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EP4557828 - PATH SWITCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.04.2025
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  19.01.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.03.2026Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
No. 018, Floor 8, Building 6, Yard 33
Middle Xierqi Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100085 / CN
[2025/21]
Inventor(s)01 / XIONG, Yi
Beijing 100085 / CN
 [2025/21]
Representative(s)Stöckeler, Ferdinand, et al
Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler
Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Radlkoferstrasse 2
81373 München / DE
[2025/21]
Application number, filing date22950757.915.07.2022
[2025/21]
WO2022CN106123
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2024011639
Date:18.01.2024
Language:ZH
[2024/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4557828
Date:21.05.2025
Language:EN
[2025/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN18.01.2024
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.08.2025
ClassificationIPC:H04W36/00, H04W88/04, // H04W36/08, H04W40/22
[2025/38]
CPC:
H04W36/083 (EP,US); H04W36/033 (EP,US); H04W40/22 (EP,US);
H04W88/04 (EP); H04W76/23 (EP)
Former IPC [2025/21]H04W36/00
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 [2025/21]
TitleGerman:PFADUMSCHALTVERFAHREN, EINRICHTUNG, VORRICHTUNG UND SPEICHERMEDIUM[2025/21]
English:PATH SWITCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM[2025/21]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUTATION DE TRAJET, APPAREIL, DISPOSITIF ET SUPPORT DE STOCKAGE[2025/21]
Entry into regional phase11.02.2025Translation filed 
11.02.2025National basic fee paid 
11.02.2025Search fee paid 
11.02.2025Designation fee(s) paid 
11.02.2025Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.02.2025Examination requested  [2025/21]
09.03.2026Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.03.2026Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
28.07.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[X] WO2022042146  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD et al.) [X] 1-15 * abstract *
 [X] US2024179786  (YAO CHUTING et al.) * figures 1-12 * * paragraph [0003] - paragraph [0072] * * paragraph [0078] - paragraph [0116] * * paragraph [0121] - paragraph [0125] * * paragraph [0130] - paragraph [0138] * * paragraph [0151] * * paragraph [0171] - paragraph [0180] * * paragraph [0182] - paragraph [0191] * * paragraph [0196] - paragraph [0265] * * paragraph [0271] - paragraph [0277] * * paragraph [0303] - paragraph [0485] *
 [X]   MEDIATEK INC: "Service Continuity for L2 Relay and L3 Relay", vol. RAN WG2, no. electronic; 20201102 - 20201113, 23 October 2020 (2020-10-23), XP051942150, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20201023] [X] 1-15 * figures 1-11 * * sections 1-3 *
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