Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP4016398

EP4016398 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED TRAINING MODEL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.04.2024
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.12.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.05.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip07.11.2025Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
2/F Baidu Campus
No.10, Shangdi 10th Street
Haidian District
Beijing 100085 / CN
[N/P]
Former [2022/25]For all designated states
Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
2/F Baidu Campus
No.10 Shangdi 10th Street
Haidian District
Beijing 100085 / CN
Inventor(s)01 / WU, Zhihua
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
02 / YU, Dianhai
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
03 / YAO, Xuefeng
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
04 / TANG, Wei
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
05 / WU, Xinxuan
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
06 / CHENG, Mo
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
07 / MA, Lin
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
08 / MA, Yanjun
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
09 / WU, Tian
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
10 / WANG, Haifeng
Haidian District, 100085 / CN
 [2022/25]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[2022/25]
Application number, filing date21179147.011.06.2021
[2022/25]
Priority number, dateCN20201150212018.12.2020         Original published format: CN202011502120
[2022/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4016398
Date:22.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.01.2022
ClassificationIPC:G06N3/08, G06N20/00, H04L67/566
[2022/25]
CPC:
G06N20/00 (EP,CN,US); G06N20/20 (KR); G06N3/045 (KR);
G06N3/08 (KR); G06N3/084 (EP); H04L67/566 (EP);
H04L67/10 (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 [2023/04]
Former [2022/25]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 statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN FÜR EIN VERTEILTES TRAININGSMODELL UND COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT[2022/25]
English:APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED TRAINING MODEL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT[2022/25]
French:APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR UN MODÈLE D'APPRENTISSAGE DISTRIBUÉ ET PRODUIT-PROGRAMME INFORMATIQUE[2022/25]
Examination procedure16.12.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.12.2022Examination requested  [2023/04]
16.12.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.07.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.05.2025Date of oral proceedings
26.05.2025Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
27.05.2025Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
Appeal following examination25.07.2025Appeal received No.  T1306/25
25.07.2025Payment of appeal fee
25.09.2025Statement of grounds filed
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
12.06.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
20.05.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court
See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:Search[X] US2018331897  (ZHANG YOUHUA et al.) [X] 1-16 * paragraphs [0037] - [0045] - [0 68] - [0070]; figure 1A *
 [X] US2015324690  (CHILIMBI TRISHUL A et al.) [X] 1-16 * paragraphs [0052] , [0 57] , [0 64] - [0068]; figure 7 *
 [A] US2018357541  (CHEN CHUN-YEN et al.) [A] 1-16 * paragraphs [0022] - [0024] - [0 32] , [0 62] - [0066] *
 [XI]   QINQING ZHENG ET AL: "ShadowSync: Performing Synchronization in the Background for Highly Scalable Distributed Training", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, 7 March 2020 (2020-03-07), XP081616993 [X] 1-4,14-16 * sections 3.1, 3.2; figure 2 *[I] 5-13
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.