G06F2213/0042 (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 [2023/17]
TitleGerman:DONGLES ZUR USB-AUTHENTIFIZIERUNG VOM TYP C[2023/17]
English:DONGLES FOR USB TYPE-C AUTHENTICATION[2023/17]
French:CLÉS ÉLECTRONIQUES POUR AUTHENTIFICATION USB DE TYPE C[2023/17]
Entry into regional phase23.01.2023National basic fee paid 
23.01.2023Search fee paid 
23.01.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
23.01.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.01.2023Examination requested  [2023/17]
15.08.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.08.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[I]US2010075604  (LYDON GREGORY T [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0064] * * paragraph [0037] * * paragraph [0047] * * paragraph [0049] * * paragraph [0062] * * paragraph [0065] * * paragraph [0068] * * paragraph [0075] - paragraph [0076] * * paragraph [0087] - paragraph [0088] * * paragraph [0070] ** figures 1A,1C,2A,4,5A,10 *;
 [XI]US2017038810  (UEKI TAKANORI [JP]) [X] 1-4,6,8-11,14,15 * paragraph [0026] - paragraph [0028] * * paragraph [0052] - paragraph [0053] * * paragraph [0056] * * paragraph [0061] * * paragraph [0076] - paragraph [0078] * * paragraph [0087] * * paragraph [0032] * * paragraph [0033] * * paragraph [0062] - paragraph [0065] * * paragraph [0029] * * paragraph [0042]; figures 1,5,6,8,10 * [I] 5,7,12,13
International search[A]US2016127671  (HUNDAL SUKHDEEP SINGH [CA], et al) [A] 1-15;
 [A]US2016378704  (ADAMSON PETER S [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * , paragraph [0065] *;
 [A]US2018343238  (TOLA KENNETH C [US])[A] 1-15
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