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EP About this file: EP3948468

EP3948468 - CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR TESTING A PROGRAM ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE FUNCTION, AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A CONTROLLER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.04.2023
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.05.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.01.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.10.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  03.02.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Audi AG
Auto-Union-Str. 1
85045 Ingolstadt / DE
[2022/06]
Inventor(s)01 / HOFMOCKEL, Klaus
Angerhofstr. 7
85293 Reichertshausen / DE
02 / SICKLINGER, Stefan
Tulpenweg 9a
85117 Eitensheim / DE
 [2022/25]
Former [2022/06]01 / HOFMOCKEL, Klaus
85293 Reichertshausen / DE
02 / SICKLINGER, Stefan
85117 Eitensheim / DE
Application number, filing date21701281.419.01.2021
[2022/06]
WO2021EP51076
Priority number, dateDE20201011027115.04.2020         Original published format: DE102020110271
[2022/06]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021209175
Date:21.10.2021
Language:DE
[2021/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3948468
Date:09.02.2022
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.10.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3948468
Date:22.06.2022
Language:DE
[2022/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP21.10.2021
ClassificationIPC:G05D1/00, G06F11/36, G06F9/455
[2022/17]
CPC:
G05D1/0055 (EP); G06F11/3664 (EP,CN,US); G05B23/0213 (CN);
G06F11/3668 (EP,CN); G06F21/53 (EP,CN); G06F9/45558 (EP,CN);
B60W50/00 (US); G06F11/366 (EP); G06F2009/45587 (EP,CN);
G06F2009/45591 (EP,CN); G06F2221/033 (EP,CN) (-)
Former IPC [2022/06]G05D1/00, G06F11/36, G06F9/44
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 [2022/06]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:STEUERGERÄT FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUM TESTEN EINES PROGRAMMELEMENTS EINER FAHRZEUGFUNKTION SOWIE KRAFTFAHRZEUG MIT EINEM STEUERGERÄT[2022/06]
English:CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR TESTING A PROGRAM ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE FUNCTION, AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A CONTROLLER[2022/06]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE POUR UN VÉHICULE, PROCÉDÉ DE TEST D'UN ÉLÉMENT DE PROGRAMME D'UNE FONCTION DE VÉHICULE ET VÉHICULE AUTOMOBILE COMPRENANT UN DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE[2022/06]
Entry into regional phase27.10.2021National basic fee paid 
27.10.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
27.10.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.07.2021Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
27.10.2021Examination requested  [2022/06]
27.10.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.04.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.05.2022Fee for grant paid
16.05.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.05.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)23.03.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/22]
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GR23.09.2022
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PT24.10.2022
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Cited inInternational search[YD]DE10319365  (VOLKSWAGEN AG [DE]) [YD] 2,3* paragraph [0038] *;
 [YD]US2018196732  (DOLEV SHLOMI [IL], et al) [YD] 1-7,9,10 * paragraphs [0162] , [ 163] *;
 [IA]  - GOH OKEHEE ET AL, Schedulable Online Testing Framework for Real-Time Embedded Applications in VM, ICIAP: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING, 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, NAPLES, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2013. PROCEEDINGS; [LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE; LECT.NOTES COMPUTER], SPRINGER, BERLIN, HEIDELBERG, PAGE(S) 730 - 7, (20071217), ISBN 978-3-642-17318-9, XP047307051 [I] 1-7,9,10 * figures 1,2; table 1 * [A] 8

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77092-3_63
 [Y]  - REINHARDT DOMINIK ET AL, "An embedded hypervisor for safety-relevant automotive E/E-systems", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (SIES 2014), IEEE, (20140618), doi:10.1109/SIES.2014.6871203, pages 189 - 198, XP032636744 [Y] 1-7,9,10 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SIES.2014.6871203
by applicantDE10319365
 US2018196732
 WO2019133824
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