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EP4063981 - METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC REPAIR PROCESS ON AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF A BASE UNIT AS WELL AS A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND REPAIR SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.02.2026 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 02.08.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 31.03.2023
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 26.08.2022
Most recent event Tooltip	11.02.2026	New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent
Applicant(s)	For all designated states VOLKSWAGEN AG Berliner Ring 2 38440 Wolfsburg / DE
	[2022/39]
Inventor(s)	01 / Aguirre Mehlhorn, Marcel 38448 Wolfsburg / DE
	02 / Kain, Tobias 3281 Oberndorf/Melk / AT
	03 / Wesche, Maximilian 31234 Edemissen / DE
	04 / Decke, Hendrik 38104 Braunschweig / DE
	05 / Müller, Julian-Steffen 30161 Hannover / DE
	06 / Horeis, Timo 21073 Hamburg / DE
	07 / Plinke, Fabian 22297 Hamburg / DE
	[2022/39]
Application number, filing date	21165239.1	26.03.2021
	[2022/39]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4063981
	Date:	28.09.2022
	Language:	DE
	[2022/39]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	20.08.2021
Classification	IPC:	G05B23/02	[2022/39]
	CPC:	G05B23/0278 (EP); G06Q10/20 (CN); G06N3/02 (CN)
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 [2023/18]
Former [2022/39]	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
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:	VERFAHREN ZUM DURCHFÜHREN EINES AUTOMATISCHEN REPARATURPROZESSES AN ZUMINDEST EINER FUNKTIONSEINHEIT EINER BASISEINHEIT, SOWIE COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT UND REPARATURSYSTEM	[2022/39]
	English:	METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC REPAIR PROCESS ON AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF A BASE UNIT AS WELL AS A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND REPAIR SYSTEM	[2022/39]
	French:	PROCEDE D'EXECUTION D'UN PROCESSUS DE REPARATION AUTOMATIQUE SUR AU MOINS UNE UNITE FONCTIONNELLE D'UNE UNITE DE BASE, ET PRODUIT PROGRAMME INFORMATIQUE ET SYSTEME DE REPARATION	[2026/09]
	Former [2022/39]	PROCÉDÉ D'EXÉCUTION D'UN PROCESSUS DE RÉPARATION AUTOMATIQUE SUR AU MOINS UNE UNITÉ FONCTIONNELLE D'UNE UNITÉ DE BASE, ET PRODUIT PROGRAMME INFORMATIQUE ET SYSTÈME DE RÉPARATION
Examination procedure	11.11.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.03.2023	Examination requested [2023/18]
	28.03.2023	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	02.08.2024	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.11.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.02.2026	Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.03.2023	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2024	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.2025	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[XIY] CN108563536 (ZHUHAI JUNTIAN ELECTRONIC TECH et al.) [X] 1,12-13 * Kapitel "Summary of the invention"; figure 1 *[I] 3-11 [Y] 2,14-15
		[Y] US2017161182 (YOSHIDA HIROAKI et al.) [Y] 14 * paragraph [0004] *
		[Y] US2014074343 (FISH JAMES et al.) [Y] 15 * paragraphs [0003] , [0032] *
		[Y] YANG JINGCHI ET AL: "A Framework for Design of Self-Repairing Digital Systems", 2019 IEEE INTERNATIONAL TEST CONFERENCE (ITC), IEEE, 9 November 2019 (2019-11-09), pages 1 - 10, XP033720235, DOI: 10.1109/ITC44170.2019.9000155 [Y] 2 * Seite 2, Kapitel C * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ITC44170.2019.9000155

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