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EP4568314 - TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.05.2025 Database last updated on 16.04.2026
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 19.02.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.04.2026	Supplementary search report	published on 13.05.2026 [2026/20]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NTT DOCOMO, INC. 11-1, Nagatacho 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6150 / JP
	[2025/24]
Inventor(s)	01 / YOSHIOKA, Shohei Tokyo 100-6150 / JP
	02 / NAGATA, Satoshi Tokyo 100-6150 / JP
	[2025/24]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[2025/24]
Application number, filing date	22954041.4	04.08.2022
	[2025/24]
	WO2022JP30033
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2024029053
	Date:	08.02.2024
	Language:	JA
	[2024/06]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4568314
	Date:	11.06.2025
	Language:	EN
	[2025/24]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	08.02.2024
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.04.2026
Classification	IPC:	H04W72/0446, H04W74/0808, H04W56/00, // H04W16/14	[2026/20]
	CPC:	H04W74/0808 (EP); H04W56/00 (EP); H04W72/0446 (EP); H04W16/14 (EP)
	Former IPC [2025/24]	H04W16/14, H04W72/20, H04W72/40, H04W72/54
Designated contracting states	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 [2025/24]
Title	German:	ENDGERÄT UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN	[2025/24]
	English:	TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD	[2025/24]
	French:	TERMINAL ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION	[2025/24]
Entry into regional phase	24.02.2025	Translation filed
	24.02.2025	National basic fee paid
	24.02.2025	Search fee paid
	24.02.2025	Designation fee(s) paid
	24.02.2025	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	24.02.2025	Examination requested [2025/24]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.02.2025	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.08.2025	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] US2021400704 (XUE YISHENG et al.) [X] 1-6 * paragraph [0105] - paragraph [0107] * * paragraph [0120] - paragraph [0125]; figures 8A - 8B * * paragraph [0126] - paragraph [0134]; figures 9 - 11 * * paragraph [0142] - paragraph [0147]; figures 14 - 15 *
		[X] WO2022126075 (QUALCOMM INC et al.) [X] 1-6 * paragraph [0029] - paragraph [0035] * * paragraph [0064] - paragraph [0073]; figures 5 - 7 * * paragraph [0074] - paragraph [0084]; figures 8 - 10 *
		[X] OPPO: "Access mechanisms of NR sidelink in unlicensed channel", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-2203982 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. e-Meeting; 20220509 - 20220520, 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29), XP052153296, [retrieved on 20220429] [X] 1-6 * section "2.2 Update of evaluation methodology for NR sidelink in unlicensed spectrum"; "Type 1 and Type 2 (2A/2B/2C) channel access"; * * section "Channel access priority class"; * * Proposal 8: For Type 1 CA in SL-U, the CAPC table for UL in NR-U can be reused * * Proposal 9: It supports to determine CAPC based on PQI * * Proposal 10: When UE determines CAPC for PSCCH/PSSCH, the corresponding PSFCH slot to be covered by the shared COT from the UE can be supported * * section "COT sharing In NR-U" - integral. *
		[X] LENOVO: "Channel access mechanism for sidelink on FR1 unlicensed spectrum", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-2203703 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. e-Meeting; 20220509 - 20220520, 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29), XP052153128, [retrieved on 20220429] [X] 1-6 * section "2.5 Channel access types for sidelink transmissions"; * * section "2.6 UE-to-UE COT sharing operation"; * * section "3 Conclusion". *
	International search	[A] ERICSSON: "Channel access mechanism for SL-U", 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 MEETING #109-E R1-2204741, 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29), XP052191639 [A] 1-6 * chapter 2 *
		[A] XIAOMI: "Channel access mechanism for sidelink-unlicensed", 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #109-E R1-2203818, 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29), XP052153200 [A] 1-6 * chapter 2 *
	by applicant	3GPP TS 38.211 V17.1.0, March 2022 (2022-03-01) [A] 1-6 * chapter 2 *
		3GPP TR 22.886 V15.1.0, March 2017 (2017-03-01) [A] 1-6 * chapter 2 *
		3GPP TS 38.306 V17.0.0, March 2022 (2022-03-01)
		3GPP TS 37.213 V17.1.0, March 2022 (2022-03-01)

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