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EP About this file: EP4196973

EP4196973 - METHOD FOR OPERATING A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.05.2023
Database last updated on 30.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  25.02.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  28.07.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip02.04.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Mercedesstraße 120
70372 Stuttgart / DE
[2023/25]
Inventor(s)01 / HERMANN, Klaus, Alfred
71116 Gärtringen / DE
 [2023/25]
Representative(s)Lederer, Elisabeth, et al
Mercedes-Benz Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
063- H512
70546 Stuttgart / DE
[2023/25]
Application number, filing date21742740.028.06.2021
[2023/25]
WO2021EP67657
Priority number, dateDE2020100501317.08.2020         Original published format: DE102020005013
[2023/25]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022037829
Date:24.02.2022
Language:DE
[2022/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4196973
Date:21.06.2023
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.02.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:G08G1/0967
[2023/25]
CPC:
G08G1/096791 (EP,KR,US); B60W60/00276 (KR); B60W60/0027 (EP,US);
B60W30/18154 (EP); B60W60/0011 (KR); G08G1/0125 (US);
G08G1/0965 (EP,KR); G08G1/096741 (EP,KR); B60W2552/50 (US);
B60W2554/40 (US); B60W2556/65 (EP,KR,US); B60W2756/10 (KR) (-)
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 [2023/25]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES AUTOMATISIERT FAHRENDEN FAHRZEUGES[2023/25]
English:METHOD FOR OPERATING A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE[2023/25]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN VÉHICULE AUTOMOTEUR[2023/25]
Entry into regional phase25.01.2023National basic fee paid 
25.01.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
25.01.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.01.2023Examination requested  [2023/25]
25.01.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.07.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]DE102012215093  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
 [Y]DE102012021282  (AUDI AG [DE]);
 [A]DE102018004113  (DAIMLER AG [DE]);
 [Y]DE102018119832  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]);
 [A]US2020211378  (UMEHARA SHIGEKI [JP])
by applicantDE102016203086
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