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EP About this file: EP4250836

EP4250836 - ENHANCING GROUP COMMUNICATION SERVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.04.2024
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  25.08.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip05.04.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
05.04.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 08.05.2024  [2024/19]
05.04.2024Change - designated statespublished on 08.05.2024  [2024/19]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BlackBerry Limited
2200 University Avenue East
Waterloo, Ontario N2K 0A7 / CA
[2023/39]
Inventor(s)01 / SONG, Yi
Ontario, N2K 0A7 / CA
02 / BONTU, Chandra Sekhar
Ontario, N2K 0A7 / CA
03 / CAI, Zhijun
Ontario, N2K 0A7 / CA
 [2023/39]
Representative(s)Murgitroyd & Company
165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8PL / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/39]Murgitroyd & Company
Murgitroyd House
165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8PL / GB
Application number, filing date23177126.227.03.2015
[2023/39]
Priority number, dateUS20141422932428.03.2014         Original published format: US201414229324
[2023/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4250836
Date:27.09.2023
Language:EN
[2023/39]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4250836
Date:15.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.10.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04L1/00, H04L1/18, H04W4/08, H04W4/10, H04W72/00
[2023/46]
CPC:
H04W4/06 (EP,US); H04L1/0026 (EP,US); H04L1/0031 (EP,US);
H04L1/1671 (EP,US); H04L1/1812 (EP,US); H04L1/1861 (EP);
H04L5/0053 (US); H04L5/0057 (EP); H04L2001/0093 (EP,US);
H04W4/10 (EP,US); H04W72/121 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2023/39]H04W72/00
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 [2024/19]
Former [2023/39]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 
TitleGerman:VERBESSERUNG VON GRUPPENKOMMUNIKATIONSDIENSTEN[2023/39]
English:ENHANCING GROUP COMMUNICATION SERVICES[2023/39]
French:AMÉLIORATION DE SERVICES DE COMMUNICATION DE GROUPE[2023/39]
Examination procedure29.03.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.03.2024Examination requested  [2024/19]
29.03.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP15716308.0  / EP3123647
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
02.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 09
26.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:Search[IA]US2014003320  (ETEMAD KAMRAN [US], et al) [I] 1-7,9,10 * abstract * * figure 6B * * paragraph [0002] * * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0025] * * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0036] * [A] 8;
 [A]  - INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY (III), "Reusing Single Cell MBMS for D2D Group Communication", vol. RAN WG1, no. Barcelona, Spain; 20130819 - 20130823, (20130809), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-133187 REUSING SINGLE CELL MBMS FOR D2D GROUP COMMUNICATION, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CED, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_74/Docs/, (20130809), XP050716018 [A] 1-10 * page 2, sections 2.1.1 * * page 2, sections 2.2.1 * * page 3, section 2.3 * * page 4, section 3 *
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