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EP4133691 - TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.01.2023
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.10.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  16.04.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Cisco Technology, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 / US
[2023/07]
Inventor(s)01 / NAINAR, Nagendra Kumar
241 Begen St.
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
02 / PIGNATARO, Carlos M.
110 Sedgemoor Dr.
Cary, North Carolina 27513 / US
 [2023/07]
Representative(s)Noble, Nicholas, et al
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Lacon London
84 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8NL / GB
[2023/07]
Application number, filing date21716914.315.03.2021
[2023/07]
WO2021US22298
Priority number, dateUS20201684245707.04.2020         Original published format: US202016842457
[2023/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021206864
Date:14.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/41]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4133691
Date:15.02.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.10.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.10.2021
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/24, H04L12/803
[2023/07]
CPC:
H04L47/125 (EP,US); H04L41/12 (US); H04L41/0893 (US);
H04L41/122 (EP); H04L45/02 (EP,US); H04L45/42 (US);
H04L45/64 (EP,US); H04L41/046 (EP); H04L41/0897 (EP);
H04L41/40 (EP) (-)
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 [2023/07]
TitleGerman:VERKEHRSVERWALTUNG FÜR SCHNITTSTELLENKARTEN EINES INTELLIGENTEN NETZWERKS[2023/07]
English:TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS[2023/07]
French:GESTION DE TRAFIC POUR CARTES D'INTERFACE DE RÉSEAU INTELLIGENT[2023/07]
Entry into regional phase31.10.2022National basic fee paid 
31.10.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
31.10.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/07]
31.10.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
15.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2016094667  (JANI NRUPAL R [US]) [A] 1-20 * paragraphs [0013] , [0028] , [0029] , [0042] - [0045] *;
 [A]US2018109471  (CHANG HYUNSEOK [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * paragraphs [0021] , [0026] , [0057] - [0064] - [0091] - [0101] *;
 [IY]  - DURNER RAPHAEL ET AL, "HNLB: Utilizing Hardware Matching Capabilities of NICs for Offloading Stateful Load Balancers", ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC), IEEE, (20190520), doi:10.1109/ICC.2019.8761434, pages 1 - 7, XP033581939 [I] 1,3-8,10-15,17-20 * abstract * * sections I, II.A, II.B, IV * [Y] 2,9,16

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2019.8761434
 [Y]  - MOHAMMADKHAN ALI ET AL, "P4NFV: P4 Enabled NFV Systems with SmartNICs", 2019 IEEE CONFERENCE ON NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION AND SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS (NFV-SDN), IEEE, (20191112), doi:10.1109/NFV-SDN47374.2019.9040000, pages 1 - 7, XP033743466 [Y] 2,9,16 * sections I and II.C *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NFV-SDN47374.2019.9040000
 [A]  - UNKNOWN ET AL, "UNO : uniflying host and smart NIC offload for flexible packet processing", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 SYMPOSIUM ON CLOUD COMPUTING , SOCC '17, New York, New York, USA, (20170927), doi:10.1145/3127479.3132252, ISBN 978-1-4503-5028-0, pages 506 - 519, XP055534207 [A] 1-20 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3127479.3132252
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